Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period Sept. 19-25.
The minor league season being over, players who re-sign with the same organization now are doing so while forgoing minor league free agency. The full minor league free agent list will not be finalized by MLB until five days after the World Series concludes.
Atlanta Braves
Reinstated from DL: RHP Magdiel Avendano, RHP Joe Bisenius, RHP Brett Cammons, RHP Cory Gearrin, RHP J.R. Graham, RHP James Hoyt, RHP Dave Peterson, RHP Benino Pruneda, LHP Chuck Buchanan, LHP Thomas Keeling, LHP Nelson Leon, LHP Luis Merejo, LHP Carlos Perez, LHP Daniel Rodriguez, LHP David Starn, C Shawn McGill, OF Chris Edmondson, OF Miguel Rivero, OF Will Skinner
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP John Cornely, RHP Juan Jaime, RHP Aaron Northcraft, RHP Shae Simmons, 2B Tommy La Stella, 3B Kyle Kubitza, SS Elmer Reyes, OF Robby Hefflinger
Baltimore Orioles
Recalled: LHP Mike Belfiore, LHP Zach Britton
Added to 40-man roster: OF Jason Pridie
Reinstated from DL: RHP Bobby Bundy, RHP Dylan Bundy, RHP Eunchul Choi, RHP Branden Kline, RHP Jason McCracken, RHP Stu Pomeranz, RHP Julio Rodriguez, LHP Jason Gurka, LHP Yi-Hsiang Lin, LHP Andy Loomis, LHP Ashur Tolliver, C Zach Booker, C Sam Kimmel, C Kyle Moore, C Tanner Murphy, C Pedro Perez, C Joel Polanco, C Scott Thomas, 1B Aaron Baker, 1B Christian Walker, 2B Paco Figueroa, 2B Shawn Roof, 3B Drew Dosch, 3B Hector Veloz, SS Byron Capellan, OF Scott Beerer, OF Roderick Bernadina, OF Derrick Bleeker, OF Steve Bumbry, OF Kyle Hudson, OF Connor Narron, OF Trayvon Robinson, OF Anthony Vega, OF Brenden Webb
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Branden Kline, LHP Tim Berry, LHP Jason Gurka, LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, C Michael Ohlman, 2B Jonathan Schoop, OF Dariel Alvarez, OF Henry Urrutia
A solid season at Triple-A Norfolk earned veteran Jason Pridie a late-September callup. He hit .269/.333/.434 with 15 homers in 118 games for the Tides, 89 of them in center field.
Boston Red Sox
Signed: LHP Nate Reed (Lancaster (Atlantic))
Recalled: RHP Pedro Beato, C Dan Butler, C Christian Vazquez, OF Alex Hassan
Reinstated from DL: RHP Alfredo Aceves, RHP Chris Balcom-Miller, RHP Jeffry Fernandez, RHP Jason Garcia, RHP Aaron Kurcz, RHP Bobby Lanigan, RHP Matt Spalding, LHP Will Latimer, LHP Jack McGeary, C Jayson Hernandez, C Zach Kapstein, C Jordan Weems, 2B Bryan Johns, 3B David Renfroe, 3B Kolbrin Vitek, SS Mike Miller, OF Ronald Bermudez, OF Pete Hissey, OF Mitch Maier, OF Drew Turocy
Chicago Cubs
Signed: RHP Alan Oaks (Normal (Frontier)), C Danny Canela (River City (Frontier))
Undrafted out of NAIA Lee (Tenn.) this year after “parting ways” with North Carolina State in January, Danny Canela signed with River City and won the Frontier League rookie of the year award with a batting line of .360/.455/.582 with 12 homers in 67 games.
