2002 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 2001

  Rod Beck granted Free Agency.

  Dante Bichette granted Free Agency.

  Darren Lewis granted Free Agency.

  Hideo Nomo granted Free Agency.

  Troy O'Leary granted Free Agency.

  Joe Oliver granted Free Agency.

  Hipólito Pichardo granted Free Agency.

  Bret Saberhagen granted Free Agency.

  John Valentin granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2001

  David Cone granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2001

  Signed Rob Stanifer as a free agent.

  Mike Lansing granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2001

  Signed Tim Young as a free agent.

• November 20, 2001

  Selected Tony Clark off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• November 21, 2001

  Signed Michael Coleman as a free agent.

• December 3, 2001

  Signed Damon Buford as a free agent.

• December 4, 2001

  Selected Jeff Wallace off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• December 12, 2001

  Traded Carl Everett to the Texas Rangers. Received Darren Oliver.

• December 15, 2001

  Traded Rick Asadoorian (minors), Dustin Brisson (minors) and Luis García (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dustin Hermanson.

• December 18, 2001

  Signed Carlos Baerga as a free agent.

• December 19, 2001

  Signed John Burkett as a free agent.

  Signed Bry Nelson as a free agent.

  Traded Scott Hatteberg to the Colorado Rockies. Received Pokey Reese.

• December 21, 2001

  Signed Johnny Damon as a free agent.

  Israel Alcántara granted Free Agency.

  Todd Erdos granted Free Agency.

  Allen McDill granted Free Agency.

  Pokey Reese granted Free Agency.

  Chris Stynes granted Free Agency.

  Steve Lomasney granted Free Agency.

  Signed Steve Lomasney as a free agent.

• February 1, 2002

  Released Rob Stanifer.

• February 5, 2002

  Signed Jeff Abbott as a free agent.

  Signed Shane Andrews as a free agent.

• February 12, 2002

  Signed Todd Erdos as a free agent.

• February 13, 2002

  Signed Rickey Henderson as a free agent.

• February 27, 2002

  Signed Rey Sánchez as a free agent.

  Signed Don Wengert as a free agent.

• March 30, 2002

  Signed Chris Haney as a free agent.

• April 1, 2002

  Signed Charlie Zink as an amateur free agent.

• April 3, 2002

  Signed Glen Barker as a free agent.

• April 19, 2002

  Signed Kevin Brown as a free agent.

• April 20, 2002

  Released Damon Buford.

• April 25, 2002

  Released Glen Barker.

• April 26, 2002

  Andy Dominique assigned onto roster from the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Released Mike Rose.

• April 27, 2002

  Signed Wayne Gomes as a free agent.

• June 4, 2002

  Drafted Jon Lester in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 2002.

  Drafted Chris Smith in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2002.

  Drafted Barret Browning in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Brandon Moss in the 8th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2002.

  Drafted Brian Bannister in the 45th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 2002

  Signed Chris Michalak as a free agent.

• June 14, 2002

  Signed Harvey García as a free agent.

• June 21, 2002

  Purchased Rob Ryan from the Oakland Athletics.

• June 23, 2002

  Traded Brad Baker (minors) and Dan Giese to the San Diego Padres. Received Andy Shibilo (minors) and Alan Embree.

• July 2, 2002

  Released Darren Oliver.

• July 11, 2002

  Released Michael Coleman.

• July 16, 2002

  Selected Warren Morris off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 30, 2002

  Traded Seung Song (minors) and Sun-Woo Kim to the Montreal Expos. Received Cliff Floyd.

• July 31, 2002

  Traded Byeong-Hak An (minors) and Frank Francisco to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bob Howry.

• August 1, 2002

  Released Rich Garcés.

• August 8, 2002

  Sent José Offerman to the Seattle Mariners as part of a conditional deal.

• August 9, 2002

  Signed Jason Boyd as a free agent.

  Signed Joe Nelson as a free agent.

• August 26, 2002

  Selected Benny Agbayani off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• August 27, 2002

  Released Joe Nelson.

• August 29, 2002

  Released Jeff Abbott.

