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Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of This Week in Transactions where we will note every transaction announced for the week beginning December 16.
Trades
- 12/16 - AZ - RHP Addison Reed, CWS - 3B Matt Davidson
- 12/18 - ATL - C/OF Ryan Doumit, MIN - LHSP Sean Gilmartin
- 12/18 - COL - OF Drew Stubbs, CLE - LHP Josh Outman
- 12/18 - COL - LHSP Franklin Morales and RHP Chris Martin, BOS - IF Jonathan Herrera
- 12/18 - BAL - OF David Lough, KC - IF Danny Valencia
- 12/18 - HOU - OF/1B Jesus Guzman, SD - SS Ryan Jackson
- 12/19 - OAK - OF Corey Brown, WAS - Cash considerations
MLB Free Agent Signings
- 12/16 - ATL - RHSP Gavin Floyd (1/$4M with $4.5M of incentives)
- 12/16 - HOU - RHP Matt Albers (1/$2.45M with club option for 2015 at $3M with a $200K buyout)
- 12/17 - LAD - LHP JP Howell (2/$11.25M with $6.25M mutual option for 2016, mutual option becomes player option 65 GP in 2015 or 120 GP in 2014-15 and not on DL at season's end)
- 12/17 - NYY - 2B Brian Roberts (1/$2M with $2.6M of incentives based on PA)
- 12/17 - NYY - LHP Matt Thornton (2/$7M)
- 12/17 - CHC - RHP Jose Veras (1/$4M with option for 2015 at $5.5M with $150K buyout and $750K of incentives based on games finished)
- 12/18 - SEA - CF Franklin Gutierrez (1/$1M with $2M of incentives)
- 12/18 - SD - RHP Joaquin Benoit (2/$15.5M)
- 12/18 - LAA - OF Raul Ibanez (1/$2.75M with $2.25M of incentives)
- 12/18 - MIA - 3B Casey McGehee (1/$1.1M with incentives)
- 12/18 - AZ - 3B Eric Chavez (1/$3.5M with $1M of incentives)
- 12/19 - CWS - LHP Scott Downs (1/$3.75M with vesting option for 2015 at $4.25M with $250K buyout)
- 12/20 - MIN - C Kurt Suzuki (1/$2.75M with incentives)
- 12/21 - TEX - OF Shin-Soo Choo (7/$130M with award bonuses and limited no trade clause)
Avoided Arbitration
- 12/16 - ATL - RHSP Brandon Beachy (1/$1.45M)
- 12/17 - SEA - LHP Charlie Furbush (1/$750K)
- 12/20 - OAK - 1B Daric Barton (1/$1.25M)
Extensions
- 12/20 - AZ - RHP Brad Ziegler (2/$10.5M with club option for 2016 at $5.5M with $1M buyout)
DFA's
- 12/16 - COL - RHSP Collin McHugh
- 12/18 - PHI - C Sebastian Valle
- 12/18 - MIA - C Kyle Skipworth
- 12/18 - SEA - RHP Chance Ruffin
- 12/19 - NYY - RHSP Brett Marshall
- 12/19 - CLE - RHP Trey Haley
- 12/20 - SF - LHSP Erik Surkamp
Outrights
- 12/16 - DET - RHP Luis Marte, IF Danny Worth
- 12/18 - SEA - OF Travis Witherspoon
- 12/20 - MIA - C Kyle Skipworth
- 12/20 - PHI - C Sebastian Valle
Waiver Claims
- 12/18 - HOU - RHP Collin McHugh (DFA'd by COL)
- 12/20 - OAK - C Chris Gimenez (DFA'd by TB)
Non-tenders/Released
- 12/17 - BOS - RHP Chris Carpenter
- 12/20 - OAK - LHP Pedro Figueroa
- 12/21 - MIL - RHP Cody Scarpetta
40-Man Additions
- None
MiLB Free Agent Signings
- 12/16 - BAL - 1B Chris Marrero
- 12/16 - TOR - IF Jared Goedert
- 12/16 - CLE - RHSP Shaun Marcum ($1M guarantee if he makes the MLB roster with $3M of incentives)
- 12/16 - LAD - 3B Josh Bell
- 12/17 - SD - IF Alberto Gonzalez
- 12/17 - TOR - IF Steve Tolleson
- 12/17 - CLE - C Matt Treanor ($800K if he makes MLB roster)
- 12/17 - MIN - RHP Yohan Pino
- 12/17 - BOS - Shunsuke Watanabe
- 12/18 - PHI - RHP Sean O'Sullivan, OF Dave Sappelt, OF Tony Gwynn Jr, C Lou Marson
- 12/18 - PIT - 1B Travis Ishikawa, IF Michael Martinez, LHP Daniel Schlereth, LHP Adam Wilk, RHP Kyle McPherson
- 12/18 - TEX - RHP Justin Germano, IF Kensuke Tanaka