Chicago White Sox
Signed: C Luis Sierra (re-signed)
Recalled: RHP Simon Castro, RHP Deunte Heath, RHP Nestor Molina, LHP Santos Rodriguez, 1B Mike McDade, 3B Brent Morel, OF Jared Mitchell, OF Blake Tekotte
Cincinnati Reds
Signed: RHP Justin Freeman (re-signed), 3B Mike Costanzo (re-signed)
Reinstated from DL: OF Jose De Luna, OF Elliott Hargreaves
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Drew Hayes, RHP Michael Lorenzen, RHP Chad Rogers, RHP Jamie Walczak, C Tucker Barnhart, 3B Travis Mattair, OF Ryan LaMarre, OF Yorman Rodriguez
Cleveland Indians
Reinstated from DL: RHP Adam Plutko
Colorado Rockies
Signed: RHP Cole White (re-signed)
Reinstated from DL: RHP Justin Berg, RHP Russell Brewer, RHP Bobby Cassevah, RHP Roman Colon, RHP Jefri Hernandez, RHP Vianney Mayo, RHP Josh Mueller, RHP Adam Paulencu, RHP Juan Perez, RHP Matt Pierpont, RHP Angel Reyes, RHP Josh Sullivan, RHP Seth Willoughby, RHP Coty Woods, LHP Isaiah Froneberger, C Matt McBride, 1B Dean Espy, 1B Henry Wrigley, 2B Jose Rivera, 3B Sam Mende, OF David Dahl, OF Jose Monzon, OF Rafael Ortega
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Dan Houston, LHP Tyler Matzek, LHP Kraig Sitton, C Dustin Garneau, SS Cristhian Adames, OF Kyle Parker, OF Tim Wheeler
Detroit Tigers
Recalled: RHP Melvin Mercedes, RHP Jose Ortega, LHP Casey Crosby, C Ramon Cabrera, 3B Francisco Martinez, SS Dixon Machado
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Tommy Collier, RHP Corey Knebel, LHP Kenny Faulk, LHP Blaine Hardy, 2B Devon Travis, SS Dixon Machado, OF Tyler Collins
Houston Astros
Reinstated from DL: RHP David Paulino
Kansas City Royals
Signed: C Adam Moore (re-signed), 1B Matt Fields (re-signed), 1B Dennis Raben (re-signed)
Released: RHP John Barnett, RHP David Bernat, RHP Yeliar Castro, RHP Chris Coughlin, RHP Dusty Dossett, RHP Kirk Gore, RHP Jose Lopez, RHP Trae McGill, RHP Kelvin Nunez, RHP Brian Steffek, RHP Victor Suarez, LHP Carlos Blanco, LHP Brent Fisher, LHP Shaun Shiery, LHP Michael Smith, C John Draper, C Scott Walter, 2B Wally Sevilla, 3B Brett Groves, 3B Kyle Martin, INF John Fox, OF Marco Cunningham, OF Terry Evans, OF Tim Frend, OF Mike Galloway
Among the legion of players released by the Royals in this installment, only Terry Evans had suited up for the organization recently. He played for Triple-A Omaha in 2012. The rest of the releases are paperwork moves in which the players had been on either the restricted or voluntarily retired list for years. Many of these players turned pro out of the 2000, ’01 or ’02 drafts.
