MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Monday, 4/3/2005
Saturday 1/28/2005 :
27 year old Pitcher Guille Alvarado from Cuba has moved from Cuba to the US and is now a free agent.
Friday 2/3/2005 :
Trade between Cairo and Pittsburgh :
Pittsburgh gets :
P Simon Galaz
$10,000,000 cash.
Cairo gets :
P John Stanley
2nd round draft pick.
3rd round draft pick.
4th round draft pick.
Trade between Seattle and Marietta :
Marietta gets :
P Billy Lowry
Seattle gets :
P Claude Guzman
$4,000,000 cash.
8th round draft pick.
Jersey City: Free agent LF Paul Caldwell has been signed to a contract of $5,600,000 per year, for 4 years.
Jersey City: Free agent P Nicanor Gonzalez has been signed to a contract of $660,660 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/4/2005 :
Jersey City: Placed P Tomas Folch on waivers.
Jersey City: Placed P Enrique Trujillo on irrevocable waivers.
Pittsburgh: Free agent CF Oscar Woodworth has been signed to a contract of $10,570,000 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent CF John Douglass has been signed to a contract of $7,000,001 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/5/2005 :
Trade between Jersey City and Seattle :
Seattle gets :
P William Salter
$3,500,000 cash.
Jersey City gets :
P John Toy
P Bruce Westlund
Stockholm: Free agent CF Joseph Watson has been signed to a contract of $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Jersey City: Free agent P Guille Alvarado has been signed to a contract of $2,200,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York: Free agent RF Thomas Tietjen has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 2/6/2005 :
Gainesville: Free agent 2B David Austin has been signed to a contract of $10,500,000 per year, for 5 years.
Stockholm: Free agent P Tom Ambler has been signed to a contract of $3,100,000 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 3B Logan Scalise has been signed to a contract of $1,010,000 per year, for 1 years.
Maryland: Free agent C Stephen Dugan has been signed to a contract of $325,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sylva: Activated P Archie Swanson from the DL.
Sylva: P Jeffrey Yancy was promoted from AAA Sylva Eagles to the active roster.
Sylva: LF Oriol Villa was promoted from A Longmont Blue Wave to the active roster.
Sylva: LF Hung Jackson was promoted from AAA Sylva Eagles to the active roster.
Sylva: P George Ruvalcaba was promoted from AAA Sylva Eagles to the active roster.
Tuesday 2/7/2005 :
New York: Free agent CF Carlos Araoz has been signed to a contract of $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Stockholm: Free agent 3B Stephen Hyer has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Stockholm: Free agent P Lyman Grimm has been signed to a contract of $3,890,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/8/2005 :
Marietta: Free agent P Joseph Silas has been signed to a contract of $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York: Free agent 2B Roger Kirby has been signed to a contract of $3,035,000 per year, for 2 years.
Jersey City: Free agent 2B John Arant has been signed to a contract of $2,450,000 per year, for 2 years.
Helena: Free agent C John Neiman has been signed to a contract of $880,000 per year, for 2 years.
Jersey City: Free agent 2B Daniel Ochs has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 2/9/2005 :
Seattle: Free agent P Joseph Diederich has been signed to a contract of $10,060,000 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 1B Amador Zaragoza has been signed to a contract of $9,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Gainesville: Free agent P Bobby Stoops has been signed to a contract of $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Sylva: Free agent 3B Maximo Corona has been signed to a contract of $436,800 per year, for 1 years.
Maryland: Free agent P Craig Tanner has been signed to a contract of $3,985,115 per year, for 3 years.
Sylva: 3B Maximo Corona was assigned to the active roster.
Sylva: SS Jerry Fallis was sent down from the active roster to AA Morocco Wolves.
Friday 2/10/2005 :
Pittsburgh: Released P Ulises Sala.
Trade between Marietta and Seattle :
Seattle gets :
LF Rudolph Fu
Marietta gets :
P Juan Mandeville
Sylva: Free agent P Cedrick Iverson has been signed to a contract of $1,590,000 per year, for 4 years.
Stockholm: Free agent 2B Carmine Leventhal has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 1 years.
Sylva: P Cedrick Iverson was assigned to the active roster.
Sylva: P George Ruvalcaba was sent down from the active roster to AA Morocco Wolves.
Sylva: MR Enrique Trujillo has been claimed off waivers from Jersey City.
