CINCINNATI ROYALS
MAJOR TRANSACTIONS
07/16/2026
Saturday, July 4th , 2026
Signed Manager Justin Aaron to a 4-year contract extension.
Signed Pitching Coach Justin Rucker to a 3-year contract extension.
SP Andy Dooley was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Purchased the contract of SP Josh Huggins from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Friday, June 26th , 2026
Assigned SP Jason Thompson to ABA Rookie League Riverside.
Assigned CL Carlos Calderon to ABA Class A White Deer.
Assigned 1B Randy Matison to ABA Rookie League Riverside.
Assigned 1B Kevin Melko to ABA Rookie League Riverside.
Assigned 2B Oscar Castaneda to ABA Rookie League Riverside.
RF Danny Bryson was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
1B Tyler Welsh was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Sent SP Josh Huggins to ABA Class AAA Portland for injury rehab.
Tuesday, June 23rd , 2026
Signed Oscar Castaneda to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $110,000.
Monday, June 22nd , 2026
Signed Jason Thompson to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $9,500.
Thursday, June 18th , 2026
Signed Kevin Melko to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $9,500.
Wednesday, June 17th , 2026
Signed Randy Matison to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $34,000.
Tuesday, June 16th , 2026
Signed Carlos Calderon to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $8,700.
Sunday, May 17th , 2026
Placed SP Josh Huggins on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to 05/14/2026.
Purchased the contract of RP John Wright from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned RP John Wright to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Purchased the contract of SP Josh Oakman from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Wednesday, April 15th , 2026
Assigned SS Allen Marshall to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Assigned CF Raul Arreola to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Assigned RF Danny Bryson to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned RP Jayson Wagner to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Placed RP Colin Lambert on the active roster.
RP Colin Lambert was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Purchased the contract of RP Jayson Wagner from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Friday, April 3rd , 2026
Optioned 2B Matt Going to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned 2B Jimmy Olivares to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned SS Mike Henschel to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned CF Pat Kirchner to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Demoted DH Jonathan McElwain to ABA Class AAA Portland.
RF Danny Bryson was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
SS Allen Marshall was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
CF Raul Arreola was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Optioned RF Jerry Blake to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned SP Josh Oakman to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned SP Jaheim Jennings to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned RP Chase Collins to ABA Class AAA Portland.
RP Colin Lambert was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Optioned RP John Wright to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Optioned RP Kevin Kovach to ABA Class AAA Portland.
Friday, March 13th , 2026
Invited non-roster DH Jonathan McElwain to Spring Training camp.
Friday, February 27th , 2026
Recalled SP Josh Oakman from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Recalled SP Jaheim Jennings from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Recalled RF Danny Bryson from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Recalled SS Mike Henschel from ABA Class AAA Portland.
Recalled 2B Matt Going from ABA Class A White Deer.
Recalled 2B Jimmy Olivares from ABA Class AA Mesa.
Wednesday, February 4th , 2026
Placed CF Jonathan Amorin on the active roster.
Thursday, January 29th , 2026
Signed free agent CF Jonathan Amorin to a 1-year contract worth a total of $53,000.
Wednesday, January 28th , 2026
Placed CF Raul Arreola on the active roster.
Saturday, January 24th , 2026
Signed free agent CF Raul Arreola to a 1-year contract worth a total of $95,000.
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