Baltimore Orioles Transactions - 2013
| JUNE | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| June 18, 2013 | Purchased the contract of INF Travis Ishikawa from Norfolk (IL). Placed RHP Miguel Gonzalez on the paternity list. Recalled LHP Zach Britton from Nolfolk. Designated INF Yamaico Navarro for assignment. |
| June 18, 2013 | Optioned RHP Jake Arrieta to Norfolk (IL). |
| June 15, 2013 | Optioned LHP Tsuyoshi Wada to Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with RHPs Caleb Kellogg, Nick Cunningham and Jimmy Yacabonis; LHPs Eric Green and Stephen Brault, SSs Jared Breen and Jeffrey Kemp; C Alex Murphy; and OF Connor Bierfeldt on minor league contracts. |
| June 14, 2013 | Optioned RHP Kevin Gausman to Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Jake Arrieta from Norfolk. |
| June 8, 2013 | Reinstated RHP Pedro Strop from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Mike Belfiore to Norfolk (IL). |
| June 7, 2013 | Optioned OF Xavier Avery to Norfolk (IL). Recalled LHP Mike Belfiore from Norfolk (IL). |
| June 6, 2013 | Recalled OF Xavier Avery from Norfolk (IL). Placed RHP Steve Johnson on the 15-day DL. |
| June 5, 2013 | Designated C Chris Snyder for assignment. Reinstated C Taylor Teagarden from the 15-day DL. |
| June 1, 2013 | Sent C Taylor Teagarden to Norfolk (IL) for a rehab assignment. |
| MAY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| May 30, 2013 | Optioned INF Yamaico Navarro to Norfolk (IL). Recalled 2B Ryan Flaherty from Norfolk. |
| May 25, 2013 | Placed RHP Pedro Strop on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Recalled RHP Steve Johnson from Norfolk (IL). |
| May 23, 2013 | Optioned RHP Jake Arrieta to Norfolk (IL). Designated RHP Alex Burnett for assignment. Promoted RHP Kevin Gausman from Bowie (EL). |
| May 21, 2013 | Reinstated RHP Miguel Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jair Jurrjens to Norfolk (IL). |
| May 19, 2013 | Optioned 2B Ryan Flaherty to Norfolk (IL). Recalled 3B Danny Valencia to Norfolk (IL). |
| May 18, 2013 | Purchased the contract of RHP Jair Jurrjens from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Alex Burnett to Norfolk. Placed OF Nolan Reimold on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jake Arrieta from Norfolk. Transferred 2B Brian Roberts to the 60-day DL. |
| May 16, 2013 | Sent LHP Tsuyoshi Wada to Norfolk (IL) for a rehab assignment. |
| May 14, 2013 | Placed LHP Wei-Yin Chen on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 13. Recalled RHP Alex Burnett and INF Yamaico Navarro from Norfolk (IL). |
| May 13, 2013 | Optioned LHP Mike Belfiore to Norfolk (IL). |
| May 12, 2013 | Optioned RHP Steve Johnson to Norfolk (IL). Recalled OF Mike Belfiore from Norfolk (IL). |
| May 12, 2013 | Optioned RHP Alex Burnett to Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Steve Johnson from Norfolk. |
| May 9, 2013 | Recalled RHP Alex Burnett from Norfolk (IL). Placed RHP Miguel Gonzalez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 4. |
| May 6, 2013 | Assigned RHP Zach Clark to Bowie (EL). |
| May 4, 2013 | Designated RHP Zach Clark for assignment. Assigned C Luis Exposito outright to Norfolk (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Freddy Garcia from Norfolk. |
| APRIL | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| April 30, 2013 | Optioned LHP Zach Britton to Norfolk (IL). Designated C Luis Exposito for assignment. Recalled RHP Zach Clark from Norfolk. Selected the contract of C Chris Snyder from Norfolk. Reinstated RHP Steve Johnson from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Norfolk. |
| April 28, 2013 | Placed C Taylor Teagarden on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Luis Exposito from Norfolk (IL). |
| April 26, 2013 | Optioned RHP Josh Stinson to Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with OF Delvi Cid on a minor league contract. |
| April 25, 2013 | Recalled LHP Zach Britton from Norfolk (PCL). |
| April 24, 2013 | Recalled RHP Josh Stinson from Frederick (Carolina). Optioned RHP Alex Burnett to Norfolk (IL). Sent RHP Steve Johnson to Norfolk for a rehab assignment. |
| April 22, 2013 | Optioned RHP Jake Arrieta to Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Alex Burnett from Norfolk. |
