Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WHITE SOX: C A.J. Pierzynski agreed to terms on 2-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Florida: Promoted general manager Larry Beinfest to president of baseball operations. Named Michael Hill general manager and Dan Jennings and Jim Fleming assistant general managers.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Cleveland: Signed G Devin Brown. Traded G David Wesley to New Orleans for F Cedric Simmons.
Minnesota: Signed F Chris Richard.
Toronto: Signed senior basketball advisor Wayne Embry to contract extension through 2009-10 season.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Calgary: Assigned C Carsen Germyn, D Adam Pardy, LW Brandon Prust, RW Grant Stevenson and LW Brett Sutter to Quad City (AHL).
Columbus: Assigned G Tomas Popperle to Syracuse (AHL).
Florida: Assigned RW Kamil Kreps and RW Anthony Stewart to Rochester (AHL).
Minnesota: Signed C James Sheppard. Assigned F Petr Kalus, F Benoit Pouliot, D John Scott and D Shawn Belle to Houston (AHL).
Nashville: Assigned F Josh Langfeld and F Matt Ellison to Milwaukee (AHL).
Ottawa: Recalled G Brian Elliott from Binghamton (AHL).
Philadelphia: Assigned F Steve Downie to Philadelphia (AHL).
ORAL COMMITTMENT
Valparaiso: Alex Lagesse, Beecher, softball.
