St. Louis Cardinals Transactions 2014

December
DATETRANSACTION
23 December 2014Agreed to terms with RHP Jordan Walden on a two-year contract.
12 December 2014Agreed to terms with 1B Mark Reynolds on a one-year contract.
1 December 2014Named Chris Correa director of scouting. Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Belisle on a one-year contract. Did not tender a 2015 contract to INF Daniel Descalso.
November
DATETRANSACTION
19 November 2014Selected the contract of C Cody Stanley from Springfield (Texas). Released OF Shane Robinson. Sent RHP Keith Butler outright to Memphis (PCL).
11 November 2014Agreed to terms with INF Dean Anna on a one-year contract and with RHP Marcus Hatley, RHP Miguel Socolovich and INF Scott Moore on minor league contracts.
3 November 2014Named David Bell bench coach and agreed to terms with him on a two-year contract. Added C Ed Easley to the 40-man roster.
October
DATETRANSACTION
30 October 2014Exercised 2015 option on RHP John Lackey.
10 October 2014Reassigned LHP Sam Freeman to the minor leagues. Reinstated C A.J. Pierzynski.
3 October 2014Reassigned RHPs Justin Masterson, Sam Tuivailala and Jason Motte; LHPs Tyler Lyons, Nick Greenwood and Kevin Siegrist; 2B Greg Garcia and Mark Ellis; OF Tommy Pham; 1B Xavier Scruggs; and C A.J. Pierzynski to the minor leagues.
September
DATETRANSACTION
8 September 2014Recalled INF Greg Garcia, OF Tommy Pham and RHP Sam Tuivailala from Memphis (PCL). Designated C Audry Perez and OF Rafael Ortega for assignment.
4 September 2014Activated RHP Michael Wacha from the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of 1B Xavier Scruggs from Memphis (PCL). Transferred OF Shane Robinson from the 15- to 60-day DL.
2 September 2014Activated RHP Jason Motte from the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Marco Gonzales, LHP Nick Greenwood, LHP Tyler Lyons and C Tony Cruz from Memphis (PCL).
August
DATETRANSACTION
31 August 2014Recalled LHP Kevin Siegrist and INF Pete Kozma from Memphis (PCL). Optioned LHPs Marco Gonzales, Nick Greenwood and Tyler Lyons to Springfield (Texas). Assigned RHPs Michael Wacha and Jason Motte to Springfield on 30-day injury rehabilitation assignments.
29 August 2014Activated C Yadier Molina from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Tony Cruz to Springfield (Texas).
17 August 2014Optioned LHP Kevin Siegrist to Memphis (PCL). Recalled RHP Carlos Martinez from Memphis.
13 August 2014Extended their player development contract wit State College (NYP) through the 2016 season.
9 August 2014Traded RHP Angel Castro to Oakland for cash.
8 August 2014Placed RHP Jason Motte on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 1. Recalled LHP Nick Greenwood from Memphis (PCL).
1 August 2014Activated RHPs John Lackey and Justin Masterson. Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Carlos Martinez to Memphis.
July
DATETRANSACTION
30 July 2014Released C George Kottaras. Transferred RHP Michael Wacha to the 60-day DL. Traded OF James Ramsey to Cleveland for RHP Justin Masterson.
28 July 2014Agreed to terms with SS Christian Muscarello on a minor league contract.
26 July 2014Designated C George Kottaras for assignment. Agreed to terms with C A.J. Pierzynski on a one-year contract.
24 July 2014Agreed to terms with 2B Jake Gronsky on a minor league contract.
23 July 2014Optioned LHP Nick Greenwood to Memphis (PCL). Reinstated LHP Kevin Siegrist from the 15-day DL.
19 July 2014Agreed to terms with RHP Jeremy Berg on a minor league contract.
16 July 2014Agreed to terms wtih RHP Silas Bohannan on a minor league contract.
13 July 2014Sent LHP Kevin Siegrist to Springfield (TL) for a rehab assignment.
12 July 2014Designated OF Mike O'Neill for assignment. Optioned C Audry Perez to Memphis (PCL).
11 July 2014Activated RHP Joe Kelly from the 60-day DL. Optioned LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis (PCL). Transferred LHP Jaime Garcia from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Claimed C George Kottaras off waivers from Cleveland.
