Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 2, 2011
Signed John McDonald as a free agent.
Tony Abreu granted Free Agency.
Ángel Berroa granted Free Agency.
Henry Blanco granted Free Agency.
Robby Hammock granted Free Agency.
Lucas May granted Free Agency.
Juan Miranda granted Free Agency.
Michael Restovich granted Free Agency.
Eddie Rogers granted Free Agency.
Brian Stokes granted Free Agency.
Andy Tracy granted Free Agency.
Clay Zavada granted Free Agency.
- November 3, 2011
Signed Henry Blanco as a free agent.
- November 7, 2011
Released Kam Mickolio.
- November 8, 2011
Signed Chris Jakubauskas as a free agent.
Signed Rusty Ryal as a free agent.
- November 9, 2011
Signed Willie Bloomquist as a free agent.
- November 15, 2011
Signed Ryan Budde as a free agent.
Signed Aaron Hill as a free agent.
- November 17, 2011
Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mike Zagurski. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Adam Worthington (minors) (November 17, 2011) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
- November 29, 2011
Signed Jensen Lewis as a free agent.
- December 4, 2011
Signed as a free agent.
- December 5, 2011
Signed Joe Martinez as a free agent.
- December 9, 2011
Signed Lyle Overbay as a free agent.
Traded Ryan Cook, Collin Cowgill and Jarrod Parker to the Oakland Athletics. Received Craig Breslow, Trevor Cahill and cash.
- December 12, 2011
Micah Owings granted Free Agency.
Joe Saunders granted Free Agency.
- December 13, 2011
Signed Jonathan Albaladejo as a free agent.
Signed Takashi Saito as a free agent.
- December 19, 2011
Signed Jason Kubel as a free agent.
- January 4, 2012
Signed Mike Jacobs as a free agent.
- January 17, 2012
Signed Joe Saunders as a free agent.
- January 23, 2012
Selected Craig Tatum off waivers from the Houston Astros.
- February 16, 2012
Signed Luis Castillo as a free agent.
- February 29, 2012
Released Kevin Mulvey.
- March 1, 2012
Signed Randy Ruiz as a free agent.
- March 8, 2012
Signed Bo Schultz as a free agent.
- March 20, 2012
Released Stephen Cardullo.
- March 27, 2012
Signed Gabriel Moya as an amateur free agent.
- March 28, 2012
Craig Tatum selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.
- April 18, 2012
Signed Brent Clevlen as a free agent.
Released Daniel Stange.
- April 21, 2012
Traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Josh Bell. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Mike Belfiore (May 12, 2012) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
- May 2, 2012
Tommy Layne player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.
- May 6, 2012
Released Tommy Manzella.
- May 14, 2012
Signed Tyler Graham as a free agent.
- May 23, 2012
Cody Ransom selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.
- May 29, 2012
Released Jason Lane.
- June 5, 2012
Drafted Jake Barrett in the 3rd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2012.
Drafted Jake Lamb in the 6th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2012.
Drafted Andrew Velazquez in the 7th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2012.
- June 6, 2012
Released Randy Ruiz.
Drafted Matt Dermody in the 23rd round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Max Schrock in the 28th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- July 2, 2012
Released Chris Jakubauskas.
- July 10, 2012
Signed Sergio Alcántara as an amateur free agent.
- July 20, 2012
Released Geoff Blum.
Selected Brad Bergesen off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
- July 23, 2012
Traded Barry Enright to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim sent Frazier Hall (minors) (August 31, 2012) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.
- July 24, 2012
Traded Ryan Roberts to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Tyler Bortnick (minors).
- July 25, 2012
Released Rusty Ryal.
- July 29, 2012
Traded Bobby Borchering (minors) and Marc Krauss to the Houston Astros. Received Chris Johnson.
- July 31, 2012
Traded Craig Breslow to the Boston Red Sox. Received Matt Albers and Scott Podsednik.
- August 2, 2012
Released Scott Podsednik.
- August 5, 2012
Released Lyle Overbay.
- August 6, 2012
Signed Wil Nieves as a free agent.
- August 12, 2012
Signed Brett Tomko as a free agent.
- August 14, 2012
Signed Matt Mangini as a free agent.
