2008 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 6, 2007

  Signed Curt Schilling as a free agent.

• November 7, 2007

  Royce Clayton granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 2007

  Signed Kevin Cash as a free agent.

• November 19, 2007

  Signed Lee Gronkiewicz as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Lowell as a free agent.

• December 1, 2007

  Signed Keith Ginter as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Timlin as a free agent.

  Signed Jonathan Van Every as a free agent.

• December 5, 2007

  Signed Joe Thurston as a free agent.

• December 6, 2007

  Jay Marshall selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• December 7, 2007

  Signed Scott Atchison as a free agent.

  Signed Jeff Bailey as a free agent.

  Signed Gil Velazquez as a free agent.

• December 12, 2007

  Brendan Donnelly granted Free Agency.

• December 18, 2007

  Signed Michael Tejera as a free agent.

• December 21, 2007

  Released Scott Atchison.

• December 28, 2007

  Signed Jon Switzer as a free agent.

• January 8, 2008

  Signed Ben Howard as a free agent.

• January 11, 2008

  Signed Doug Mirabelli as a free agent.

• January 13, 2008

  Signed Rich Thompson as a free agent.

• January 17, 2008

  Signed Daniel Nava as a free agent.

• January 22, 2008

  Signed Danny Kolb as a free agent.

• January 23, 2008

  Signed Matt Miller as a free agent.

• January 28, 2008

  Traded Willy Mota (minors) and Miguel Socolovich to the Chicago White Sox. Received David Aardsma.

• February 1, 2008

  Signed Sean Casey as a free agent.

• February 4, 2008

  Signed Steve Torrealba as a free agent.

• February 5, 2008

  Signed Junior Spivey as a free agent.

• February 8, 2008

  Signed Bobby Kielty as a free agent.

• February 24, 2008

  Signed Bartolo Colón as a free agent.

• February 27, 2008

  Signed Miguel Asencio as a free agent.

• March 23, 2008

  Craig Breslow selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• March 25, 2008

  Released Ben Howard.

• March 28, 2008

  Released Steve Torrealba.

• April 8, 2008

  Traded Christian Lara (minors) and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Eric Hull.

• April 10, 2008

  Released Rich Thompson.

• April 26, 2008

  Released Danny Kolb.

• May 3, 2008

  Sent Matt Miller to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

• May 11, 2008

  Bryan Corey player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• May 12, 2008

  Released Abe Alvarez.

• May 22, 2008

  Released Julián Tavárez.

• June 2, 2008

  Signed Dave Gassner as a free agent.

• June 5, 2008

  Drafted Casey Kelly in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2008.

  Drafted Bryan Price in the 1st round (45th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 2008.

  Drafted Stephen Fife in the 3rd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2008.

  Drafted Kyle Weiland in the 3rd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2008.

  Drafted Ryan Lavarnway in the 6th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2008.

  Drafted Tim Federowicz in the 7th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed July 7, 2008.

  Drafted Christian Vázquez in the 9th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2008.

  Drafted Brian Flynn in the 18th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Alex Meyer in the 20th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Anthony DeSclafani in the 22nd round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Hunter Cervenka in the 27th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2008.

  Drafted Travis Shaw in the 32nd round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Carson Blair in the 35th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2008.

  Drafted Yan Gomes in the 39th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 2, 2008

  Signed William Cuevas as an amateur free agent.

• July 12, 2008

  Released Bobby Kielty.

• July 31, 2008

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Craig Hansen and Brandon Moss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jason Bay from the Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• August 2, 2008

  Received Josh Wilson from the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

• August 12, 2008

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Paul Byrd. The Boston Red Sox sent Mickey Hall (minors) (January 15, 2009) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• August 13, 2008

  Selected Marcus McBeth off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• August 19, 2008

  Signed Jason Lane as a free agent.

• August 22, 2008

  Signed David Ross as a free agent.

• August 27, 2008

  Traded Luis Sumoza (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Mark Kotsay.

• September 29, 2008

  Joe Thurston granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2008

  Kyle Snyder granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2008

  Josh Wilson granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 2008

  Selected Dewon Day off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• October 22, 2008

  Chris Smith granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2008

  Selected Virgil Vasquez off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• October 30, 2008

  Alex Cora granted Free Agency.

  David Ross granted Free Agency.

  Jason Varitek granted Free Agency.

  Gil Velazquez granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2008

  Sean Casey granted Free Agency.

  Bartolo Colón granted Free Agency.

  Curt Schilling granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2008

  Mark Kotsay granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2008

  Miguel Asencio granted Free Agency.

  Paul Byrd granted Free Agency.

  Dave Gassner granted Free Agency.

  Keith Ginter granted Free Agency.

  Lee Gronkiewicz granted Free Agency.

  Eric Hull granted Free Agency.

  Jason Lane granted Free Agency.

  Marcus McBeth granted Free Agency.

  Jon Switzer granted Free Agency.

  Michael Tejera granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2008

  Mike Timlin granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2008

  Signed Robert Coello as a free agent.

  Signed Gil Velazquez as a free agent.

• November 19, 2008

  Traded Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ramón Ramírez.

• November 20, 2008

  Signed Paul McAnulty as a free agent.

• November 26, 2008

  Signed Marcus McBeth as a free agent.

• November 28, 2008

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Wes Littleton. The Boston Red Sox sent Beau Vaughan (minors) (December 11, 2008) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 2, 2008

  Signed Billy Traber as a free agent.

• December 4, 2008

  Signed Junichi Tazawa as a free agent.

• December 10, 2008

  Signed Enrique González as a free agent.

• December 11, 2008

  Drafted Miguel González from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2008 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 2008

  Kevin Cash granted Free Agency.

• December 28, 2008

  Signed Josh Bard as a free agent.

  Signed Brad Penny as a free agent.

• January 5, 2009

  Signed Nick Green as a free agent.

• January 8, 2009

  Signed Rocco Baldelli as a free agent.

• January 9, 2009

  Signed Mark Kotsay as a free agent.

  Dewon Day selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.

  Virgil Vasquez selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

• January 10, 2009

  Signed Takashi Saito as a free agent.

• January 11, 2009

  Signed Ángel Chávez as a free agent.

• January 12, 2009

  Signed John Smoltz as a free agent.

• January 19, 2009

  Traded David Pauley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Randor Bierd.

• January 20, 2009

  Traded David Aardsma to the Seattle Mariners. Received Fabian Williamson (minors).

• January 24, 2009

  Signed Chip Ambres as a free agent.

• January 27, 2009

  Signed Fernando Cabrera as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Maldonado as a free agent.

  Signed Iván Ochoa as a free agent.

• February 6, 2009

  Signed Steve Green as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Varitek as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Martínez as an amateur free agent.

  Jeff Bailey granted Free Agency.

• February 7, 2009

  Signed Jeff Bailey as a free agent.

• February 16, 2009

  Signed Brad Wilkerson as a free agent.

• March 1, 2009

  Free agent signing of Carlos Martínez voided.

• March 17, 2009

  Wes Littleton selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• March 18, 2009

  Released Josh Bard.

• March 24, 2009

  Signed Rocky Cherry as a free agent.

• March 27, 2009

  Released Steve Green.