40 Man

Baseball Cleveland Indians -- Set their 40-man roster by adding P John Carter, P Carlos Crawford, P Kevin Logsdon, P Greg McCarthy, 1B/DH Herbert Perry, 3B David Bell and OF Omar Ramirez. Designated P Jeff Mutis and P Mike Christopher for assignment.Colorado Rockies -- Agreed to terms with 3B Howard Johnson on a one-year contract.Chicago Cubs -- Announced that Single-A Geneva (N.Y.) Cubs will move to Williamsport, Pa., and be managed by Jerry Weinstein.Kansas City Royals -- Purchased the contracts of OF Joe Vitiello, OF Les Norman, IF Joe Randa and IF Shane Halter from Double-A Memphis, and C Chad Strickland, IF Gary Caraballo and OF Darren Burton from Single-A Wilmington.

On Roger Clemens I'm so sick of this guy and how MLB caters to him. You would think there would be some kind of MLB rule that would stop this. I don't know why this attention hound hasn't done a reality show. He should at least be required to be on someone's 40-man roster at the beginning of the season.

Moves Baseball ASTROS: Added P Jimmy Barrett, P Santiago Ramirez, P Miguel Saladin, IF Tommy Whiteman and OF Henri Stanley to 40-man roster. Released P Tom Shearn. ATHLETICS: Added IF Adam Morrissey, IF Freddie Bynum and P Shane Bazzell to 40-man roster. BLUE JAYS: Added C Guillermo Quiroz, IF Dominic Rich, OF Alexis Rios, P Vinny Chulk, P Diegomar Markwell and P Francisco Rosario to the 40-man roster. BREWERS: Added P Francisco Campos and Pedro Liriano to 40-man roster. CUBS: Purchased contracts of OF Nic Jackson, P Matt Bruback, P Jon Leicester, P Felix Sanchez, P John Webb and P Todd Wellemeyer and added them to 40-man roster.

Baseball Angels: Announced resignation of major-league roving catcher instructor John McNamara. Braves: Named Scott Nethery special assistant to GM. Diamondbacks: Senior assistant to GM Mel Didier resigned. Mariners: Added U.S. Olympic P Ryan Franklin to 40-man roster. Sent IF Carlos Hernandez and P Ken Cloude (McDonogh) outright to Triple-A Tacoma. Signed P Kenny Rayborn and OF Chad Alexander to minor league contracts. Basketball Bulls: Signed C Jake Voskuhl. Magic: Waived G Troy Rolle.

The Orioles have added outfielder Darnell McDonald and pitcher Daniel Cabrera to their major-league roster, giving them 39 players on the 40-man list. Teams were required to set 40-man rosters by last night in advance of baseball's winter meetings Dec. 12-16 in Nashville, Tenn. Players not on the roster who have been professionals for four seasons (if drafted in college) or five (if drafted out of high school) can be selected in the Rule 5 draft. Orioles' 40-man roster Pitchers Rick Bauer, Steve Bechler, Erik Bedard, Daniel Cabrera, Sean Douglass, Travis Driskill, Eric Dubose, Scott Erickson, Buddy Groom, Pat Hentgen, Jason Johnson, Jorge Julio, Rodrigo Lopez, Mike Paradis, Sidney Ponson, Matt Riley, Willis Roberts, B.J. Ryan, John Stephens.

Oakland third baseman Carney Lansford was examined yesterday for injuries, described by the Athletics as "serious," suffered in a snowmobiling accident last week, a team spokesman said.Lansford injured his right shoulder and left knee while riding a snowmobile near his home in Baker, Ore., Monday, team spokesman Jay Alves said.Alves said he did not know the exact nature of Lansford's injuries but that no bones were broken. However, a team news release described the injuries as "serious.""He's undergoing tests at this time in San Francisco, and we won't know anything until tomorrow," Alves said.

BasketballHornets: Waived F Tyrone Grant.BaseballCubs: Purchased contract of P Danny Young from Triple-A Iowa.Marlins: Purchased contracts of P Scott Comer and P Claudio Vargas from Triple-A Calgary and IF Pablo Ozuna, P Brad Penny and P Gary Knotts from Double-A Portland. Sent P Mike Drumright and OF Jaime Jones outright to Calgary. Announced P Brent Billingsley has been claimed off waivers by Expos.Mets: Added P Dicky Gonzalez to 40-man roster. Announced IF Maurice Bruce cleared waivers and sent him outright to Triple-A Norfolk.

BaseballOrioles: Added 1B Domingo Martinez to 40-man roster.Angels: Purchased contracts of P Jeff Edsel, P Mike Freehill, P Matt Perisho, C Bret Hemphill and added to 40-man roster.Astros: Named John Tamargo manager of Single-A Kissimmee.A's: Added RHP Carl Dale, RHP Brad Rigby, LHP Bret Wagner to 40-man roster; sent LHP Steve Wojciechowski, LHP Andrew Lorraine, OF Damon Mashore to Triple-A Edmonton.Blue Jays: Traded OF Lonell Roberts to Rangers for a player to be named; traded INF Miguel Cairo to Cubs for P Jason Stevenson; added P Kelvim Escobar, P Joe Young, 1B Ryan Jones, 2B Jeff Patzke, OF Anthony Sanders to 40-man roster.

BaseballAthletics: Added 3B Adam Piatt, P Chris Enochs, IF Josue Espada, P Kevin Gregg, P Leoner Vasquez and P Eric DuBose to 40-man roster.Blue Jays: Purchased contracts of P Clayton Andrews, P Pasqual Coco, P John Sneed, C Josh Phelps, OF Andy Thompson and SS Mike Young. Released C Mike Matheny.Cardinals: Purchased contracts of 1B Chris Richard from Triple-A Memphis and P John Ambrose, P Justin Brunette and P Gene Stechschulte from Double-A Arkansas.Cubs: Purchased contracts of P Chad Ricketts, P Chris Gissell, P Mike Meyers, P Ruben Quevedo and P Scott Downs from Triple-A Iowa.