CLEVELAND INDIANS - Agreed to terms with RHP Hector Rondon and INF Luis Hernandez on minor league contracts.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Traded RHP Jeremy Jeffress to Toronto for cash considerations, and LHP Tommy Hottovy to Texas for a player to be named and cash considerations.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Agreed to terms with INF Maicer Izturis on a three-year contract. Designated LHP Scott Maine for assignment.
MIAMI MARLINS - Named Tino Martinez hitting coach.
NEW YORK METS - Announced they will field a team in the Gulf Coast League next season.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES - Named Bill Livesey senior advisor to the general manager.
Can-Am League
NEWARK BEARS - Released OF Ryde Rodriguez.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA - Suspended Sacramento F Thomas Robinson two games for throwing an elbow to the neck of Detroit F J
