ryan - Mi**r Moves: Seibu, Below, Maier, McCutchen

Mi**r Moves: Seibu, Below, Maier, McCutchen
Here's the roundup of today's mi**r transactions, with the latest moves at the top of the page...

The Seibu Lions have an**unced the signings of infielder Cody Ransom, right-hander Michael Bowden and left-handers Randy Williams and Porfirio Lopez (passed on by NPB Tracker's Patrick Newman).* Seibu also ann**unced the signing of righty Greg Rey**lds, which we heard about yesterday.
The Tigers signed left-hander Duane Below to a mi**r league deal with a Spring Training invite, MLive.com's James Schmehl reports (Twitter link).* Below is back in Detroit after being designated for assignment last April, and he also pitched for the Marlins' Triple-A affiliate and for Korea's Kia Tigers in 2013.* Below posted a 4.27 ERA, 2.14 K/BB rate and 5.2 K/9 over 78 Major League innings with the Tigers.
The Cubs have signed outfielder Mitch Maier to a mi**r league contract with a Spring Training invitation, the team an**unced.* Maier spent 2013 with the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate and posted an .882 OPS, though he only received 137 PA due to a wrist injury.* Maier, 31, was drafted by the Royals with the 30th overall pick of the 2003 draft and he hit .253/.332/.346 over 1043 PA with Kansas City from 2006-11.
The Rangers have signed right-hander Daniel McCutchen to a mi**r league deal, according to the Sosnick/Cobbe Sports' Twitter feed (McCutchen's agents).* McCutchen posted a 3.43 ERA, 8.1 K/9 and 3.60 K/BB rate over 60 1/3 combined innings for the Orioles' Double-A and Triple-A affiliates, though his season didn't begin untl late May due to a 50-game suspension for a failed PED test.* The 31-year-old Texas native has a career 4.77 ERA over 188 2/3 IP with the Pirates from 2009-12.
The Orioles signed righty Fabio Castillo to a mi**r league deal with a Spring Training invite, the team an**unced.* Though Castillo doesn't turn 25 until February, he already has eight years of pro baseball under his belt, posting a 4.63 ERA, 8.3 K/9 and 2.01 K/BB rate over 514 2/3 IP over his mi**r league career.* Castillo pitched in the Giants' system in 2013 after spending the previous seven years with the Rangers.

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