1998 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 6, 1997

  Traded Mark Brandenburg, Bill Haselman and Aaron Sele to the Texas Rangers. Received Damon Buford and Jim Leyritz.

• November 17, 1997

  Signed Bret Saberhagen as a free agent.

• November 18, 1997

  Traded a player to be named later and Carl Pavano to the Montreal Expos. Received Pedro Martinez. The Boston Red Sox sent Tony Armas (December 18, 1997) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

  Jeff Suppan selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 3rd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Jim Mecir selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 36th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• November 21, 1997

  Signed Mike Benjamin as a free agent.

  Signed Sun-Woo Kim as an amateur free agent.

• November 24, 1997

  Purchased Jimmy Hurst from the Detroit Tigers.

• December 3, 1997

  Signed Jim Corsi as a free agent.

• December 9, 1997

  Signed Dennis Eckersley as a free agent.

• December 23, 1997

  Signed Darren Lewis as a free agent.

• January 6, 1998

  Signed Anastacio Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• January 14, 1998

  Signed Pete Walker as a free agent.

• January 28, 1998

  Signed Keith Mitchell as a free agent.

• January 29, 1998

  Signed Carlos Valdez as a free agent.

• March 19, 1998

  Selected Midre Cummings off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 26, 1998

  Signed Mark Lemke as a free agent.

• March 30, 1998

  Signed Billy Ashley as a free agent.

  Signed Jin Ho Cho as an amateur free agent.

  Traded Bo Dodson (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Keith Johns.

• April 3, 1998

  Signed Wil Ledezma as an amateur free agent.

• May 22, 1998

  Signed Steve Schrenk as a free agent.

• June 2, 1998

  Drafted Adam Everett in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed August 4, 1998.

  Drafted Mike Maroth in the 3rd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 1998.

  Drafted Josh Hancock in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1998.

  Drafted Mark Teixeira in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Lenny DiNardo in the 10th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Rabelo in the 13th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Hattig in the 25th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed August 24, 1998.

  Drafted Ben Kozlowski in the 26th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dennis Tankersley in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 1999.

• June 18, 1998

  Traded Mike Blais (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received David West.

• June 20, 1998

  Traded Ethan Faggett (minors) and Jim Leyritz to the San Diego Padres. Received Carlos Reyes, Mandy Romero and Darío Veras.

• June 25, 1998

  Released Brian Shouse.

• July 2, 1998

  Signed Tony Blanco as an amateur free agent.

• July 30, 1998

  Traded Jay Yennaco (minors) and Peter Munro to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Mike Stanley.

• July 31, 1998

  Traded Joe Thomas (minors), John Barnes and Matt Kinney to the Minnesota Twins. Received Orlando Merced and Greg Swindell.

  Traded Joe Hudson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Eddy Díaz.

• August 6, 1998

  Purchased Pete Schourek from the Houston Astros.

• August 31, 1998

  Traded Corey Jenkins (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Chris Snopek.

• September 1, 1998

  Released Orlando Merced.

• September 2, 1998

  Signed Juan Pérez as an amateur free agent.

• September 8, 1998

  Released David West.

• September 15, 1998

  Signed Melvin Dorta as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1998

  Keith Johns granted Free Agency.

  Steve Schrenk granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1998

  Walt McKeel granted Free Agency.

  Bill Selby granted Free Agency.

  Pete Walker granted Free Agency.

  B.J. Waszgis granted Free Agency.

• October 22, 1998

  Butch Henry granted Free Agency.

• October 23, 1998

  Pete Schourek granted Free Agency.

  Mo Vaughn granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 1998

  Mike Benjamin granted Free Agency.

  Mark Lemke granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1998

  Greg Swindell granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1998

  Steve Avery granted Free Agency.

  Purchased Morgan Burkhart from Richmond (Frontier).

• November 3, 1998

  Dennis Eckersley granted Free Agency.

  Darren Lewis granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1998

  Signed Creighton Gubanich as a free agent.

• November 5, 1998

  Signed Darren Lewis as a free agent.

• November 11, 1998

  Traded a player to be named later to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Bob Wolcott. The Boston Red Sox sent Bart Miadich (December 15, 1998) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.

• November 16, 1998

  Signed Raúl González as a free agent.

  Signed José Offerman as a free agent.

• November 20, 1998

  Purchased Tomo Ohka from Yokohama Bay Stars (Japan Central).

  Released Carlos Valdez.

• November 23, 1998

  Released Billy Ashley.

  Released Rich Garcés.

• December 7, 1998

  Darío Veras selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• December 10, 1998

  Purchased Marino Santana from the Detroit Tigers.

• December 11, 1998

  Signed Mark Portugal as a free agent.

• December 14, 1998

  Drafted Joel Adamson from the Oakland Athletics in the 1998 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Israel Alcántara as a free agent.

  Signed Kirk Bullinger as a free agent.

  Signed Brad Clontz as a free agent.

  Signed Tim Harikkala as a free agent.

  Released Carlos Reyes.

• December 16, 1998

  Selected Steve Connelly off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• December 18, 1998

  Signed Brian Daubach as a free agent.

• December 19, 1998

  Signed Mark Guthrie as a free agent.

• December 21, 1998

  Darren Bragg granted Free Agency.

  Robinson Checo granted Free Agency.

  Keith Mitchell granted Free Agency.

• January 5, 1999

  Signed Rheal Cormier as a free agent.

  Signed Kip Gross as a free agent.

• January 8, 1999

  Steve Connelly selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• January 11, 1999

  Signed Pat Rapp as a free agent.

• January 12, 1999

  Signed Pedro Valdés as a free agent.

• February 3, 1999

  Signed Tim Young as a free agent.

• February 4, 1999

  Signed Chad Fonville as a free agent.

• February 28, 1999

  Signed Rich Garcés as a free agent.

• March 11, 1999

  Signed Ramón Martínez as a free agent.

• March 25, 1999

  Traded Pat Flury (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jon Nunnally.

• March 30, 1999

  Released Midre Cummings.

  Ron Mahay selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.