10 July 2014Placed C Yadier Molina on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Audry Perez from Memphis (PCL).
7 July 2014Optioned LHP Marco Gonzales to Memphis (PCL). Recalled LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis.
6 July 2014Optioned OF Shane Robinson to Memphis (PCL). Reinstated 2B Kolten Wong from the 15-day DL.
3 July 2014Agreed to terms with RHPs Sebastian Nunez and Junior Fernandez, SS Starlin Balbuena and 2B Esequeil Delgado on minor league contracts.
2 July 2014Recalled OF Oscar Taveras from Memphis (PCL). Sent 2B Kolten Wong to Memphis for a rehab assignment.
June
DATETRANSACTION
30 June 2014Optioned RHP Jorge Rondon to Memphis (PCL).
29 June 2014Recalled RHP Jorge Rondon from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Eric Fornataro to Memphis.
27 June 2014Sent RH Joe Kelly to Memphis (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Signed RHP Bryan Dobzanski.
25 June 2014Optioned SS Pete Kozma to Memphis (PCL). Transferred RHP Joe Kelly to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Marco Gonzales from Springfield (TL).
23 June 2014Placed LHP Jaime Garcia and RHP Michael Wacha on the 15-day DL; Garcia retroactive to June 21 and Wacha to June 18. Recalled RHP Eric Fornataro and INF Pete Kozma from Memphis (PCL).
22 June 2014Placed 2B Kolten Wong on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis (PCL).
21 June 2014Agreed to terms with 2B Michael Massi on a minor league contract.
20 June 2014Agreed to terms with RHPs Luke Weaver, Jack Flaherty, Kevin Alexander and Andrew Reidt and OF Derek Gibson on minor league contracts.
18 June 2014Agreed to terms with OF Chase Raffield on a minor league contract.
17 June 2014Agreed to terms with 3B Danny Diekroeger on a minor league contract.
15 June 2014Optioned OF Randal Grichuk to Memphis (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP Nick Greenwood from Memphis. Agreed to terms with LHP Austin Gomber and RHP Tyler Bray on minor league contracts.
14 June 2014Sent LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
13 June 2014Activated 1B Matt Adams from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Oscar Taveras to Memphis (PCL).
11 June 2014Signed RHP Ronnie Williams, 3B Julian Barzilli and RHP Davis Ward to minor league contracts and assigned them to the Gulf Coast League. Signed SS Andrew Sohn, RHP Daniel Poncedeleon, RHP Cody Schumacher to minor league contracts and assigned them to State College (NY-Penn). Signed CF Blake Drake, 1B Casey Grayson, C Cole Lankford and RHP Josh Wirsu to minor league contracts and assigned them to Johnson City (Appalachian).
10 June 2014Agreed to terms with OF Nick Thompson, 2B Darren Seferina and Casey Turgeon, LHPs Jordan DeLorenzo and Sasha Kuebel and RHPs Matt Pearce, Landon Beck and Tyler Dunnington on minor league contracts.
9 June 2014Sent 1B Matt Adams to Memphis (PCL) and LHP Tyler Lyons to Springfield (TL) for rehab assignments.
May
DATETRANSACTION
31 May 2014Recalled OF Oscar Taveras from Memphis (PCL).
30 May 2014Optioned OF Shane Robinson to Memphis (PCL). Placed 1B Matt Adams on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Randal Grichuk and OF Oscar Taveras from Memphis.
27 May 2014Agreed to terms with LHP Pedro Feliciano on a minor league contract.
24 May 2014Placed LHP Kevin Siegrist on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Sam Freeman from Memphis (PCL).
23 May 2014Requested outright release waivers on OF Joey Butler (Memphis-PCL), whose contract was purchased by Orix (Pacific League-Japan).