- 12/18 - CHC - LHP Jonathan Sanchez
- 12/19 - CIN - RHSP Chien-Ming Wang ($1.25M if he makes MLB roster with $1.75M of incentives)
- 12/19 - BAL - OF Xavier Paul
- 12/19 - DET - LHP Duane Below
- 12/19 - CHC - OF Mitch Maier, LHP Tsuyoshi Wada
- 12/19 - TEX - RHP Daniel McCutchen
- 12/19 - BAL - RHP Fabio Castillo
- 12/20 - MIA - UT Jordany Valdespin
- 12/20 - TEX - LHP Ryan Feieraband
- 12/20 - COL - RHP Ryan Kulik
- 12/21 - WAS - C Chris Snyder, SS Emmanuel Burriss, C Mitch Canham, 1B Brock Peterson
- 12/21 - LAD - RHP Romulo Sanchez, RHP Henry Sosa, LHP Fu-Te Ni
- 12/21 - TEX - OF Che-Hsuan Lin
Retirements
- None
Free Agency Elections
- None
Foreign Signings
- 12/17 - Yakult Swallows (NPB) - RHP Chris Carpenter
- 12/18 - Samsung Lions (KBO) - RHP Rick van den Hurk
- 12/18 - Seibu Lions (NPB)- RHP Greg Reynolds
- 12/19 - SK Wyverns (KBO) - OF Luke Scott (1/$300K)
- 12/19 - Seibu Lions (NPB) - IF Cody Ransom, RHP Michael Bowden, LHP Randy Williams, LHP Porfirio Lopez
- 12/20 - Rakuten Golden Eagles (NPB) - 3B/1B Kevin Youkilis (1/$4M with $1M of incentives)
- 12/21 - KIA Tigers (KBO) - 1B Brett Pill (1/$300K)
Major Contract Signings ($10M+) Statistics
2013 and 3 Year Average
JP Howell - 2/$11.25M
2013
W-L | GP | SV/BS | ERA | WHIP | ERA+ | IP | H/9 | BB/9 | K/9 |
4-1 | 67 | 0/0 | 2.18 | 1.05 | .176 | 62 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 7.8 |
FIP | SIERA | BABIP | LOB% | H | ER | HR | BB | K | GB/FB |
2.89 | 3.30 | .241 | 80.7 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 54 | 2.07 |
3 Year Average
ERA | ERA+ | WHIP | IP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | GP |
3.27 | 114 | 1.22 | 48 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 1.94 | 0.9 | 56 |
Joaquin Benoit - 2/$15.5M
2013
W-L | GP | SV/BS | ERA | WHIP | ERA+ | IP | H/9 | BB/9 | K/9 |
4-1 | 66 | 24/2 | 2.01 | 1.03 | 209 | 67 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 9.8 |
FIP | SIERA | BABIP | LOB% | H | ER | HR | BB | K | GB/FB |
2.87 | 2.86 | .256 | 87.3 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 73 | 1.11 |
3 Year Average
ERA | ERA+ | WHIP | IP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | GP |
2.89 | 146 | 1.08 | 66 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 3.61 | 1.1 | 68 |
Brad Ziegler - 2/$10.5M
2013
W-L | GP | SV/BS | ERA | WHIP | ERA+ | IP | H/9 | BB/9 | K/9 |
8-1 | 78 | 13/2 | 2.22 | 1.14 | 173 | 73 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
FIP | SIERA | BABIP | LOB% | H | ER | HR | BB | K | GB/FB |
3.40 | 2.77 | .258 | 80.7 | 61 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 6.54 |
3 Year Average
ERA | ERA+ | WHIP | IP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | GP |
2.30 | 173 | 1.15 | 67 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 74 |
Shin Soo Choo - 7/$130M
2013
G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB/CS |
154 | 712 | 569 | 107 | 162 | 34 | 2 | 21 | 54 | 20/11 |
BB/K | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | OPS+ | wRC+ | wOBA |
112/133 | .285/.423/.462 | .885 | 143 | 151 | .393 |
3 Year Average
G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B |
131 | 585 | 493 | 77 | 137 | 29 | 2 |
HR | RBI | SB/CS | BB/K | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
15 | 52 | 18/8 | 74/120 | .278/.387/.439 | .826 | 131 |
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