May 12

Anaheim Angels
Signed OF Matt Abram. Loaned OF Sergio Contreras to the Mexico City (Mexico).

Arizona Diamondbacks
Signed LHP Greg Swindell. Released RHPs Jerry Spradlin, Shane Waroff and Matt Incinelli, 3B Eric Servais, LHP Michael Garber and OF Burnie Hutchinson. Traded OF Kevan Burns to Cardinals for C Tim Belz.

Atlanta Braves
Signed RHP Charles Smith. Released RHPs Nick Padilla and Ray Wright and 3B Luis Cordova.

Baltimore Orioles
Signed LHP Chris Jones, RHP David Borkowski and IF Clemente Bonilla. Placed Jones on the temporarily inactive list. Released SS Willis Otanez and OF Wilfredo Romero. Reinstated OF Keith Reed from the temporarily inactive list.

Boston Red Sox
Signed OF Lamont Matthews and LHP Michael Garber. Released OF Will Smith, RHPs Kris Foster, Rob Stanifer, Carlos Rodriguez and Fabricio Benitez, LHP Clint Wells and 1B David Callahan. Placed OF Freddie Money and RHP John Priola on the voluntarily retired list.

Chicago Cubs
Signed 3B Donny Leon. Released OF Chad Alexander, LHP Steve Sinclair and C Javier Cardona. Outrighted 2B Tony Schrager to Red Sox for a player to be named.

Chicago White Sox
Released SS Jason Dellaero.

Cincinnati Reds
Signed OF Keith Mitchell. Released 1Bs Juan Thomas and Yinner Colina, OFs Ryan Lundquist, Jared Humphries and Candy Martinez, C Juan Huguet, SS Wandel Campana, RHPs Scott MacRae, Conor Brooks, Chris Bell, Zach Speir, Tony Mancha and Miles Carpenter and IF Clemente Bonilla.

Cleveland Indians
Signed RHP Blake Stein. Released LHPs Dan Neil and Engels Cordones and RHP Aquiles Pinales.

Colorado Rockies
Released RHPs Levi Frary, Chandler Martin, Jason Dooley and Pedro Diaz, LHP Bryan Ward and IF Kevin Brand. Placed RHP Roger Pavlik on the voluntarily retired list. Loaned RHP Miguel Gonzalez to Saltillo (Mexican).

Detroit Tigers
Released 1B Angel Perez and RHP David Borkowski. Reinstated SS Anderson Hernandez from the temporarily inactive list.

Florida Marlins
Signed RHP Marty McLeary and Aaron Small. Released RHPs Yusuke Taki and Omar Ortiz, C Josh Coffey and 2B Gabe Veloz. Placed McLeary and Small on the temporarily inactive list. Placed RHP Shaun O'Connor on the restricted list.

Houston Astros
Signed RHP Bob Scanlan. Released RHPs Brent Long and Michael Lorsbach.

Kansas City Royals
Released LHP Roger Luque.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Released OF Lamont Matthews. Placed LHP Victor Alvarez on the temporarily inactive list. Loaned SS Flavio Romero and RHP Edgar Murguia to Saltillo (Mexican).

Milwaukee Brewers
Signed RHP Ken Ray. Released RHP Jamey Wright. Placed RHP Tim Crabtree, Mark Guerra and 1B Lee Stevens on the voluntarily retired list.

Minnesota Twins
Released LHPs Jose Rodriguez and Justin Keeling and RHPs Aaron Williams and John Cahill.

Montreal Expos
Signed RHP Carmen Little. Released RHPs Brandon Agamennone and Henry Pote and1B Talmadge Nunnari. Reinstated OF Mario Encarnacion, LHPs Jason Norderum and Richard Rundels from the suspended list. Reinstated OF Jeremy Ware from the temporarily inactive list. Placed C Matt Thode on the voluntarily retired list.

New York Mets
Reinstated RHP Orber Moreno from the temporarily inactive list. Placed LHP Jason Saenz on the temporarily inactive list. Placed C Scott Chapman on the voluntarily retired list.

New York Yankees
Signed RHP Greg Hansell. Released RHPs Albert Garza and Eric Mosley and OF Nigel Wilson.

Oakland Athletics
Released C Mitch Melusky.

Philadelphia Phillies
Released LHP Brent Billingsley, RHPs Il Kim and Matt Reithmaier and OFs Carlos Acevedo and Wendell Magee.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Placed SS Josh Hudnall on the voluntarily retired list.

St. Louis Cardinals
Signed IF Jed Hansen and SS Corey Erickson. Released 1B Matt Williams, 3B Ivanon Coffie and C Alex Delgado. Placed RHP Wilson Ciprian on the suspended list.

San Diego Padres
Signed C Luke Carlin. Released RHP Patrick Flury, C Dan Wells, OF Ramon Fernandez and SS Diorasix Cruz. Outrighted RHP Josh Reynolds to Boston for no compensation.

San Francisco Giants
Released SS Corey Erickson.

Seattle Mariners
Released OFs Phil Willingham and Chuck Lopez and C Carlos Pagan. Placed C Lazaro Abreu on the voluntarily retired list.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Signed LHP Bob Cramer and OF Joe Reames. Released 1B Brady Williams and LHP Eric Miller.

Texas Rangers
Signed C Lance Burkhart. Released SS Manny Alexander. Placed OF Roberto Vaz on the voluntarily retired list.

Toronto Blue Jays
Released SS Joe Bernhardt. Placed RHP Felix Romero on the suspended list. Placed OF Glynn Kimberley on the voluntarily retired list.

Minor league transactions are updated every two weeks.