Los Angeles Angels
Recalled: RHP David Carpenter, RHP Daniel Stange
Removed from 40-man: RHP David Carpenter (outrighted to Double-A), RHP Daniel Stange (outrighted to Triple-A)
Reinstated from DL: RHP Mike Clevinger, RHP Manaurys Correa, RHP Rob Delaney, RHP Josh Judy, RHP Ethan Katz, RHP A.J. Schugel, RHP Reid Scoggins, RHP Austin Wood, LHP Brandon Sisk, LHP Stephen Tromblee, C Elio Sarmiento, 3B Andy Marte, SS Pedro Toribio, OF Brennan Gowens, OF Paul McAnulty, OF Lou Montanez, OF Trent Oeltjen, OF Andrew Ray
Miami Marlins
Reinstated from DL: 1B Scott Carcaise
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Colby Suggs, RHP Nick Wittgren, LHP Andrew Heaney, LHP Edgar Olmos, 3B Colin Moran, OF Brent Keys
Milwaukee Brewers
Signed: SS Hector Gomez (re-signed)
Removed from 40-man: C Blake Lalli (outrighted to Triple-A)
Minnesota Twins
Signed: RHP Mark Hamburger (re-signed), RHP Virgil Vasquez (re-signed)
Recalled: RHP Kyle Gibson, RHP B.J. Hermsen, RHP Trevor May, RHP Vance Worley, SS Daniel Santana, OF Aaron Hicks
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: OF Byron Buxton
New York Mets
Recalled: SS Wilfredo Tovar
Reinstated from DL: RHP Matt Bowman, RHP Luis Cessa, RHP Jake deGrom, RHP Michael Fulmer, RHP Matt Koch, RHP Luis Mateo, RHP Cory Mazzoni, RHP Dylan Owen, RHP Tyler Pill, RHP Mitch Talbot, RHP Logan Taylor, RHP Taylor Whitenton, RHP Ernesto Yanez, LHP Shane Bay, LHP John Mincone, LHP Jhonathan Torres, LHP Carlos Valdez, LHP Carlos Vazquez, 1B Joe Bonfe, 2B Reese Havens, 3B Aderlin Rodriguez, SS Chad Zurcher, OF Jorge Rivero
New York Yankees
Signed: RHP Manuel Barreda (re-signed), RHP Kelvin Castro (re-signed), RHP Jairo Heredia (re-signed), RHP Diego Moreno (re-signed), LHP Francisco Rondon (re-signed), C Francisco Arcia (re-signed)
Reinstated from DL: 2B Angelo Gumbs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Recalled: RHP Ryan Reid, RHP Duke Welker, LHP Andy Oliver, SS Chase d’Arnaud, OF Jerry Sands
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Matt Benedict
St. Louis Cardinals
Released: RHP Brad Watson, LHP Ben O’Shea, C Geoff Klein, C Adam Lewis, 3B Kyle Grieshaber, 3B Tyler Rahmatulla, OF Yoenny Gonzalez
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Sam Gaviglio, LHP Anthony Ferrara, LHP Dean Kiekhefer, LHP Lee Stoppelman, 2B Jacob Wilson, OF Stephen Piscotty
An eighth-round pick in 2012, Yoenny Gonzalez earns his release after hitting .192/.220/.269 at Rookie-level Johnson City this year—and earning a 50-game suspension for an unspecified violation of the minor league drug program.
San Diego Padres
Signed: RHP Coby Cowgill (re-signed)
San Francisco Giants
Signed: RHP Luis Rojas (re-signed), LHP Kelvin Marte (re-signed)
Tampa Bay Rays
Recalled: RHP Jake Odorizzi, LHP Jeff Beliveau, LHP Enny Romero
Added to 40-man roster: RHP J.D. Martin
Removed from 40-man: RHP J.D. Martin (outrighted to Triple-A)
Texas Rangers
Signed: RHP Jon Edwards (re-signed)
Toronto Blue Jays
Signed: RHP Justin Jackson (re-signed)
Reinstated from DL: RHP Dan Barnes, RHP Casey Beck, RHP Tim Brechbuehler, RHP Dave Bush, RHP Buddy Carlyle, RHP Taylor Cole, RHP Shawn Griffith, RHP Patrick Murphy, RHP Roberto Osuna, LHP Ryan Borucki, LHP Willie Collazo, LHP Shane Dawson, LHP Tommy Hottovy, LHP Carlos Pina, C Luis Munoz, 1B Gabe Jacobo, SS Peter Mooney, SS Shane Opitz, SS Dickie Joe Thon, OF Jake Anderson
Washington Nationals
Signed: RHP Nector Ramirez
Reinstated from DL: LHP Nick Lee
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