  Released Chris Haney.

• September 3, 2002

  Tim Young player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• September 30, 2002

  Rob Ryan granted Free Agency.

• October 2, 2002

  Selected Jason Shiell off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• October 9, 2002

  Selected Brandon Lyon off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• October 14, 2002

  Kevin Brown granted Free Agency.

  Calvin Pickering granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2002

  Jason Boyd granted Free Agency.

  Paxton Crawford granted Free Agency.

  Todd Erdos granted Free Agency.

  James Lofton granted Free Agency.

  Steve Lomasney granted Free Agency.

  Chris Michalak granted Free Agency.

  Warren Morris granted Free Agency.

  Bry Nelson granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Wallace granted Free Agency.

  Don Wengert granted Free Agency.

• October 22, 2002

  Signed Hansel Izquierdo as a free agent.

• October 28, 2002

  Cliff Floyd granted Free Agency.

  Ugueth Urbina granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2002

  Carlos Baerga granted Free Agency.

  Rickey Henderson granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2002

  Tony Clark granted Free Agency.

  Rey Sánchez granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2002

  Shane Andrews granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2002

  Dustin Hermanson granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2002

  Signed Chris Coste as a free agent.

  Signed James Lofton as a free agent.

  Willie Banks granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2002

  Signed Justin Kaye as a free agent.

• November 12, 2002

  Signed Tom Davey as a free agent.

• November 18, 2002

  Signed Kevin Tolar as a free agent.

• November 24, 2002

  Signed Julio Zuleta as a free agent.

• November 25, 2002

  Signed Steve Woodard as a free agent.

• November 27, 2002

  Selected Ryan Rupe off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• December 5, 2002

  Signed Willie Banks as a free agent.

• December 6, 2002

  Released Wayne Gomes.

• December 12, 2002

  Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Todd Walker. The Boston Red Sox sent Josh Thigpen (minors) (December 16, 2002) and Tony Blanco (December 16, 2002) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• December 15, 2002

  Traded Josh Hancock to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jeremy Giambi.

• December 16, 2002

  Drafted Adrian Brown from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Wil Ledezma drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Javier López from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Matt White from the Cleveland Indians in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Junior Herndon from the San Diego Padres in the 2002 minor league draft.

  Signed Larry Sutton as a free agent.

  Traded Luis Cruz to the San Diego Padres. Received César Crespo.

• December 17, 2002

  Rolando Arrojo granted Free Agency.

• December 18, 2002

  Signed Damian Jackson as a free agent.

• December 19, 2002

  Signed Kris Foster as a free agent.

• December 21, 2002

  Brian Daubach granted Free Agency.

• December 24, 2002

  Signed Chad Fox as a free agent.

• December 31, 2002

  Signed Ramiro Mendoza as a free agent.

• January 3, 2003

  Signed Andy Abad as a free agent.

• January 6, 2003

  Signed Mike Timlin as a free agent.

• January 10, 2003

  Signed Bill Mueller as a free agent.

• January 17, 2003

  Selected Earl Snyder off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• January 22, 2003

  Signed David Ortiz as a free agent.

• January 23, 2003

  Signed Héctor Almonte as a free agent.

• February 4, 2003

  Selected Bronson Arroyo off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• February 15, 2003

  Purchased Kevin Millar from the Florida Marlins.

• February 22, 2003

  Signed Robert Person as a free agent.

• February 25, 2003

  Dernell Stenson selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.

• March 12, 2003

  Released Benny Agbayani.

  Released Willie Banks.

• March 18, 2003

  Traded Javier López to the Colorado Rockies. Received a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Ryan Cameron (minors) (March 29, 2003) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• March 21, 2003

  Signed Lou Collier as a free agent.

• March 25, 2003

  Released Juan Díaz.

  Lou Merloni selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

• March 26, 2003

  Returned Adrian Brown (earlier draft pick) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

  Released Frank Castillo.

• March 28, 2003

  Selected Dicky Gonzalez off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

  Signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

• March 31, 2003

  Released James Lofton.

  Released Larry Sutton.