Wednesday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
ATHLETICS — Hired Dave Stewart as a Special Assistant to Player Development for the 2025 season.
CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Paul Sewald on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Pedro Avila for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Riley Pint on a minor league contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms on minor league contracts with OF Diago Machado and RHPs Alan Carpinteiro, Po-Chun Lin and Maximo Rodriguez.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with INF Taylor Walls on a one-year contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with LHP Richard Lovelady and C Christian Bethancourt on minor league contracts.
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Roki Sasaki on a minor league contract.
Minor League
Frontier League
EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed OF Gio DiGiacomo, C Duncan Hewitt, and OF Clayton Keyes.
LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed SS Alberti Chavez.
OTTAWA TITANS — Signed OF Canice Ejoh.
QUÉBEC CAPITALES — Signed SS Kyle Crowl and C Anthony Quirion.
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed RHP Mitch White.
SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed C Keenan O’Brien and RHP Matt Stil.
TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS — Signed UTL Josh Leslie.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed C Branden Carlson to a 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed WR Anthony Miller to a reserve/futures contract.
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DL Eli Ankou to the practice squad. Released QB Anthony Brown from the practice squad. Designated LB Baylon Spector to return from injured reserve.
CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DB Alex Cook and OT Joshua Miles to reserve/futures contracts.
DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed G Netane Muti.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Fired general manager Trent Baalke.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Declined to activate WR Mecole Hardman from injured reserve.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Hired Josh McDaniels to offensive coordinator and Terrell Williams to defensive coordinator. Retained Jeremy Springer as special teams coordinator.
NEW YORK JETS — Hired Aaron Glenn to head coach.
PHILADELHIA EAGLES — Signed TE Nick Muse and OL Cameron Erving to the practice squad. Released DL K.J. Henry from the practice squad. Designated WR Britain Covey to return from injured reserve.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Promoted LW Jere Innala from Colorado (AHL). Recalled C Ivan Ivan from Colorado.
DALLAS STARS — Returned RW Matej Blumel to Texas (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD — Sent D David Jiricek to Iowa (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Loaned C Owen Beck to Laval (AHL).
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Reassigned G Alexei Kolosov and C Olle Lycksell to Lehigh Valley (AHL). Called up C Anthony Richard.
SAN JOSE SHARKS — Claimed RW Walker Duehr off waivers from the Calgary Flames. Placed C Nico Sturm on injured reserve.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned D Maxwell Crozier to Syracuse (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Recalled C Jacob Quillan. Placed LW Max Pacioretty on injured reserve.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Reassigned G Arturs Silovs to Abbotsford (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS — Activated C Mason Appleton off injured reserve. Placed C Adam Lowry on injured reserve.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHARLOTTE FC — Acquired F Wilfried Zaha on loan from Galatasaray until January 17, 2026, with an option to extend the loan through June 30, 2026.
CHICAGO FIRE FC — Signed MF Robert Turdean to a homegrown player contract.
CINCINNATI FC — Acquired $75,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) from the Portland Timbers in exchange for the right of first refusal rights for F Kevin Kelsy.
COLUMBUS CREW — Signed G Stanislav Lapkes as a homegrown player through the 2027 season with club options for 2028 and 2029.
FC DALLAS — Signed F Logan Farrington to a new contract through the 2027 season, with club options for 2028 and 2029.
LAFC — Acquired MF Mark Delgado from the Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for $200,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) and $200,000 in 2026 GAM.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Signed D Damario McIntosh to a first-team contract as a homegrown player through the 2028 season, with an additional one-year club option for 2029.
ORLANDO CITY SC — Signed D Thomas Williams to a new contract through 2026, with a Club option in 2027.
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed F Kevin Kelsy through the 2028 season with a club option for 2029.
REAL SALT LAKE — Transferred G Gavin Beavers to Brondby IF.
SAN DIEGO FC — Acquired W Anders Dreyer as a Designated Player and signed him to a three-year contract through the end of the 2027 MLS season on a permanent transfer from R.S.C. Anderlecht.
MLS Next Pro
COLORADO RAPIDS 2 — Signed MF Malik Pinto to an MLS NEXT Pro contract for the 2025 season.
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