Sylva: Put P Leonel Spires on irrevocable waivers and designated him for assignment.
Sylva: P Enrique Trujillo was assigned to the active roster.
Saturday 2/11/2005 :
Marietta: Free agent SS Juan Favela has been signed to a contract of $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Jersey City: Free agent P James Dambrosio has been signed to a contract of $4,400,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: Free agent P Ralph Mills has been signed to a contract of $508,800 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: Put P Enrique Trujillo on irrevocable waivers and designated him for assignment.
Sylva: P Ralph Mills was assigned to the active roster.
Sunday 2/12/2005 :
Brooklyn: Free agent 2B Pedro Sequeiros has been signed to a contract of $2,750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Stockholm: Free agent P Oscar Leon has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Helena: Free agent C Gonzalo Abarca has been signed to a contract of $2,100,000 per year, for 2 years.
Helena: Free agent P Steven Mendelsohn has been signed to a contract of $450,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: Free agent P Alvin Ahumada has been signed to a contract of $428,000 per year, for 1 years.
Sylva: Free agent P Dion Vazquez has been signed to a contract of $494,500 per year, for 3 years.
Sylva: P Lloyd Reardon was sent down from the active roster to AA Morocco Wolves.
Sylva: P Russ Webb was sent down from the active roster to AA Morocco Wolves.
Sylva: P Alvin Ahumada was assigned to the active roster.
Sylva: P Dion Vazquez was assigned to the active roster.
Monday 2/13/2005 :
Sylva: Free agent P Freddie Mendes has been signed to a contract of $9,859,255 per year, for 4 years.
Jersey City: Free agent P Fabio Puņal has been signed to a contract of $5,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Maryland: Free agent C Marcos Navarro has been signed to a contract of $2,595,550 per year, for 1 years.
Sylva: Put P Dion Vazquez on irrevocable waivers and designated him for assignment.
Sylva: P Freddie Mendes was assigned to the active roster.
Tuesday 2/14/2005 :
Helena: Free agent RF Mark Kiker has been signed to a contract of $3,900,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 2/15/2005 :
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Stephen Pacheco has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Stockholm: Free agent C Timothy Odom has been signed to a contract of $680,000 per year, for 1 years.
Stockholm: Free agent P George Martinez has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Jersey City: Free agent P John Tozier has been signed to a contract of $646,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent P Ulises Sala has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 3 years.
Stockholm: 3B Brain Muniz has been claimed off waivers from Sylva.
Thursday 2/16/2005 :
Sylva: Free agent C Nathan Sanchez has been signed to a contract of $421,200 per year, for 3 years.
Sylva: Free agent P Clemente Acosta has been signed to a contract of $423,400 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: C Kurt Pounders was placed on waivers, designated for assignment and taken off the 40-man roster.
Sylva: C Nathan Sanchez was assigned to the active roster.
Friday 2/17/2005 :
Sylva: Free agent 2B Leo Villa has been signed to a contract of $2,475,300 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: Free agent LF John Sasso has been signed to a contract of $1,706,900 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: Free agent P Joshua Lavoie has been signed to a contract of $1,544,400 per year, for 3 years.
Sylva: Put 3B Maximo Corona on irrevocable waivers and designated him for assignment.
Sylva: Put LF Robert Zepeda on irrevocable waivers and designated him for assignment.
Sylva: P Anthony Wong was sent down from the active roster to AAA Sylva Eagles.
Sylva: 2B Leo Villa was assigned to the active roster.
Sylva: LF John Sasso was assigned to the active roster.
Sylva: P Joshua Lavoie was assigned to the active roster.
Brooklyn: MR George Ruvalcaba has been claimed off waivers from Sylva.
Saturday 2/18/2005 :
Sylva: Free agent SS Maels Ruiz has been signed to a contract of $791,800 per year, for 3 years.
Maryland: Free agent P Baltasar Acevedo has been signed to a contract of $528,995 per year, for 1 years.
Helena: Free agent CF Richard Whitesides has been signed to a contract of $450,000 per year, for 2 years.
Stockholm: SP Billy Whitehead has been claimed off waivers from Sylva.
Sunday 2/19/2005 :
Sylva: Free agent CF Franky Gingras has been signed to a contract of $1,652,400 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: LF Oriol Villa was placed on waivers, designated for assignment and taken off the 40-man roster.
