2001 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 1, 2000

  Signed Joey Dawley as a free agent.

  Andy Ashby granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2000

  Signed Brayan Peña as an amateur free agent.

• November 6, 2000

  Greg McMichael granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2000

  Signed Chan Perry as a free agent.

• November 16, 2000

  Signed Jesse Levis as a free agent.

• November 20, 2000

  Signed Jake Robbins as a free agent.

• December 4, 2000

  Selected Trey Moore off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

• December 10, 2000

  Signed Dave Martinez as a free agent.

• December 13, 2000

  Signed Rico Brogna as a free agent.

• December 18, 2000

  Traded Steve Sisco to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jesse Garcia.

• December 20, 2000

  Signed John Burkett as a free agent.

• December 21, 2000

  Gabe Molina granted Free Agency.

• December 28, 2000

  Signed Mike Romano as a free agent.

• January 8, 2001

  Signed Kurt Abbott as a free agent.

• January 22, 2001

  Signed Pedro Swann as a free agent.

• January 26, 2001

  Signed Steve Avery as a free agent.

• January 27, 2001

  Signed Marc Valdes as a free agent.

  Signed Matt Whiteside as a free agent.

• February 13, 2001

  Signed Martín Prado as an amateur free agent.

• March 13, 2001

  Released Mike Romano.

• March 30, 2001

  Released Steve Avery.

• April 1, 2001

  Signed Joe Slusarski as a free agent.

• April 12, 2001

  Signed Bernard Gilkey as a free agent.

  Selected José Cabrera off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• May 10, 2001

  Signed Aaron Small as a free agent.

• May 11, 2001

  Released Joe Slusarski.

• May 19, 2001

  Released Mike Glavine.

• June 5, 2001

  Drafted Macay McBride in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2001.

  Drafted Adam Stern in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2001.

  Drafted Kyle Davies in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2001.

  Drafted Willie Collazo in the 10th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2001.

  Drafted Anthony Lerew in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2001.

  Drafted Kevin Barry in the 14th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2001.

  Drafted Delwyn Young in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dallas Braden in the 46th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 22, 2001

  Traded Troy Cameron (minors) and John Rocker to the Cleveland Indians. Received Steve Karsay and Steve Reed.

• July 5, 2001

  Signed Ken Caminiti as a free agent.

  Released Matt Whiteside.

• July 17, 2001

  Signed Chris Hammond as a free agent.

• July 22, 2001

  Received Damon Hollins from the Minnesota Twins as part of a conditional deal.

• July 24, 2001

  Purchased Mike Saipe from Long Beach (Western).

• July 31, 2001

  Traded Alejandro Machado and Brad Voyles to the Kansas City Royals. Received Rey Sánchez.

• August 2, 2001

  Signed Charlie Greene as a free agent.

• August 3, 2001

  Released Jesse Levis.

• August 5, 2001

  Signed Brad Clontz as a free agent.

• August 7, 2001

  Released Quilvio Veras.

• August 31, 2001

  Purchased Julio Franco from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

  Traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Rudy Seánez. The Atlanta Braves sent Winston Abreu (September 6, 2001) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• October 2, 2001

  Signed Junior Guerra as an amateur free agent.

• October 8, 2001

  Chris Seelbach granted Free Agency.

• October 10, 2001

  Signed José Ascanio as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 2001

  Brad Clontz granted Free Agency.

  Charlie Greene granted Free Agency.

  Chris Hammond granted Free Agency.

  Damon Hollins granted Free Agency.

  Chan Perry granted Free Agency.

  Jake Robbins granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Small granted Free Agency.

  Pedro Swann granted Free Agency.

• October 25, 2001

  Signed Damon Hollins as a free agent.

• October 26, 2001

  Signed Aaron Small as a free agent.

• November 5, 2001

  Kurt Abbott granted Free Agency.

  Julio Franco granted Free Agency.

  Steve Karsay granted Free Agency.

  Keith Lockhart granted Free Agency.

  Javy López granted Free Agency.

  Steve Reed granted Free Agency.

  Rey Sánchez granted Free Agency.

  Rudy Seánez granted Free Agency.

  John Smoltz granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2001

  John Burkett granted Free Agency.

  Ken Caminiti granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2001

  Signed Matt Franco as a free agent.

• November 9, 2001

  Bernard Gilkey granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 2001

  Eddie Pérez granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2001

  Signed Jake Robbins as a free agent.

• November 19, 2001

  Signed Chris Hammond as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Petersen as a free agent.

• December 4, 2001

  Signed John Smoltz as a free agent.

• December 7, 2001

  Signed Javy López as a free agent.

  Trey Moore player rights sold to Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).

• December 11, 2001

  Signed Vinny Castilla as a free agent.

• December 13, 2001

  Kevin McGlinchy drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2001 rule 5 draft.

• December 17, 2001

  Signed Julio Franco as a free agent.

  Signed Eddie Pérez as a free agent.

• December 20, 2001

  Signed Albie Lopez as a free agent.

• December 21, 2001

  Marc Valdes granted Free Agency.

• January 8, 2002

  Signed Keith Lockhart as a free agent.

• January 14, 2002

  Signed Ozzie Timmons as a free agent.

• January 15, 2002

  Traded Andrew Brown, Brian Jordan and Odalis Pérez to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Gary Sheffield.

• January 16, 2002

  Signed Doug Linton as a free agent.

• January 18, 2002

  Traded Elvis Perez (minors) to the Seattle Mariners. Received Kevin Gryboski.

• January 20, 2002

  Signed Dan Wheeler as a free agent.

• January 29, 2002

  Signed Darren Holmes as a free agent.

• February 1, 2002

  Signed Rich Rodriguez as a free agent.

• March 20, 2002

  Traded Paul Bako and José Cabrera to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Henry Blanco.

• March 25, 2002

  Sent Rich Rodriguez to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

• March 28, 2002

  Released David Cortés.

  Traded Eddie Pérez to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Jason Fitzgerald (minors) (September 21, 2002) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.