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This Week in Transactions: December 16 - December 22

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All the deals and moves that went down between the 16th and 22nd of December.

The Rangers' left fielder for the foreseeable future, Shin-Soo Choo.
The Rangers' left fielder for the foreseeable future, Shin-Soo Choo.
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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