Former Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Cristofer Ogando was traded in one of the highlight moves of the week in independent baseball league transactions. 

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The Charleston Dirty Birds traded the right-hander Ogando to Atlantic League counterparts the Staten Island Ferry Hawks. 

Ogando pitched 9 2/3 innings for Charleston, posting a 3.72 ERA with 13 strikeouts. 

Elsewhere, the Pioneer League's Great Falls Voyagers signed Jaylen Armstrong, a rookie outfielder coming off an outstanding season at Southern University. 

Armstrong hit .330 for the Jaguars, and his 38 stolen bases ranked fifth among all Division I players. 

Here’s a list of transactions throughout the leagues during the last week:

Atlantic League

July 20

Charleston Dirty Birds

• Signed free agent CF Tillman Pugh
• Traded RHP Cristofer Ogando to the Staten Island Ferry Hawks for a player to be named later  

Gastonia Honey Hunters

• Signed free agent RHP Brett Daniels

Staten Island Ferry Hawks

• Signed free agent RHP Andrew Gross
• Acquired RHP Cristofer Ogando from the Charleston Dirty Birds for a player to be named later

July 18 

Gastonia Honey Hunters 

• Signed free agent RHP Hunter Stevens   

Lancaster Barnstormers 

• Signed free agent RHP Nick Duron 

Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 

• Signed free agent LHP McKenzie Mills 
• Signed free agent RHP Spencer Johnston   

Staten Island Ferry Hawks  

• Signed free agent OF Bobby Sparling 
• Signed free agent 3B Chris Brito  

July 17

Long Island Ducks

• Signed RHP Franklin Van Grup  

July 16 

Gastonia Honey Hunters 

• Signed RHP Orlando Rodriguez 

Lancaster Barnstormers  

• Signed SS Chad Sedio 

Frontier League

July 21

Lake Erie Crushers 

• Claimed OF Austin White off waivers from the New Jersey Jackals

New Jersey Jackals  

• Signed INF Kevin Rolon

Schaumburg Boomers  

• Signed catcher Sonny Ulliana

Trois-Rivieres Aigles  

• Traded INF Juan Kelly to the Tri-City ValleyCats for RHP Rafi Vasquez. 

Washington Wild Things 

• Traded RHP Jack Dellinger to the Sussex County Miners for a player to be named later
• Signed INF Carson Clowes

July 20

Evansville Otters 

• Signed OF Josh Broughton.

Quebec Capitales  

• Signed INF Martin Vincelli-Sinard.  

Schaumburg Boomers  

• Signed RHP Hunter Hoopes. 

Pioneer League

July 18

Missoula Paddleheads 

• Signed Kaleb Schmidt to their active roster

Northern Colorado Owlz 

• Signed Dalton Ross 

Ogden Raptors 

• Acquired Quinn Waterhouse from the Missoula Paddleheads to complete an earlier transaction 

July 17

Grand Junction Jackalopes 

• Signed Cam Liss to their active roster 

Great Falls Voyagers 

• Signed Giovanni DiGiacomo to their active roster 
• Signed Kelsey Ward to their active roster 

Missoula PaddleHeads 

• Traded Kelvan Pilot to the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks of the American Association in exchange for Cal Carver

July 15

Grand Junction Jackalopes 

• Signed Andrew Meggs to their active roster 

Great Falls Voyagers 

• Signed Jaylen Armstrong to their active roster
• Signed Kelsey Ward to their active roster 

Ogden Raptors

• Acquired Landen Barns from the Tri-City ValleyCats to complete an earlier transaction

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