JUNE

Bakersfield – Exercised the third minor league call-ups (MO-3) for Darren Holmes and Bobby Hill. Exercised the second minor league call-ups (MO-2) for Jayson Durocher, Rod Barajas and Eugene Kingsale. Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Ben Broussard and Dan Smith.

Bloomington – Signed Joe Borowski to a 3-year restricted (A) contract. Exercised the first minor league call-ups (MO-3) for Josh Beckett, Joe Crede and Willie Harris.

Box City – Exercised the second minor league call-ups (MO-2) for Dan Wright, Corey Bailey and Brandon Lyon.

Brooklyn – Exercised the second minor league call-ups (MO-2) for Jose Nieves, Austin Kearns and Jon Rauch.

Charlevoix – Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Carlos Pena.

Columbus – Exercised the second minor league call-up (MO-2) for Kelly Wunsch.

Cook County – Signed Reggie Taylor and Antonio Osuna to 3-year unrestricted (U) contracts. Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Willie Bloomquist.

Fleetwood – Signed Jorge Julio and Chris Woodward to 4-year unrestricted (U) contracts. Signed Scott Eyre and Tom Wilson to 3-year unrestricted (U) contracts.

Gem City – Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Tony Fiore.

Glen Allen – Exercised the first minor league call-ups (MO-1) for Runelvys Hernandez, Brendan Donnelly, Scott Mullen and Orlando Hudson.

La Crosse – Signed Julius Matos to a 1-year unrestricted (U) contract. Exercised the second minor league call-ups (MO-2) for TJ Tucker and Miguel Tejera.

Metropolis – Exercised the third month-to-month (MTM3) contract for Mike Magnante. Exercised the second month-to-month (MTM2) contracts for Mike Holtz and Felix Escalona. Exercised the first pre-paid month-to-month (MTM) contracts for Kevin Beirne, Kent Mercker, Charles Nagy, Raul Casanova and Trenidad Hubbard. Exercised the second minor league call-up (MO-2) for Justin Miller.

Minnesota – Signed Mark Ellis to a 4-year restricted (A) contract. Signed JC Romero to a 4-year unrestricted (U) contract.

Moline – Exercised the third minor league call-ups (MO-3) for Jason Conti and Kerry Robinson. Exercised the second minor league call-ups (MO-2) for Oscar Henriquez and Yorkis Perez

North Georgia – Exercised the first minor league call-ups (MO-1) for Jaime Cerda and Raul Gonzalez.

Ocala – Signed LaTroy Hawkins to a 4-year unrestricted (U) contract. Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Scot Shields.

Plaza – Exercised the second month-to-month (MTM2) contract for Greg Swindell. Exercised the third minor league call-ups (MO-3) for Junior Spivey, Aaron Rowand, Jake Westbrook and Jeff Farnsworth. Exercised the second minor league call-ups (MO-2) for Eric Hinske, Bill Selby, Brett Myers and Russ Johnson.

Santa Barbara – Exercised the second minor league call-ups (MO-2) for Erubiel Durazo, Mike Crudale and Rodrigo Lopez.

Springfield – Signed Kyle Lohse to a 4-year unrestricted (U) contract. Exercised the second minor league call-up (MO-2) for Orlando Merced.

Stanley – Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Ty Wigginton and Lance Carter.

Toledo – Signed Mike Koplove and Randall Simon to 4-year unrestricted (U) contracts. Signed Andy Fox to a 1-year unrestricted (U) contract. Exercised the third minor league call-ups (MO-3) for Mike Maroth and John Riedling. Exercised the first minor league call-ups (MO-1) for Alex Sanchez, Jon Garland and David Riske.

MARCH 

Bloomington – Exercised the third minor league call-up (MO-3) for Matt LeCroy and Dan Reichert.  Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Juan Moreno.  Signed Ben Weber and Travis Phelps to 3-year restricted (A) contracts.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Eric Byrnes, Willie Harris, Juan Moreno, Brad Voyles, Carlos Hernandez, Nate Cornejo and Rocky Biddle.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Richard Stahl, John Lackey, Bobby Jenks, Josh Pearce, Chris Bootcheck and Felix Diaz.

