INDIANS' 2006 TRANSACTIONS
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Jan. 9: signed outfielder Todd Hollandsworth to minor league contract and invited him to camp.
Jan. 12: signed free agent first baseman Eduardo Perez and designated lefty Brian Tallet for assignment.
Jan. 17: traded lefty Brian Tallet to Blue Jays for minor league righthander Edward "Buzzy" Buzachero. Latter was assigned to AA Akron.
Jan. 27: traded pitcher David Riske, catcher Josh Bard and outfielder Coco Crisp to the Red Sox for  catcher Kelly Shoppach, third baseman Andy Marte, an unnamed player and cash; traded pitcher Arthur Rhodes to the Phillies for outfielder Jason Michaels.
Feb. 18: traded first baseman Andy Tracy to Orioles for player to be named.
March 9: assigned outfielders Ben Francisco and Trevor Crowe to minor league camp.
March 15: optionED pitchers Jason Stanford, Edward Mujica, Brian Slocum and Jake Dittler to Buffalo; optioned pitcher Rafael Perez and infielder Michael Aubrey to Akron.
March 16: optioned pitcher Kaz Tadano to Buffalo and outfielder Brad Snyder to Akron.
March 22: optioned pitchers Andrew Brown and Fausto Carmona to Buffalo.
March 24: optioned infielders Ryan Garko and Andy Marte and outfielder Franklin Gutierrez to Buffalo. Infielder Lou Merloni was among those assigned to minor league camp.
March 25: optioned pitcher Jeremy Guthrie to Buffalo.
March 28: signed pitcher Felix Heredia to minor league contract.
April 1: optioned pitcher Jason Davis and outfielder Jason Dubois to Buffalo; designated pitcher Kaz Tadano and infielder Brandon Phillips for assignment; bought pitcher Danny Graves and outfielder Todd Hollandsworth from Buffalo; assigned pitcher Steve Karsay and catchers Einar Diaz and Tim Laker to minor league camp.
April 4: put pitcher C.C. Sabathia on DL with sore muscle, recalled pitcher Jason Davis from Buffalo; traded minor league pitcher Kaz Tadano to Oakland for outfielder Ramon Alvarado.
April 7: assigned unwanted infielder Brandon Phillips to Reds; they were to send cash or a player later. (see June 13, 2006.)
April 15: recalled pitcher Fausto Carmona from Buffalo; put pitcher Fernando Cabrera on DL with sore heel.
April 20: put pitcher Matt Miller on DL with sore arm; recalled pitcher Rafael Perez from AA Akron.
April 21: put pitcher Rafael Betancourt on DL with sore muscle; recalled pitcher Brian Slocum from Buffalo.
April 22: recalled pitcher Jeremy Guthrie from Buffalo and optioned pitcher Rafael Perez to AA Akron.
April 30: activated pitcher Fernando Cabrera from DL and optioned pitcher Fausto Garmona to Buffalo.
May 2: activated pitcher C.C. Sabbathia and optioned pitcher Brian Slocum to Buffalo; signed free agent pitcher Vic Darensbourg to minor league contract.
May 12: designed pitcher Danny Graves for assignment and recalled pitcher Fausto Carmona from Buffalo; released non-roster lefty Felix Heredia.
May 14: sold pitcher Steve Karsay from Buffalo roster to Oakland.
May 16: activated pitcher Rafael Betancourt from DL and optioned pitcher Jeremy Guthrie to Buffalo.
May 17: bought infielder Lou Merloni from Buffalo and optioned infielder Ramon Vazquez there.
May 18: outrighted pitcher Danny Graves to Buffalo.
May 20: optioned catcher Kelly Shoppach to Buffalo and bought catcher Tim Laker from there.
June 9: designated pitcher Scott Sauerbeck for assignment and recalled pitcher Rafael Perez from AA Akron. (Sauerbeck was in minor trouble over late-hours incident.)
June 11: optioned infielder Lou Merloni to Buffalo and recalled infielder Ramon Vazquez from there.
June 13: acquired pitcher Jeff Stevens from Reds and assigned him to Class A Lake County. He was player to be named in the Phillips deal of April 7; recalled pitcher Jeremy Guthrie from Buffalo and sent pitcher Jason Davis there.
June 14: released pitcher Scott Sauerbeck.
