Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 7, 2003
Signed Alan Zinter as a free agent.
Miguel Batista granted Free Agency.
- November 20, 2003
Signed Donnie Sadler as a free agent.
- November 28, 2003
Traded Curt Schilling to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mike Goss (minors), Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon and Jorge De La Rosa.
- November 29, 2003
Signed Jesse Orosco as a free agent.
- December 1, 2003
Traded Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Lyle Overbay, Jorge De La Rosa and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later, Shane Nance and Richie Sexson. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.
- December 4, 2003
Signed Félix José as a free agent.
- December 7, 2003
Signed Carlos Baerga as a free agent.
- December 15, 2003
Traded Quinton McCracken to the Seattle Mariners. Received Greg Colbrunn and cash.
- December 18, 2003
Signed Brent Mayne as a free agent.
- December 21, 2003
Rod Barajas granted Free Agency.
- January 6, 2004
Signed Roberto Alomar as a free agent.
Signed Shane Reynolds as a free agent.
Signed Steve Sparks as a free agent.
- January 7, 2004
Signed Juan Brito as a free agent.
Signed Julio Ramírez as a free agent.
- January 23, 2004
Signed Brandon Villafuerte as a free agent.
- January 28, 2004
Signed Jim Parque as a free agent.
- February 25, 2004
Signed Bobby Estalella as a free agent.
Signed Scott Service as a free agent.
- March 27, 2004
Traded John Patterson to the Montreal Expos. Received Randy Choate.
- May 12, 2004
Bobby Estalella granted Free Agency.
- June 7, 2004
Drafted Stephen Drew in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 2005.
Drafted Garrett Mock in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2004.
Drafted Ross Ohlendorf in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2004.
Drafted Steven Jackson in the 10th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.
Drafted Antoan Richardson in the 13th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Mark Reynolds in the 16th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.
Drafted Chris Carter in the 17th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.
Drafted David Hernandez in the 34th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 9, 2004
Donnie Sadler granted Free Agency.
- June 11, 2004
Signed Micah Franklin as a free agent.
Signed Quinton McCracken as a free agent.
- June 14, 2004
Signed Winston Abreu as a free agent.
- June 22, 2004
Signed Mike Fetters as a free agent.
- July 14, 2004
Signed Jordan Norberto as an amateur free agent.
- July 25, 2004
Brandon Villafuerte granted Free Agency.
- July 30, 2004
Signed Greg Hansell as a free agent.
- July 31, 2004
Received Reggie Abercrombie from the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a conditional deal.
Traded Steve Finley and Brent Mayne to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Reggie Abercrombie (minors), Koyie Hill and Bill Murphy.
- August 2, 2004
Signed José Silva as a free agent.
- August 4, 2004
Signed Ever Magallanes as a free agent.
- August 5, 2004
Traded Roberto Alomar to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Brad Murray (minors) (February 18, 2005) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.
- August 19, 2004
Traded Elmer Dessens to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jereme Milons (minors).
- August 25, 2004
Released Micah Franklin.
- August 30, 2004
Signed Gerardo Parra as an amateur free agent.
- August 31, 2004
Selected Chad Durbin off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
- September 29, 2004
Signed Jeff Fassero as a free agent.
- October 11, 2004
Chad Durbin granted Free Agency.
- October 13, 2004
Juan Brito granted Free Agency.
- October 15, 2004
Greg Hansell granted Free Agency.
Ever Magallanes granted Free Agency.
Brady Raggio granted Free Agency.
Julio Ramírez granted Free Agency.
José Silva granted Free Agency.
- October 19, 2004
Signed Juan Brito as a free agent.
- October 28, 2004
- October 29, 2004
Matt Mantei granted Free Agency.
Quinton McCracken granted Free Agency.
Steve Sparks granted Free Agency.
- November 1, 2004
Danny Bautista granted Free Agency.
Mike Fetters granted Free Agency.
Richie Sexson granted Free Agency.
- November 3, 2004
Scott Service granted Free Agency.
- November 4, 2004
Greg Colbrunn granted Free Agency.
- November 23, 2004
Tim Olson granted Free Agency.
- December 7, 2004
Signed Luis Martínez as a free agent.
Signed Quinton McCracken as a free agent.
- December 11, 2004
Signed Troy Glaus as a free agent.
Signed Russ Ortiz as a free agent.
- December 15, 2004
Signed Kelly Stinnett as a free agent.
Released Andrew Good.
- December 16, 2004
Signed Royce Clayton as a free agent.
- December 21, 2004
Signed Craig Counsell as a free agent.
Brandon Medders granted Free Agency.
Shane Nance granted Free Agency.
- December 22, 2004
Signed Brandon Medders as a free agent.
- January 10, 2005
Sent Steve Randolph to the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.
Signed Shane Nance as a free agent.
- January 11, 2005
Released Phil Stockman.
Traded Randy Johnson to the New York Yankees. Received Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, Javier Vázquez and cash.
Traded William Juarez (minors), Danny Muegge (minors), Dioner Navarro and Beltrán Pérez to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Shawn Green.
- January 12, 2005
Signed Shawn Estes as a free agent.
Traded Shea Hillenbrand to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Adam Peterson.
- January 14, 2005
Signed Kevin Tolar as a free agent.
- January 19, 2005
Signed José Jiménez as a free agent.
- January 24, 2005
Signed Tony Clark as a free agent.
- January 26, 2005
Released Robby Hammock.
- January 27, 2005
Signed Adam Johnson as a free agent.
- February 6, 2005
Traded Casey Fossum to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received José Cruz and cash.
- February 11, 2005
Signed Juan Acevedo as a free agent.
- February 19, 2005
Signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.
- February 21, 2005
Signed Donovan Osborne as a free agent.
- March 6, 2005
Signed Phil Stockman as a free agent.
- March 24, 2005
Released Adam Johnson.
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