Box City – Signed Lou Pote to a 2-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Timo Perez.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Chris Gomez, Bobby Kielty, Ryan Jensen, Nelson Figueroa, Dan Wright, Dave Coggin, Brandon Lyon and Justin Duchscherer.  Signed Jeff Heaverlo to an amateur contract.

Brooklyn – Signed Juan Pierre to a 5-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed Randy Choate and Tsuyoshi Shinjo to 3-year unrestricted (U) contracts.   Signed Nick Bierbrodt and Kane Davis to minor league contracts.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Julian Benavidez, JJ Johnson and Jimmy Journell.

Charlevoix – Signed Randy Keisler and Hector Ortiz to 1-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Luis Pineda, David Borkowski, Matt Miller, Mark Sweeney and Cesar Crespo.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Kazuhisa Ishii, Chris Burke, Bobby Brownlie, Ty Howington, John-Ford Griffin and Jeff Francis.

Columbus – Signed Jeremy Giambi to a 4-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed Graeme Lloyd to a 3-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed Augie Ojeda to a 2-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed Hector Mercado and Erik Hiljus to minor league contracts.  Signed Mark Little to a month-to-month (MTM) contract. Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Ramon Santiago, Nathan Haynes, Ryan Kibler, Luis Garcia, Tim Hummell, Brad Cresse and Cody Ross.

Cook County – Exercised the second minor league call-up (MO-2) for Abraham Nunez.  Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Doug Mirabelli, Jay Gibbons, Brian Lawrence and Dave Williams.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Josh Phelps, Brian Lawrence, Dave Williams, Ken Harvey, Jack Wilson, Juan Rincon, Jason Middlebrook, Mario Encarnacion and Jay Gibbons.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Jesse Foppert, Anthony Pluta, Clint Nageotte and Ricardo Rodriguez.

Fleetwood – Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Brad Thomas, Jorge Julio, Grant Balfour, Pascual Coco and Mike Rivera.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Seung Song, Miguel Cabrera and Nic Jackson.

Gem City – Signed Shawn Wooten and Scott Stewart to 3-year restricted (A) contracts.  Signed Chris Truby to a 3-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Troy Mattes, Mike Colangelo, Geronimo Gil, Dustan Mohr, Rick Bauer and Mark Bellhorn.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Garett Gentry, Marcus Thames, Beltran Perez, Rich Rundles and Ben Broussard.

Georgia – Signed Wade Miller to a 4-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed the following players to 3-year restricted (A) contracts: AJ Pierzynski, Jeff Liefer and Jay Witasick.  Signed Ray King to a 2-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed Robert Machado to a 1-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Courtney Duncan, Cliff Politte, Sun-Woo Kim, Mark DeRosa, and Alex Arias.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Brandon Phillips, Mark Phillips and Brett Evert.

Glen Allen – Signed Melvin Mora to a 3-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Ramon Vazquez, Brian Roberts, Brian Reith, Luis Vizcaino, Vance Wilson and Kerry Robinson.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Orlando Hudson, Morgan Ensberg, Jason Lane, Colby Lewis and Victor Martinez.

Hessville – Signed Mike Buddie and Mark Wohlers to 2-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Erik Sabel and Curtis Pride to 1-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Kenny Kelly, Jon VanBenschoten, Joe Thurston and Garrett Atkins.

Iowa – Signed Ben Davis to a 4-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Chad Fox, Cory Bailey and John Thomson.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Mario Ramos, Luis Terrero and So Taguchi.

La Crosse – Signed Kip Wells to a 4-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed Jerry Hairston, Jr. and Gary Matthews, Jr. to 4-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Bruce Chen to a 3-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed Giovanni Carrara to a 3-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed Willis Roberts to a 2-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed Mike Darr to a 1-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Jack Cressend, Johnny Estrada, Randall Simon and Lou Collier.  Signed Mark Leiter to a month-to-month (MTM) contract.  Signed Todd Linden and Matt Guerrier to amateur contracts.

