2008 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 2007

  Octavio Dotel granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2007

  Signed Corky Miller as a free agent.

• November 14, 2007

  Signed Colter Bean as a free agent.

• November 16, 2007

  Traded Óscar Villarreal to the Houston Astros. Received Josh Anderson.

• November 18, 2007

  Signed Tom Glavine as a free agent.

• November 21, 2007

  Signed Jairo Asencio as a free agent.

• November 29, 2007

  Released Pete Orr.

• December 4, 2007

  Traded José Ascanio to the Chicago Cubs. Received Omar Infante and Will Ohman.

• December 7, 2007

  Released Lance Cormier.

• December 8, 2007

  Signed Joe Borchard as a free agent.

• December 12, 2007

  Willie Harris granted Free Agency.

• December 14, 2007

  Signed Reggie Taylor as a free agent.

• December 22, 2007

  Signed J.C. Boscán as a free agent.

• December 26, 2007

  Signed Jorge Campillo as a free agent.

  Signed Matt DeSalvo as a free agent.

• January 14, 2008

  Traded Jamie Richmond (minors) and Joey Devine to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mark Kotsay.

• January 17, 2008

  Traded Chase Fontaine (minors) and Willy Aybar to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Jeff Ridgway.

• February 16, 2008

  Signed Damian Moss as a free agent.

• March 12, 2008

  Signed Christian Bethancourt as an amateur free agent.

• March 26, 2008

  Traded Tyler Yates to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Todd Redmond.

• March 27, 2008

  Released Ryan Drese.

• March 28, 2008

  Selected Rúben Gotay off waivers from the New York Mets.

• April 1, 2008

  Signed Vladimir Núñez as a free agent.

• April 4, 2008

  Released Colter Bean.

• April 5, 2008

  Signed Scott Spiezio as a free agent.

• April 11, 2008

  Signed Sal Fasano as a free agent.

• April 12, 2008

  Released Scott Spiezio.

• April 19, 2008

  Signed Jason Perry as a free agent.

• April 25, 2008

  Signed Scott Williamson as a free agent.

• May 2, 2008

  Signed Reid Gorecki as a free agent.

• May 5, 2008

  Traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners. Received Greg Norton. The Atlanta Braves sent Nelson Payano (minors) (June 23, 2008) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• May 10, 2008

  Signed Enrique Cruz as a free agent.

• May 29, 2008

  Brayan Peña selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• June 5, 2008

  Drafted Zeke Spruill in the 2nd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2008.

  Drafted Craig Kimbrel in the 3rd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2008.

  Drafted Paul Clemens in the 7th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2008.

  Drafted Brett Oberholtzer in the 8th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2008.

  Drafted J.J. Hoover in the 10th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2008.

  Drafted Billy Burns in the 16th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Anthony Rendon in the 27th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 2008

  Released Scott Williamson.

• June 9, 2008

  Signed Brian Lawrence as a free agent.

• June 13, 2008

  Signed Jorge Julio as a free agent.

  Released Reggie Taylor.

• June 19, 2008

  Sent Sal Fasano to the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• June 25, 2008

  Signed Jason Phillips as a free agent.

• July 8, 2008

  Signed Julián Tavárez as a free agent.

• July 22, 2008

  Signed Brandon Beachy as an amateur free agent.

• July 24, 2008

  Released Chris Resop.

• July 29, 2008

  Traded Mark Teixeira to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received Stephen Marek (minors) and Casey Kotchman.

• August 22, 2008

  Signed Rodrigo López as a free agent.

• August 27, 2008

  Signed Elmer Dessens as a free agent.

  Traded Mark Kotsay to the Boston Red Sox. Received Luis Sumoza (minors).

• September 4, 2008

  Matt DeSalvo granted Free Agency.

• September 29, 2008

  Jason Perry granted Free Agency.

• October 3, 2008

  Vladimir Núñez granted Free Agency.

• October 6, 2008

  Rúben Gotay granted Free Agency.

  Corky Miller granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2008

  Greg Norton granted Free Agency.

  Will Ohman granted Free Agency.

  Julián Tavárez granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2008

  Jorge Julio granted Free Agency.

  John Smoltz granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2008

  Enrique Cruz granted Free Agency.

  Brian Lawrence granted Free Agency.

  Damian Moss granted Free Agency.

  Jason Phillips granted Free Agency.

  Royce Ring granted Free Agency.

  Scott Thorman granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2008

  Elmer Dessens granted Free Agency.

  Tom Glavine granted Free Agency.

  Mike Hampton granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 2008

  Released Rodrigo López.

• November 18, 2008

  Signed Brooks Conrad as a free agent.

• November 20, 2008

  Selected Eric O'Flaherty off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• November 25, 2008

  Signed Vladimir Núñez as a free agent.

• December 4, 2008

  Traded Jon Gilmore (minors), Santos Rodriguez (minors), Tyler Flowers and Brent Lillibridge to the Chicago White Sox. Received Boone Logan and Javier Vázquez.

• December 5, 2008

  Signed David Ross as a free agent.

• December 12, 2008

  Signed Lance Niekro as a free agent.

  Chuck James granted Free Agency.

• December 14, 2008

  Signed Emiliano Fruto as a free agent.

• December 19, 2008

  Signed Greg Norton as a free agent.

• January 12, 2009

  Signed Williams Pérez as an amateur free agent.

• January 13, 2009

  Signed Derek Lowe as a free agent.

  Signed Kenshin Kawakami as a free agent.

• January 22, 2009

  Signed Alvin Colina as a free agent.

  Signed Juan Pérez as a free agent.

• February 20, 2009

  Signed Tom Glavine as a free agent.

• February 24, 2009

  Signed Garret Anderson as a free agent.

• March 7, 2009

  Signed Antonio Pérez as a free agent.

• March 10, 2009

  Released Anthony Lerew.

• March 15, 2009

  Released Phil Stockman.

• March 30, 2009

  Released Jeff Ridgway.

  Traded Josh Anderson to the Detroit Tigers. Received Rudy Darrow (minors).