Sunday's Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed C Ramon Castro on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Donny Lucy from Charlotte (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Selected the contracts of INF Mark Grudzielanek and OF Austin Kearns from Columbus (IL). Placed INF Russell Branyan and RHP Kerry Wood on the 15-day DL. Designated INF Anderson Hernandez and C Wyatt Toregas for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Selected the contract of LHP John Parrish from Omaha (PCL). Designated RHP Anthony Lerew for assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed LHP Scott Kazmir, OF Reggie Willits, OF Chris Pettit and RHP Anthony Ortega on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of 1B Robb Quinlan from Salt Lake (PCL).

SEATTLE MARINERS—Placed LHP Cliff Lee on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of DH Mike Sweeney from Tacoma (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Placed LHP J.P. Howell on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26 and RHP Matt Joyce on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Reassigned RHP Joaquin Benoit and INF Hank Blalock to Durham (IL). Sent INF-OF Elliot Johnson outright to Durham.

TEXAS RANGERS—Placed 2B Ian Kinsler, RHP Tommy Hunter and RHP Warner Madrigal on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Optioned RHP Guillermo Moscoso to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned RHP Willie Eyre, INF Matt Brown, INF Esteban German, INF Gregorio Petit, OF Endy Chavez, C Toby Hall and C Matt Treanor to their minor league camp. Reinstated RHP Omar Beltre and RHP Alexi Ogando to the 40-man roster and optioned Beltre to Oklahoma City and Ogando to Frisco (Texas).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed RHP Dustin McGowan and LHP Mark Rzepczysnki on the 15-day DL.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Placed RHP Brandon Webb on the 15-day DL.

CHICAGO CUBS—Selected the contracts of INF Chad Tracy and LHP James Russell from Iowa (PCL). Placed RHP Angel Guzman and LHP Ted Lilly on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled RHP Esmil Rogers from Colorado Springs (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Placed LHP Hong-Chih Kuo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Selected the contract of RHP Jeff Weaver from Albuquerque (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Assigned 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).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed RHP Jose Ascanio on the 60-day DL and RHP Joel Hanrahan on the 15-day DL. Designated INF Ramon Vazquez for assignment. Optioned OF Steve Pearce to Indianapolis (IL). Selected the contracts of RHP D.J. Carrasco and LHP Jack Taschner from Indianapolis.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected the contract of INF Matt Stairs from Portland (PCL). Recalled LHP Cesar Ramos from Portland. Placed LHP Joe Thatcher on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Optioned RHP Adam Russell to Portland. Designated OF Chad Huffman for assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed 2B Freddy Sanchez and 2B Emmanuel Burriss on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26 and OF Fred Lewis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27. Selected the contracts of RHP Todd Wellemeyer and RHP Guillermo Mota from Fresno (PCL). Reassigned RHP Denny Bautista to Fresno.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang, LHP Ross Detwiler and C Jesus Flores on the 60-day DL and C Chris Coste on the 15-day DL. Selected the contracts of RHP Miguel Batista and OF Willy Taveras from Syracuse (IL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Traded QB Donovan McNabb to Washington for a 2010 second-round draft pick and a 2011 third- or fourth-round draft pick.