This Week in Transactions: December 16 - December 22

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