...Gomez on a one-year contract. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Agreed to terms with LHP Ron Flores, C Mark Johnson, RHP Hugo Castellanos and 3B Rico Washington on minor league contracts. Purchased the contract of OF Chris Gibson from Gateway (Frontier...

...Released RHP Hector Carrasco. Announced the retirement of RHP Masumi Kuwata. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Assigned RHP Hugo Castellanos, RHP Chris Perez and RHP Cliff Politte to their minor league camp. WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Placed C Johnny Estrada...