Milwaukee Brewers Transactions 2010

December
DATETRANSACTION
27 December 2010Agreed to terms with RHP Takashi Saito on a one-year contract.
22 December 2010Agreed to terms with RHP Sean Green and INF Craig Counsell on one-year contracts.
17 December 2010Agreed to terms with OF Carlos Gomez on a one-year contract.
16 December 2010Named Joe Ferrone national crosschecker, Jim Rooney national pitching crosschecker for amateur scouting, Drew Anderson, Brendan Hause and Shawn Whalen area scouts and Pedro Hernandez, Juan Martinez and Reinaldo Hidalgo international scouts.
2 December 2010Declined to tender a contract to RHP Justin Coffey and OF Joseph Inglett.
November
DATETRANSACTION
15 November 2010Named Rick Kranitz pitching coach, Jerry Narron bench coach, Garth Iorg first-base/infield coach, Ed Sedar baserunning coach and third base coach, and John Shelby outfield instructor/eye in the sky and Josh Seligman strength and conditioning specialist.
4 November 2010Named Ron Roenicke manager and signed him to a two-year contract.
2 November 2010Claimed RHP Justin James off waivers from Oakland. Selected the contract of C Martin Maldonado from Nashville (PCL). Declined 2011 mutual options on LHP Doug Davis and RHP Trevor Hoffman and their 2011 option on C Gregg Zaun.
October
DATETRANSACTION
8 October 2010Assigned RHP Marco Estrada and RHP Alex Periard outright to Nashville (PCL). Promoted Matt Kerls to coordinator, Arizona complex/video operations.
6 October 2010Extended their player development contract with Huntsville (SL) through the 2012 season.
5 October 2010Announced Nashville (PCL) manager Don Money, coach Sandy Guerrero, pitching coach Rich Gale, athletic trainer Dave Yeager, and strength & conditioning specialist Andrew Emmick will return in 2011.
4 October 2010Declined their 2011 contract option on manager Ken Macha.
September
DATETRANSACTION
28 September 2010Named Dick Groch special assistant to the general manager in charge of pro scouting and player personnel, Zack Minasian director of professional scouting and Karl Mueller director of video scouting and baseball research.
15 September 2010Extended their affiliation agreement with Nashville (PCL) through the 2012 season.
7 September 2010Recalled INF Luis Cruz and RHP Brandon Kintzler from Nashville (PCL).
1 September 2010Called up RHP Carlos Villanueva and 3B Mat Gamel from Nashville (IL) and RHP Jeremy Jeffress from Huntsville (SL).
August
DATETRANSACTION
23 August 2010Released RHP David Riske.
17 August 2010Extended their player development contract with Helena (Pioneer) through the 2012 season.
12 August 2010Placed RHP LaTroy Hawkins on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Mike McClendon from Nashville (PCL). Transferred C Gregg Zaun to the 60-day DL.
6 August 2010Placed OF Carlos Gomez on the 15-day DL. Called up OF Lorenzo Cain from Nashville (PCL).
2 August 2010Agreed to terms with OF Corey Hart on a three-year contract extension through 2013.
July
DATETRANSACTION
22 July 2010Optioned OF Lorenzo Cain to Nashville (PCL). Activated RHP Yovani Gallardo from the 15-day DL.
April
DATETRANSACTION
15 April 2010Optioned LHP Mitch Stetter to Nashville (PCL). Activated RHP Jeff Suppan from the 15-day DL.
8 April 2010Agreed to terms with RHP Yovani Gallardo on a five-year contract.
4 April 2010Assigned INF Ray Olmedo, OF Adam Stern, LHP Zach Braddock, RHP Dave Johnson and RHP Chris Smith to Nashville (PCL), INF Taylor Green to Huntsville (SL) and C Martin Maldonado to Brevard County (FSL).
March
DATETRANSACTION
30 March 2010Placed RHP Jeff Suppan on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26.
25 March 2010Returned LHP Chris Capuano to their minor league camp. Released LHP Scott Schoeneweis. Placed 3B Mat Gamel and RHP David Riske on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of OF Jim Edmonds from Nashville (PCL).
23 March 2010Reassigned RHP Tim Dillard to their minor league camp. Optioned RHP John Axford to Nashville (PCL).
22 March 2010Acquired INF Ray Olmedo from Texas for C Matt Treanor.
19 March 2010Optioned OF Lorenzo Cain, RHP Marco Estrada and C Angel Salome to Nashville (PCL). Sent LHP Zach Braddock and RHP Kameron Loe to their minor league camp.
16 March 2010Sent LHP Chuck Lofgren outright to Nashville (PCL). Released LHP John Halama.
15 March 2010Optioned RHP Amaury Rivas and RHP Mark Rogers to Huntsville (SL). Reassigned C Martin Maldonado and LHP A.J. Murray to their minor league camp.
9 March 2010Optioned RHP Alex Periard to Huntsville (SL). Returned RHP Eric Arnett and RHP Kyle Heckathorn to their minor league camp.
4 March 2010Renewed the contract of RHP Yovani Gallardo.
February
DATETRANSACTION
9 February 2010Agreed to terms with LHP Scott Schoeneweis on a minor league contract.
5 February 2010Announced RHP Tim Dillard cleared waivers and was sent outright to Nashville (PCL).
4 February 2010Announced RHP Tim Dillard cleared waivers and was sent outright to Nashville (PCL).
3 February 2010Announced RHP Chris Smith accepted outright assignment to Nashville (PCL). Claimed RHP Marco Estrada off waivers from Washington. Designated RHP Tim Dillard for assignment.
January
DATETRANSACTION
28 January 2010Agreed to terms with OF Jim Edmonds on a minor league contract.
27 January 2010Claimed INF Joe Inglett off waivers from Texas. Designated RHP Chris Smith for assignment.
26 January 2010Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Villanueva to a one-year contract.
25 January 2010Agreed to terms with RHP Dave Bush on a one-year contract.
22 January 2010Agreed to terms with LHP Doug Davis on a one-year contract.
21 January 2010Agreed to terms with RHP Todd Coffey on a one-year contract.
19 January 2010Agreed to terms with INF Rickie Weeks and OF Carlos Gomez on one-year contracts.
18 January 2010Agreed to terms with OF Jody Gerut on a one-year contract.
15 January 2010Promoted Tod Johnson to director of application development and Corey Kmichik to director of network services. Named Sarah Holbrook director of corporate marketing.
14 January 2010Signed OF Norris Hopper to a minor-league contract.
5 January 2010Named Rich Gale pitching coach, David Yeager trainer and Andrew Emmick strength and conditioning specialist of Nashville (PCL); Mike Guerrero manager, Al LeBoeuf hitting coach and Aaron Hoback trainer of Huntsville (SL); Bob Miscik manager and Dwayne Hosey coach of Brevard County (FSL), Jeff Paxson trainer of Wisconsin (MWL); Joe Ayrault manager and Sean McCourt strength and conditioning coach of Helena (Pioneer); Nestor Corredor manager, Jose Nunez pitching coach and Jose Pena and Luis De Los Santos coaches of the Brewers (Dominican); Reggie Williams roving outfield and baserunning coordinator; Darnell Coles hitting coordinator; and Ross Sapp major league scout.