Minor League Transactions

Transactions involving minor league players for the period Dec. 7-11. All transactions conveyed by Major League Baseball.

• The commissioner’s office granted free agency to 12 Braves prospects in November as a punitive measure for the club’s circumvention of international signing rules. Some of those prospects have officially signed with new teams, as reflected in this installment.

• Trade Central updates readers about prospects exchanged in trades.

Colorado Rockies
Signed: C Greg Jones (Utica (United Shore))

Detroit Tigers
Removed from 40-man: RHP Victor Alcantara (outrighted to Triple-A)

Kansas City Royals
Signed: RHP Yefry Del Rosario (granted free agency from Braves) | OF Terrance Gore (non-tendered and re-signed)
Assigned to Venezuelan League: 3B Angelo Castellano

Los Angeles Angels
Signed: RHP Shohei Ohtani (Nippon-Ham (Japan))
Traded: OF Jacob Pearson to Twins for international bonus pool money ($1 million)

The Angels won the bidding for 23-year-old Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani, sending a $20 million posting fee to Nippon-Ham and as much as $2.315 million in bonus dollars to Ohtani. The club says it is “pleased with the results” of a physical that revealed a first-degree degree sprain of his UCL because the damage is “consistent with players his age.”

Los Angeles Dodgers
Signed: RHP Guillermo Zuniga (granted free agency from Braves)

Miami Marlins
Traded: 2B Dee Gordon and international bonus pool money ($1 million) to Mariners for RHP Robert Dugger, RHP Nick Neidert and SS Chris Torres
Traded: OF Giancarlo Stanton to Yankees for RHP Jorge Guzman, 2B Starlin Castro and SS Jose Devers
Assigned to Dominican League: RHP Esmerling de la Rosa | RHP Tyler Kinley | LHP Nestor Bautista | LHP Carlos Diaz | SS Chris Diaz
Assigned to Venezuelan League: RHP Jorgan Cavanerio | RHP Severino Gonzalez | LHP Jose Quijada | C Tomas Telis | SS Rony Cabrera

Milwaukee Brewers
Assigned to Venezuelan League: OF Johnny Davis

Minnesota Twins
Signed: 2B Yunior Severino (granted free agency from Braves)
Acquired: C David Banuelos from Mariners for international bonus pool money ($1 million)
Acquired: OF Jacob Pearson from Angels for international bonus pool money ($1 million)

New York Yankees
Traded: RHP Jorge Guzman, 2B Starlin Castro and SS Jose Devers to Marlins for OF Giancarlo Stanton

Philadelphia Phillies
Assigned to Dominican League: C Logan Moore
Assigned to Mexican Pacific League: 3B Mitch Walding

Seattle Mariners
Signed: 1B Matt Hague
Traded: RHP Robert Dugger, RHP Nick Neidert and SS Chris Torres to Marlins for 2B Dee Gordon and international bonus pool money ($1 million)
Traded: C David Banuelos to Twins for international bonus pool money ($1 million)