Sylva: CF Franky Gingras was assigned to the active roster.
Helena: MR Russ Webb has been claimed off waivers from Sylva.
Monday 2/20/2005 :
Maryland: Free agent RF Will Hsu has been signed to a contract of $820,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: Free agent 3B Michael Rutan has been signed to a contract of $1,483,500 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: SS Lamar Diaz was placed on waivers, designated for assignment and taken off the 40-man roster.
Sylva: Put P Jeffrey Yancy on irrevocable waivers and designated him for assignment.
Sylva: 3B Michael Rutan was assigned to the active roster.
Sylva: P Dion Vazquez was assigned to the active roster.
Wednesday 2/22/2005 :
Jersey City: Placed SS Manuel Toscano on irrevocable waivers.
Stockholm: Free agent 1B Albert Ramer has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 6 years.
Thursday 2/23/2005 :
Sylva: Free agent P James Artman has been signed to a contract of $479,500 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: LF Robert Zepeda has been claimed off waivers from Sylva.
Friday 2/24/2005 :
Seattle: Free agent LF Bryan Caraway has been signed to a contract of $4,775,000 per year, for 3 years.
Jersey City: Free agent RF Jerrod Aguila has been signed to a contract of $704,000 per year, for 1 years.
Sylva: Free agent C Ricardo Vizcaino has been signed to a contract of $417,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/27/2005 :
Seattle: Free agent 2B Lawrence Nickel has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Helena: Free agent SS Mariano Guerro has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Tuesday 2/28/2005 :
Stockholm: Free agent LF Julian Galgano has been signed to a contract of $1,750,250 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 3/4/2005 :
Pittsburgh: P Earnest Bosserman was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P Anderson Norred was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P John Atnip was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P Paul Gassaway was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P George Heilig was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P Dario Herreros was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P Samuel Jordan was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P Luis Reynoso was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P Mel Trafton was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: P Randy Woodhouse was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: 1B Patrick Cresswell was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: 1B Benicio Pineda was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: 3B Andre Hanson was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: RF Heriberto Serrano was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: LF Michael Seay was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: SS Jack Sandoval was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: SS Robert Emanuel was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: CF James Rhodes was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: RF Shachihiko Okitsugu was assigned to AAA Imperial Guards.
Pittsburgh: C Richard Pendelton was sent down from the active roster to AAA Imperial Guards.
New York: Put C Brian Micco on the 15 Day DL.
Helena: Released C Wayne Prokop.
Jersey City: Released P James Mastrangelo.
Sylva: P Lawrence Bergquist was assigned to AAA Sylva Eagles.
Trade between Pittsburgh and Stockholm :
Stockholm gets :
P Bill McLaurin
Pittsburgh gets :
P Edgar Bernal
10th round draft pick.
New York : Free agent Hung Odell has been signed to a contract of $1,200,000 per year, for 1 years.
New York : Nathan Scull has been signed to a contract extension, $1,240,000 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh Rule 5 Draft Round 1 Pick: 1B Seve Bosch from Stockholm.
Pittsburgh Rule 5 Draft Round 2 Pick: 3B Agustin Moreno from Stockholm.
Gainesville : Free agent John Covas has been signed to a contract of $1,556,000 per year, for 1 years.
Brooklyn : Miyatarou Takenao has been signed to a contract extension, $6,840,000 per year, for 4 years.
Marietta: Put CF Brady Morris on the 15 Day DL.
Trade between Pittsburgh and New York :
New York gets :
C Richard Pendelton
Pittsburgh gets :
P Juan Truluck
$500,000 cash.
Trade between Pittsburgh and Jersey City :
Jersey City gets :
SS Alan Williams
Pittsburgh gets :
P Steven Pate
CF George Marcano
Pittsburgh: Designated CF Rudolph James for assignment.
Trade between Pittsburgh and Helena :
Helena gets :
1B Seve Bosch
3B Agustin Moreno
Pittsburgh gets :
C Eduardo Romo
$200,000 cash.
Sunday 3/5/2005 :
Helena: MR Lawrence Bergquist has been claimed off waivers from Sylva.
Thursday 3/9/2005 :
Jersey City: LF Tomas Frisina has been claimed off waivers from Sylva.
Friday 3/10/2005 :
New York: C Melvin Paulk has been claimed off waivers from Seattle.

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