21 May 2014Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis. Optioned OF Joey Butler to Memphis.
20 May 2014Optioned LHP Sam Freeman to Memphis (PCL). Reinstated RHP Jason Motte from the 15-day DL.
18 May 2014Optioned RHP Jorge Rondon to Memphis (PCL). Reinstated LHP Jaime Garcia from the 15-day DL.
14 May 2014Recalled 2B Kolten Wong from Memphis (PCL). Optioned INF Greg Garcia to Memphis.
13 May 2014Placed LHP Tyler Lyons on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Eric Fornataro to Memphis (PCL). Recalled LHP Sam Freeman and RH Jorge Rondon from Memphis.
12 May 2014Sent LHP Jaime Garcia and RHP Jason Motte to Memphis (PCL) for rehab assignments.
9 May 2014Optioned OF Randal Grichuk to Memphis (PCL). Selected the contract of OF Joey Butler form Memphis.
5 May 2014Sent LHP Jaime Garcia and RHP Jason Motte to Springfield (TL) for rehab assignments.
April
DATETRANSACTION
21 April 2014Optioned RHP Jorge Rondon to Memphis (PCL). Recalled LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis. Named Craig Unger general manager of Memphis and Ben Weiss senior advisor.
17 April 2014Placed RHP Joe Kelly on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Keith Butler to Memphis (PCL). Recalled RHP Eric Fornataro and RHP Jorge Rondon from Memphis.
15 April 2014Reinstated INF Mark Ellis from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Pete Kozma to Memphis (PCL).
12 April 2014Signed general manager John Mozeliak to a two-year contract extension through the 2018 season.
March
DATETRANSACTION
30 March 2014Placed RHP Jason Motte and LHP Jaime Garcia, on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21 and INF Mark Ellis, retroactive to March 27 . Selected the contract of RHP Pat Neshek from Memphis (PCL).
28 March 2014Assigned OF Joey Butler outright to Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Jorge Rondon to Memphis. Reasssigned RHP David Aardsma, LHP Scott McGregor, C Ed Easley, INF Scott Moore, 1B Xavier Scruggs and OF Stephen Piscotty to Memphis. Purchased the Memphis Redbirds (PCL).
26 March 2014Agreed to terms with RHP David Aardsma on a minor league contract.
24 March 2014Optioned OF Randal Grichuk to the Memphis (IL).
23 March 2014Optioned LHP Sam Freeman, INF Greg Garcia and OF Joey Butlerto Memphis (PCL) and INF Aledmys Diaz to Springfield (TL). Assigned INF Luis Mateo to their minor league camp. Assigned RHP Angel Castro outright to Memphis.
19 March 2014Optioned LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis (PCL).
17 March 2014Reassigned LHP Tim Cooney, LHP Lee Stoppelman and C Travis Tartamella to their minor league camp.
16 March 2014Reassigned RHP Zach Petrick and OF James Ramsey to their minor league camp.
14 March 2014Reassigned RHP Sam Gaviglio to their minor league camp.
13 March 2014Optioned RHP Eric Fornataro, C Audry Perez and OF Oscar Taveras to Memphis (PCL).
10 March 2014Optioned RHP Angel Castro, OF Mike O'Neill and OF Rafael Ortega to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned RHP Kurt Heyer, RHP Boone Whiting, INF Patrick Wisdom, C Carson Kelly, C Casey Rasmus and C Cody Stanley to their minor league camp.
9 March 2014Signed SS Aledmys Diaz.
8 March 2014Agreed to terms with INF Matt Carpenter on a six-year contract through the 2019 season.
February
DATETRANSACTION
6 February 2014Agreed to terms with RHP Pat Neshek on a minor league contract.
January
DATETRANSACTION
29 January 2014Agreed to terms with INF Daniel Descalso on a one-year contract.
21 January 2014Agreed to terms with C Ed Easley and INF Scott Moore on minor league contracts.
17 January 2014Agreed to terms with OFs Jon Jay and Peter Bourjos on one-year contracts.
16 January 2014Agreed to terms with OFs Jon Jay and Peter Bourjos on one-year contracts.
6 January 2014Claimed OF Rafael Ortega off waivers from Texas.