Major League Baseball

MLB — Announced that the owners of the Major League Clubs unanimously approved the ownership group of the Kansas City Royals, led by John Sherman and partners. Approved the designation of Greg Johnson as the control person of the San Francisco Giants.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Eve Rosenbaum director of baseball development.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with C Yasmani Grandal on a four-year contract. Designated OF Daniel Palka for assignment.

National League

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Joe Dillon hitting coach.

Frontier League

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Traded INF Gunnar Buehner, LHP Jason Seever, and C Zak Taylor to the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association for INF Christian Ibarra and INF Cody Regis. Released RHP Carlos Polanco. Exercised the 2020 contract options on LHP Jordan Barrett, RHP Lucas Lanphere, RHP Grant Black, RHP Ian Kahaloa, RHP Chris Carden, RHP Reign Letkeman, INF Connor Owings, INF Brent Sakurai, INF Aaron Hill, OF Dustin Woodcock, INF Matt Brown, INF Wesley Jones, INF Luke Lowery, and OF Anthony Ray. Declined the options on INF Cletis Avery, catcher Isiah Cullum, LHP Brandon Maddern, RHP Dominic Topoozian, RHP Nelson Martz, INF Shane Mardirosian, RHP Jackson Klein, RHP Chris Metrick, and OF Greg White.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed INF Jonathan White.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed C Joe Lytle to a contract extension.

National Football LeagueDETROIT LIONS — Released OT Dan Skipper.HOUSTON TEXANS — Activated TE Jordan Thomas from reserve/injured list. Signed S Jonathan Owens from the practice squad. Waived DE Joel Heath and WR Steven Mitchell Jr.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Tashawn Bower to the practice squad.

National Hockey LeagueNEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed F Kevin Rooney on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 13.American Hockey LeagueMILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Suspended D Josh Healey three games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a Nov. 19 game at Iowa.PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Siged G Brandon Halverson to a tryout contract.ECHLREADING ROYALS— Agreed to terms with F Marly Quince. Announced F Steven Swavely was recalled by Lehigh Valley (AHL).

Major League SoccerATLANTA UNITED — Exercised contract options on D Leandro Gonzalez Pirez and Ms Mo Adams, Andrew Carleton and Julian Gressel. Declined contract options for Ds Jose Hernandez and Florentin Pogba; Ms Chris Goslin and Justin Meram; and Forward Patrick Okonkwo.LA FOOTBALL CLUB — Exercised 2020 contract options on Ds Tristan Blackmon and Mohamed El-Munir, and Fs Adrien Perez and Josh Pérez. Declined the options on Ds Lamar Batista and Dejan Jakovi and Ms Javier Perez and Peter-Lee Vassell.LA GALAXY — Exercised contract options on G Justin Vom Steeg, D Rolf Feltscher, M Emil Cuello and F Cristian Pavon. Declined contract options for Ds Diego Polenta, Tomas Hilliard-Arce and Hugo Arellano; Ms Favio Alvarez, Juninho, Joao Pedro and Servando Carrasco; and G Matt Lampson. Announced the retirement of M Chris Pontius.MINNESOTA UNITED — Re-signed Ike Opara and Michael Boxall to multi-season contracts. Picked up the options for Hassani Dotson, Ethan Finlay, Chase Gasper, Marlon Hairston, Kevin Molino and Wyatt Omsberg. Declined the options for Lawrence Olum and Miguel Ibarra.NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Exercised the contract options on Isaac Angking, Teal Bunbury, Luis Caicedo, Antonio Delamea, Diego Fagundez, Andrew Farrell, Cristian Penilla and Wilfried Zahibo. Declined contract options for Juan Agudelo, Juan Fernando Caicedo, Edgar Castillo, Michael Mancienne and Brian Wright.NEW YORK CITY FC — Announced the resignation of sporting director Claudio Reyna to take a position with Austin FC. Promoted technical director David Lee to sporting director.NEW YORK RED BULLS — Exercised contract options on G Ryan Meara; Ds Rece Buckmaster, Kyle Duncan, Michael Amir Murillo, Sean Nealis and Amro Tarek; Ms Cristian Casseres Jr. and Florian Valot; and Fs Tom Barlow and Brian White. Declined contract options for Gs Luis Robles and Evan Louro; and Ms Vincent Bezecourt, Marcus Epps, Derrick Etienne Jr. and Jean-Christophe Koffi, and G Evan Louro.PORTLAND TIMBERS — Declined contract options for M Diego Valeri, G Kendall McIntosh, D Modou Jadama and F Foster Langsdorf.SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Exercised contract options on G Matt Bersano, D Paul Marie and M Jackson Yueill. Declined contract options for Ds Francois Affolter, Jimmy Ockford and Kevin Partida.SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Exercised contract options on G Eric Dick, D Graham Smith and Fs Gerso Fernandes, Erik Hurtado and Daniel Salloi. Declined contract options for D Seth Sinovic and Ms Benny Feilhaber and Gedion Zelalem.United Soccer LeagueUSL — Announced today that TFA Willamette will join USL League Two for the 2020 season.