[Lord Byron]

-Pittsburgh Pirates owner Alec Hernandez passes away and his son, Alec Hernandez, Jr. takes over the team.
-Milwaukee Brewers owner Nick Wheeler sells the team to Andy Webb, who becomes the new owner of the Brewers.
-The Milwaukee Brewers traded 26-year-old C Steve Yeager to the Houston Astros, getting 27-year-old 1B Richie Hebner in return.
-The Chicago Cubs traded 28-year-old RF Bernie Carbo to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 28-year-old 3B Darrell Evans in return.
-The California Angels traded 28-year-old LHP Ken Reynolds to the Baltimore Orioles, getting 24-year-old SSP Tim Foli in return.
-The Montreal Expos traded 26-year-old RHP Mike Garman, 21-year-old RHP Larry Christenson, and $980,000 in cash to the San Francisco Giants, getting 25-year-old 3B Mike Cubbage in return.
-The Montreal Expos traded 24-year-old RF Leon Roberts, 22-year-old 3B Ray Knight, and 21-year-old RHP Dennis Blair to the Atlanta Braves, getting 26-year-old 1B Steve Garvey in return.
-The Cleveland Guardians traded 22-year-old SSP Ivan De Jesus and 23-year-old 3B Pat Scanlon to the Texas Rangers, getting 27-year-old RHP Reggie Cleveland in return.
-The San Francisco Giants traded 24-year-old RHP Jim Hughes to the Chicago White Sox, getting 27-year-old 1B Mike Jorgensen and $4,000 in cash in return.
-The Oakland Athletics traded 23-year-old C Barry Foote, 24-year-old LHP Mike Wallace, and $2,142,000 in cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers, getting 29-year-old RF Ken Henderson in return.
-The Montreal Expos traded 24-year-old 3B Ken Reitz and 21-year-old 3B Roy Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, getting 31-year-old SSP Mark Belanger in return.
-The Kansas City Royals traded 23-year-old 2B Rod Gilbreath to the Minnesota Twins, getting 29-year-old SSP Larry Bowa in return.
-The Montreal Expos traded 26-year-old 2B Bobby Grich and $340,000 in cash to the Houston Astros, getting 23-year-old RHP Pete Vuckovich and 23-year-old LF Bombo Rivera in return.
-The Cleveland Guardians traded 23-year-old CF Henry Cruz and 22-year-old SSP Bill Almon to the Texas Rangers, getting 23-year-old LHP Terry Forster in return.
-The Chicago White Sox traded 25-year-old LHP Jon Matlack to the New York Yankees, getting 22-year-old C Biff Pocoroba in return.
-The Texas Rangers traded 24-year-old 2B Manny Trillo to the San Diego Padres, getting 28-year-old RF John Lowenstein in return.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 22-year-old RF Bruce Boisclair to the Chicago White Sox, getting 35-year-old LHP Mickey Lolich in return.
-The Texas Rangers traded 27-year-old 1B Ron Blomberg to the Chicago White Sox, getting 28-year-old 3B Kurt Bevacqua, 24-year-old CF Gorman Thomas, and 23-year-old CF Joe Wallis in return.
-The Chicago White Sox traded 31-year-old RHP Tom Seaver to the Montreal Expos, getting 22-year-old LHP Pete Falcone, 23-year-old RHP Mike Stanton, and 22-year-old C Charlie Moore in return.
-The Texas Rangers traded 25-year-old LHP Tippy Martinez to the Kansas City Royals, getting 20-year-old LHP David Clyde in return.
-The Oakland Athletics traded 21-year-old LHP Randy Lerch and 21-year-old RHP Preston Hanna to the California Angels, getting 26-year-old LHP Al Hrabosky in return.
-The Texas Rangers traded 26-year-old LHP Don Hood to the Oakland Athletics, getting 23-year-old RHP Eric Rasmussen in return.
-The Chicago Cubs traded 23-year-old 1B Mike Squires to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 30-year-old LHP Ken Holtzman in return.
-The Kansas City Royals traded 22-year-old RHP Rick Rhoden and 24-year-old RHP Greg Minton to the Baltimore Orioles, getting 28-year-old C Johnny Bench in return.
-The Kansas City Royals traded 22-year-old RHP Tim Stoddard to the San Francisco Giants, getting 26-year-old CF Steve Brye in return.
-No one was inducted into the 1976 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.