June 16: put infielder/outfielder Casey Blake on DL with pulled muscle and recalled outfielder Franklin Gutierrez from Buffalo.
June 20: recalled pitcher Edward Mujica from Buffalo and bought infielder Joe Inglett from there; designated pitcher Jason Johnson for assignment and optioned pitcher Jeremy Guthrie to Buffalo.
June 23: recalled catcher Kelly Shoppach from Buffalo and designated catcher Tim Laker for assignment.
June 24: bought pitcher Jeremy Sowers from Buffalo and put outfielder Jason Michaels on DL
June 30, 2006: traded first baseman Eduardo Perez to Mariners for shortstop Astrubal Cabrera, whom they assigned to Buffalo; recalled first baseman Ryan Garko from Buffalo.
July 4: activated outfielder Jason Michaels from DL; optioned infielder Ryan Garko to Buffalo.
July 7, 2006: claimed pitcher Mike Adams on waivers from Mets and optioned him to Buffalo; signed free agent pitcher Sung Wei-Tseng to a minor league contract for 2007.
July 13: activated infielder/outfielder Casey Blake from DL and optioned outfielder Franklin Gutierrez to Buffalo.
July 17: released non-roster pitcher Ben Howard.
July 18, 2006: traded pitcher Mike Adams to Padres for pitcher Brian Sikorski, optioned pitcher Rafael Perez to Buffalo.
July 20: traded reliever Bob Wickman to Braves to minor league catcher Max Ramirez; assigned Ramirez to minors.
July 21: recalled pitcher Jason Davis from Buffalo.
July 24: bought pitcher Tom Mastny from Buffalo; optioned pitcher Edward Mujica there.
July 26: traded first baseman Ben Broussard and cash to Mariners for outfielder Shin-Choo Choo and a player to be named.
July 28: recalled third baseman Andy Marte from Buffalo and optioned infielder Ramon Vazquez there.
July 30: traded second baseman Ronnie Belliard to Cardinals for infielder Hector Luna.
Aug. 8: put infielder/outfielder Casey Blake on DL with sprained ankle; recalled first baseman Ryan Garko from Buffalo.
Aug. 9: traded outfielder Todd Hollandsworth to Reds for player to be named; recalled outfielder Franklin Gutierrez from Buffalo.
Aug. 11, 2006: recalled infielder Ramon Vazquez from Buffalo, designated pitcher Guillermo Mota for assignment.
Aug. 12: recalled pitcher Jeremy Guthrie from Buffalo (to start on mound that date); designated infielder Ramon Vazquez for assignment. Indians system traded catcher Einar Diaz to Dodgers system for "cash considerations." He was reassigned from Buffalo to Las Vegas.
Aug. 13, 2006: optioned pitcher Jeremy Guthrie to Buffalo and recalled pitcher Andrew Brown from there.
Aug. 16: infielder Ramon Vazquez cleared waivers and was assigned to Buffalo.
Aug. 20: traded pitcher Guillermo Mota to Mets for cash or future considerations.
Aug. 24: acquired pitcher Shawn Nottingham from Seattle; optioned outfielder Franklin Gutierrez to Buffalo. Nottingham, 5-12 in Class A, was assigned to minors.
Aug. 25: activated infielder/outfielder Casey Blake from DL.
Aug. 26: optioned pitcher Fausto Carmona to Buffalo and recalled pitcher Edward Mujica from there.
Aug. 29: sent pitcher Matt Miller on rehab to Buffalo.
Sept. 2: bought third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff from Buffalo.
Sept. 5: recalled the following from Buffalo: pitchers Jeremy Guthrie, Fausto Carmona, Rafael Perez and Brian Slocum, and outfielder Franklin Gutierrez; recalled and activated pitcher Matt Miller, who'd been rehabbing in Buffalo; bought lefty Juan Lara from Buffalo
Sept. 13: claimed infielder Mike Rouse from A's on waivers and optioned him to Buffalo.
Sept. 21: outrighted pitchers Jake Dittler and Jason Stanford to Buffalo. This will allow Stanford to declare free agency later in fall.
Sept. 21: recalled infielders Michael Aubrey, Lou Merloni and Mike Rouse and outfielders Brad Snyder and Jason Dubois from Buffalo, all to report next February.
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