- August 15, 2012
Received Daniel Cabrera from the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
- August 20, 2012
Traded Stephen Drew to the Oakland Athletics. Received Sean Jamieson (minors).
- August 26, 2012
Traded Joe Saunders and cash to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Matt Lindstrom and cash.
- August 31, 2012
Selected Cody Ransom off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
- September 15, 2012
Signed Chaz Roe as a free agent.
- September 23, 2012
Cole Gillespie granted Free Agency.
- October 4, 2012
Zach Kroenke granted Free Agency.
- October 13, 2012
Signed Humberto Cota as a free agent.
- October 20, 2012
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Chris Young and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Cliff Pennington from the Oakland Athletics and Heath Bell and cash from the Miami Marlins. In addition, the Oakland Athletics sent Yordy Cabrera (minors) to the Miami Marlins.
- October 25, 2012
Joe Martinez granted Free Agency.
- October 26, 2012
Takashi Saito granted Free Agency.
- October 29, 2012
Mike Jacobs granted Free Agency.
Konrad Schmidt selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.
- October 31, 2012
Henry Blanco granted Free Agency.
Matt Lindstrom granted Free Agency.
- November 1, 2012
Mike Zagurski granted Free Agency.
Sam Demel selected by the Houston Astros off waivers.
Jake Elmore selected by the Houston Astros off waivers.
- November 3, 2012
Jonathan Albaladejo granted Free Agency.
Josh Bell granted Free Agency.
Ryan Budde granted Free Agency.
Daniel Cabrera granted Free Agency.
Tyler Graham granted Free Agency.
Jensen Lewis granted Free Agency.
Matt Mangini granted Free Agency.
Cody Ransom granted Free Agency.
Brett Tomko granted Free Agency.
- November 4, 2012
Signed Tuffy Gosewisch as a free agent.
- November 6, 2012
Signed Eddie Bonine as a free agent.
- November 7, 2012
Signed Garrett Mock as a free agent.
- November 8, 2012
Signed Brad Snyder as a free agent.
- November 14, 2012
Signed Rommie Lewis as a free agent.
- November 17, 2012
Signed Kila Ka'aihue as a free agent.
- November 20, 2012
Traded Ryan Wheeler to the Colorado Rockies. Received Matt Reynolds.
- November 24, 2012
Signed Mark Teahen as a free agent.
- November 28, 2012
Released Brad Bergesen.
- November 30, 2012
Wil Nieves granted Free Agency.
- December 3, 2012
Signed Jeremy Reed as a free agent.
- December 6, 2012
Ender Inciarte drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2012 rule 5 draft.
Signed Eric Hinske as a free agent.
Signed Wil Nieves as a free agent.
- December 8, 2012
Signed Eric Chavez as a free agent.
- December 10, 2012
Signed Steve Garrison as a free agent.
Signed Josh Wilson as a free agent.
- December 11, 2012
Signed Brandon McCarthy as a free agent.
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Matt Albers, Trevor Bauer and Bryan Shaw to the Cleveland Indians. Received Lars Anderson and Tony Sipp from the Cleveland Indians and Didi Gregorius from the Cincinnati Reds. In addition, the Cleveland Indians sent Shin-Soo Choo, Jason Donald and cash to the Cincinnati Reds; and the Cincinnati Reds sent Drew Stubbs to the Cleveland Indians.
- December 21, 2012
Signed Nelson Figueroa as a free agent.
Signed Warner Madrigal as a free agent.
- December 22, 2012
Signed Cody Ross as a free agent.
- January 24, 2013
Traded Chris Johnson and Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves. Received Nick Ahmed, Randall Delgado, Brandon Drury, Martín Prado and Zeke Spruill.
- February 1, 2013
Lars Anderson selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.
- February 11, 2013
Signed Rod Barajas as a free agent.
- February 18, 2013
Traded Jesús Castillo (minors) and Erick Leal (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Tony Campana.
- February 26, 2013
Signed Josh Booty as a free agent.
- March 10, 2013
Signed Dan Cortes as a free agent.
- March 20, 2013
Sent John McDonald to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
- March 25, 2013
Released Rod Barajas.
- March 27, 2013
Released Josh Booty.
- March 28, 2013
Signed Nick Evans as a free agent.
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