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American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed OF Jay Payton and RHP Sendy Rleal on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27 and March 23, respectively.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms with LHP Matt Thornton on a three-year contract and INF-OF Pablo Ozuna on a one-year contract extension through 2009. Purchased the contracts of LHP John Danks and C Gustavo Molina from Charlotte of the IL. Placed C Toby Hall on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed RHP Matt Miller, LHP Cliff Lee, INF Joe Inglett and OF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23. Assigned C Mike Rose to their minor league camp.
DETROIT TIGERS—Purchased the contract of LHP Bobby Seay from Toledo of the IL. Placed LHP Edward Campusano and RHP Roman Colon on the 15-day DL and INF Tony Giarratano on the 60-day DL.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Placed LHP John Bale, RHP Scott Elarton, RHP Luke Hudson and RHP Leo Nunez on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contracts of 3B Alex Gordon and RHP Brnadon Duckworth from Omaha of the PCL.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Optioned C Jeff Mathis, INF Kendry Morales, OF Nick Gorneault and RHP Chris Resop to Salt Lake of the PCL. Purchased the contract of RHP Chris Bootcheck from Salt Lake. Reassigned OF Curtis Pride, RHP Alex Serrano, and RHP Matt Wilhite to minor league camp. Placed RHP Bartolo Colon, INF Chone Figgins, OF Juan Rivera and RHP Jered Weaver on the 15-day DL. Placed INF Dallas McPherson on the 60-day DL.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Purchased the contract of RHP Sidney Ponson from Rochester of the IL. Assigned 1B Ken Harvey to their minor league camp.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Optioned RHP Colter Bean and RHP Chris Britton to Scranton of the IL. Placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang, RHP Jose Veras and RHP Humberto Sanchez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23, and RHP Jeff Karstens on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Released LHP Ron Villone and C Ben Davis.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Reassigned C Kurt Suzuki to their minor league camp. Released 1B-DH Erubiel Durazo. Optioned INF Donnie Murphy and LHP Brad Halsey to Sacramento of the PCL. Designated INF Antonio Perez for assignment. Purchased the contracts of INF Todd Walker and OF Travis Buck from Sacramento. Placed RHP Esteban Loaiza and 1B Dan Johnson on the 15-day DL; Loaiza retroactive to March 25 and Johnson to March 27. Reassigned INF Lou Merloni to their minor league camp.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Traded LHP Travis Blackley to San Francisco for OF Jason Ellison. Optioned OF Mike Morse, OF Adam Jones and LHP Jake Woods to Tacoma of the PCL. Assigned INF Rey Ordonez, OF Gookie Dawkins and RHP Justin Lehr to their minor league camp. Purchased the contracts of RHP Brandon Morrow, LHP Arthur Rhodes and C Jamie Burke from Tacoma. Placed RHP Mark Lowe and LHP Cesar Jimenez on the 60-day DL. Designated INF Michael Garciaparra for assignment.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Placed INF Greg Norton on the 15-day DL and LHP Jon Switzer on the 60-day DL. Optioned 2B Jorge Cantu and C Shawn Riggins to Durham of the IL. Assigned C Raul Casanova, OF Dustan Mohr and INF Jorge Velandia to their minor league camp. Purchased the contracts of RHP Gary Glover and RHP Al Reyes from Durham. Agreed to terms with 1B Carlos Pena on a one-year contract.
TEXAS RANGERS—Purchased the contracts of OF-DH Sammy Sosa, LHP Bruce Chen, INF-OF Jerry Hairston Jr., OF Matt Kata and RHP Mike Wood from Oklahoma of the PCL. Designated OF Marlon Byrd, RHP Ezequiel Astacio and C Guillermo Quiroz for assignment. Placed RHP Eric Gagne on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 28. Optioned C Miguel Ojeda to Oklahoma. Sent RHP Francisco Cruceta outright to Oklahoma and INF Adam Fox outright to Frisco of the Texas League.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed LHP Davis Romero and RHP John Thomson on the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Francisco Rosario for assignment. Purchased the contracts of 1B-OF Matt Stairs, RHP Josh Towers and RHP Victor Zambrano from Syracuse of the IL. Assigned C Sal Fasano to their minor league camp.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Placed LHP Randy Johnson, OF Carlos Quentin and OF Jeff DaVanon on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Yusmeiro Petit to Tucson of the PCL.
CINCINNATI REDS—Placed LHP Bill Bray, INF Jerry Gil, OF Norris Hopper, INF Jeff Keppinger, LHP Eric Milton and RHP Elizardo Ramirez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23 and OF Chris Denorfia retroactive to March 24. Purchased the contract of LHP Eddie Guardado from Louisville of the IL and placed him on the 15-day DL retroactive to March 24. Released RHP Dustin Hermanson.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Placed RHP Brian Lawrence on the 15-day DL.
FLORIDA MARLINS—Purchased the contracts of INF Jason Wood, OF Alejandro De Aza and RHP Lee Gardner from Albuquerque of the PCL. Placed OF Jeremy Hermida and LHP Taylor Tankersley on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Purchased the contracts of RHP Brian Moehler and RHP Rick White from Round Rock of the PCL. Optioned RHP Matt Albers, RHP Fernando Nieve and INF Eric Bruntlett to Round Rock. Assigned C Eric Munson to their minor league camp.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Optioned RHP Chin-hui Tsao, INF James Loney and INF Andy LaRoche to Las Vegas of the PCL. Placed LHP Hong-Chih Kuo, RHP Yhency Brazoban and OF Jason Repko on the 15-day DL. Placed SS Rafael Furcal on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23. Reassigned OF Larry Bigbie to their minor league camp. Purchased the contract of RHP Rudy Seanez from Las Vegas of the PCL.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Optioned RHP Jose Capellan and UT Vinny Rottino to Nashville of the PCL. Returned RHP Stephen Bray, RHP Chris Spurling, INF Ozzie Chavez and C JD Closser to Nashville and LHP Joe Thatcher to Huntsville of the Texas League. Placed 3B Corey Koskie on the 15-day DL.
NEW YORK METS—Optioned RHP Mike Pelfrey to St. Lucie of the FSL. Placed RHP Pedro Martinez, RHP Juan Padilla, RHP Duaner Sanchez and LHP Dave Williams on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23. Placed RHP Guillermo Mota on the restricted list.
—Placed RHP Scott Mathieson and C Chris Coste on the 15-day DL; Coste retroactive to March 23.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed INF Freddy Sanchez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with INF Adrian Gonzalez on a four-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Optioned RHP Brian Wilson and RHP Scott Munter to Fresno of the PCL. Reassigned INF Tomas De La Rosa, RHP Scott Atchison and RHP Sun-Woo Kim to their minor league camp. Placed INF Mark Sweeney on the 15-day DL retroactive to March 29.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Optioned OF Kory Casto and RHP Saul Rivera to Columbus of the IL.

National Football League
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Agreed to terms with OL Cornell Green.

National Hockey League
—Recalled G Dan LaCosta from Syracuse of the AHL.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled D Kyle Quincey from Grand Rapids of the AHL.
EDMONTON OILERS—Recalled D Danny Syvret from Grand Rapids of the AHL.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Reassigned G Chris Holt from Hartford of the AHL to Charlotte of the ECHL.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Recalled D Nate Guenin from Philadelphia of the AHL.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned D Tomas Mojzis to Peoria of the AHL.