| April 12, 2013 | Claimed RHP Alex Burnett off waivers from Toronto and optioned him to Rochester (IL). Transferred INF Wilson Betemit from the 15- to the 60-day DL. |
| April 6, 2013 | Activated RHP Chris Tillman from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Yamaico Navarro to Norfolk (IL). |
| April 6, 2013 | Placed 2B Brian Roberts on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Yamaico Navarro from Norfolk (IL). |
| April 4, 2013 | Claimed RHP Josh Stinson off waivers from Oakland and optioned him to Norfolk (IL). Transferred LHP Tsuyoshi Wada from the 15- to the 60-day DL, retroactive to March 31. |
| April 1, 2013 | Promoted Einar Diaz to assistant coach. |
| MARCH | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| March 31, 2013 | Placed RHP Steve Johnson, INF Wilson Betemit and LHP Tsuyoshi Wada on the 15-day DL; Wada retroactive to March 22, Johnson to March 23 and Betemit to March 26. Selected the contract of INF/OF Steve Pearce. |
| March 30, 2013 | Agreed to terms with RHP Freddy Garcia on a minor league contract. Reassigned OF Chris Dickerson to their minor league camp. |
| March 28, 2013 | Placed RHP Chris Tillman on the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with 2B Tucker Nathans on a minor league contract. Reassigned OF Trayvon Robinson to their minor league camp. |
| March 27, 2013 | Reassigned RHP Kevin Gausman, INF Travis Ishikawa and C Chris Robinson to their minor league camp. |
| March 26, 2013 | Reassigned OF Lew Ford to their minor league camp. |
| March 23, 2013 | Optioned LHP Zach Britton, INF Jonathan Schoop and INF Yamaico navarro to Norfolk (IL). Reassigned RHP Daniel McCutchen to their minor league camp. |
| March 16, 2013 | Optioned RHP Dylan Bundy to Bowie (EL) and RHP Todd Redmond to Norfolk (IL). |
| March 12, 2013 | Named Nelson Norman director of baseball operations for the Dominican Republic. |
| March 11, 2013 | Optioned RHP Zach Clark, LHP Mike Belfiore and OF Xavier Avery to Norfolk (IL). |
| March 9, 2013 | Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Arrieta, RHP Zach Clark, RHP Miguel Gonzalez, RHP Steve Johnson, RHP Pedro Strop RHP Chris Tillman, LHP Mike Belfiore, LHP Zach Britton, LHP T.J. McFarland, C Luis Exposito, INF Ryan Flaherty, INF Manny Machado, INF Yamaico Navarro, INF Jonathan Schoop, INF Danny Valencia, OF Xavier Avery and OF L.J. Hoes on one-year contracts. |
| FEBRUARY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| February 19, 2013 | Promoted Brady Anderson to vice president of baseball operations, Ned Rice director of major league administration, Mike Snyder assistant director of player personnel and Bill Wilkes manager of baseball operations. |
| February 18, 2013 | Agreed to terms with RHP Darren O'Day on a two-year contract. |
| February 8, 2013 | Agreed to terms with RHP Jim Johnson and RHP Jason Hammel on one-year contracts. Claimed RHP Todd Redmond off waivers from Cincinnati. |
| February 7, 2013 | Agreed to terms with RHP Joel Pineiro on a minor league contract. |
| February 6, 2013 | Claimed INF Russ Canzler off waivers from the New York Yankees. Designated C Luis Martinez for assignment. |
| JANUARY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| January 26, 2013 | Named Jose Hernandez field coach for Norfolk (IL); Einar Diaz, hitting coach for Bowie (EL); Ryan Minor manager, Kennie Steenstra pitching coach and Torre Tyson hitting coach for Frederick (Carolina); Luis Pujols manager, Butch Davis hitting coach and Greg Svarczkopf strength and conditioning coach for Delmarva (SAL); Matt Merullo manager for Aberdeen (NYP); and Orlando Gomez manager and Wilson Alvarez pitching coach of the GCL Orioles. |
| January 26, 2013 | Named Kent Qualls director of minor league operations and Brian Graham coordinator of minor league instruction. |
| January 18, 2013 | Agreed to terms with C Matt Wieters, INF Chris Davis, LHP Troy Patton and LHP Brian Matusz on one-year contracts. |
| January 16, 2013 | Signed executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter to contract extensions through the 2018 season. |
| January 14, 2013 | Agreed to terms with RHP Tommy Hunter on a one-year contract. |
| January 11, 2013 | Agree to terms with OF Nolan Reimold on a one-year contract. |