Brian Bannister was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Greg Maddux was promoted from AAA to the active roster. John Smoltz was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Kelvim Escobar was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Ben Sheets was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Chien-ming Wang was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Hideki Okajima was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Rafael Betancourt was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Heath Bell was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Todd Helton was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Russ Springer was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Rafael Soriano was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Jim Thome was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Alex Rodriguez was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Jack Cust was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Frank Thomas was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Hideki Matsui was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Kelly Johnson was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Ryan Franklin was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Scott Hatteberg was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Matt Guerrier was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Carlos Silva was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Curt Schilling was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Paul Konerko was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Kazuo Matsui was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Trade with West Texas : West Texas gets : P Joaquin Benoit We get : P Lee Gardner Trade with New Orleans : We get : CF Grady Sizemore P Jonathan Broxton New Orleans gets : P Alan Embree P Lee Gardner Juan Pierre was sent down from the active roster to AAA . Grady Sizemore was promoted from AAA to the active roster. Trade with New Orleans : We get : P Barry Zito New Orleans gets : CF Juan Pierre