Metropolis – Exercised the third minor league call-up (MO-3) for Makoto Suzuki.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Tim Redding, Brandon Duckworth, Juan Rivera, Carlos Zambrano, Joaquin Benoit, Scott Chiasson, Corky Miller and Adam Pettyjohn.  Signed Chris Michalak and Donnie Sadler to month-to-month (MTM) contracts.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Dennis Tankersley, Rafael Soriano, Denny Bautista, Brad Lidge, Matt Riley and Shin-Soo Choo.

Minnesota – Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Chris Reitsma, Craig Wilson and Jerrod Riggan.  Signed Ricky Rincon to a 3-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Chris Reitsma, Craig Wilson (Pit), Lyle Overbay, Michael Young, Jerrod Riggan, Josh Fogg, Brady Clark, Mike Koplove, Bart Miadach and Brandon Berger.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Casey Kotchman, Jake Gautreau, Eric Cyr, Miguel Olivo and Sergio Santos.

Moline – Signed Miguel Batista and Brian Tollberg to 4-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Elmer Dessens, Ruben Sierra, Bob File and Kevin Jarvis to 3-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Norm Charlton, Tomas Perez and Herbert Perry to 1-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Tim Raines, Sr. to a month-to-month (MTM) contract.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Boof Bonser, Kenny Baugh and Rocco Baldelli.

North Georgia – Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Mike Jackson.  Signed Shea Hillenbrand to a 4-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed John Smoltz to a 3-year restricted (A) contract.  Signed Julio Franco to a 2-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Tim Spooneybarger, Casey Fossum, Joe Beimel, Calvin Maduro, Jason Grilli, Erick Almonte and Angel Santos.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Aaron Heilman and Tyler Parker.

Ocala – Exercised the third minor league call-up (MO-3) for Adrian Beltre.  Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Roy Oswalt and Shawn Chacon.  Signed Brian Buchanon and Eli Marrero to 3-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Jeff Wallace to a 1-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Jeremy Fikac, Bret Prinz, Shawn Chacon, Blaine Neal and Jose Acevedo to minor league contracts.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Joe Mauer, Kelly Johnson, Grady Sizemore and Kris Honel.

Plaza – Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Joe Kennedy, Sean Douglass, Allen Levrault, Tim Raines Jr. and Junior Spivey.  Signed Randy Knorr and Tony Fernandez to month-to-month (MTM) contracts.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Gabe Gross, Jose Reyes, Eric Hinske and Nate McLouth.

Racine – Signed David Eckstein and Victor Zambrano to 4-year unrestricted (U) contracts. Signed Mike Lincoln, Victor Santos and Josh Towers to 3-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Fernando Lunar and Gene Stechschulte to 2-year unrestricted (U) contracts.  Signed Kris Wilson to a 1-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Benito Baez, Joe Strong and Kyle Peterson.  Signed Jamal Strong and Jesus Medrano to amateur contracts.

Santa Barbara – Exercised the second minor league call-up (MO-2) for Wiki Gonzalez.  Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Brent Abernathy, Rob Mackowiak, Edwards Guzman and Ryan Franklin.  Signed Greg Swindell and Robert Ellis to 1-year unrestricted (U) contracts. Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Juan Uribe, Lance Davis, Brent Butler, Ryan Franklin, Rob Mackowiak and Edwards Guzman.  Signed Jimmy Gobble and Esteban German to amateur contracts.

Springfield – Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Angel Berroa, Keith Ginter and Kyle Lohse.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Brandon Claussen, Corwin Malone and John Buck.

Stanley – Signed Paul Lo Duca to a 4-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed Frank Menechino to a 3-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Ryan Drese, Kevin Olsen, Jay Powell, Chad Zerbe, Ryan Vogelsong, Denny Stark and John Valentin.  Signed the following players to amateur contracts: Omar Infante, Zach Day, Seth McClung, JD Martin and Gavin Floyd.

Toledo – Signed Ramon Hernandez to a 4-year unrestricted (U) contract.  Exercised the first minor league call-up (MO-1) for Luis Rivas, Brandon Inge, Jason Tyner, Paxton Crawford and Damian Rolls.  Signed the following players to minor league contracts: Doug Nickle, Jose A. Nunez, David Riske, Toby Hall, Damian Rolls and Mike Mathews. Signed the following players to amateur contracts: John Stephens, Billy Traber, Alex Herrera and Jose Valverde.