2011 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2010

  Mike Lowell granted Free Agency.

  Víctor Martínez granted Free Agency.

  Jason Varitek granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2010

  Adrian Beltré granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2010

  Bill Hall granted Free Agency.

  Felipe López granted Free Agency.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Brent Dlugach. The Boston Red Sox sent Pedro Perez (minors) (April 2, 2011) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• November 6, 2010

  Dusty Brown granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Delgado granted Free Agency.

  Rich Hill granted Free Agency.

  Tommy Hottovy granted Free Agency.

  Chad Paronto granted Free Agency.

  Ramón Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  Gil Velazquez granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 2010

  Traded Dustin Richardson to the Florida Marlins. Received Andrew Miller.

• November 15, 2010

  Selected Taylor Buchholz off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• December 2, 2010

  Taylor Buchholz granted Free Agency.

  Andrew Miller granted Free Agency.

  Hideki Okajima granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 2010

  Signed Jason Bergmann as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Duckworth as a free agent.

  Signed Drew Sutton as a free agent.

• December 6, 2010

  Traded a player to be named later, Rey Fuentes, Casey Kelly and Anthony Rizzo to the San Diego Padres. Received Adrián González. The Boston Red Sox sent Eric Patterson (December 16, 2010) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• December 9, 2010

  César Cabral drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2010 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 2010

  Signed Jason Varitek as a free agent.

• December 11, 2010

  Signed Carl Crawford as a free agent.

• December 16, 2010

  Signed Matt Albers as a free agent.

  Signed Lenny DiNardo as a free agent.

  Signed Rich Hill as a free agent.

  Signed Andrew Miller as a free agent.

  Signed Randy Williams as a free agent.

• December 18, 2010

  Signed Dan Wheeler as a free agent.

• December 21, 2010

  Signed Bobby Jenks as a free agent.

• January 3, 2011

  Signed Héctor Luna as a free agent.

• January 5, 2011

  Selected Max Ramírez off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• January 6, 2011

  Signed Tony Peña as a free agent.

• January 10, 2011

  Signed Hideki Okajima as a free agent.

  Max Ramírez selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• January 13, 2011

  Released Matt Fox.

• January 21, 2011

  Signed Matt Fox as a free agent.

• February 1, 2011

  Signed Paul Hoover as a free agent.

• February 3, 2011

  Signed Tommy Hottovy as a free agent.

• February 5, 2011

  Signed Dennys Reyes as a free agent.

• February 8, 2011

  Signed Alfredo Aceves as a free agent.

• February 15, 2011

  Traded Robert Coello to the Chicago Cubs. Received Tony Thomas (minors).

• March 12, 2011

  Free agent signing of Jason Bergmann voided.

• March 27, 2011

  The Tampa Bay Rays returned César Cabral (earlier draft pick).

• March 29, 2011

  Released Lenny DiNardo.

  Traded Daniel Turpen (minors) to the Colorado Rockies. Received Michael McKenry.

• March 31, 2011

  Signed Chris Martin as a free agent.

  Released Aaron Bates.

• May 16, 2011

  Released Kris Johnson.

• May 19, 2011

  Signed Kevin Millwood as a free agent.

  Purchased Franklin Morales from the Colorado Rockies.

• June 6, 2011

  Signed Jonathan Aro as an amateur free agent.

  Drafted Matt Barnes in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

  Drafted Blake Swihart in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

  Drafted Henry Owens in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

  Drafted Jackie Bradley Jr. in the 1st round (40th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

• June 7, 2011

  Drafted Williams Jerez in the 2nd round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 2011.

  Drafted Jordan Weems in the 3rd round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2011.

  Drafted Noé Ramirez in the 4th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

  Drafted Mookie Betts in the 5th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

  Drafted Travis Shaw in the 9th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2011.

  Drafted Daniel Gossett in the 16th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 8, 2011

  Drafted Mac Williamson in the 46th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 12, 2011

  Michael McKenry player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• July 2, 2011

  Signed Manuel Margot as an amateur free agent.

• July 5, 2011

  Mike Cameron player rights sold to the Florida Marlins.

• July 19, 2011

  Signed Royce Ring as a free agent.

• July 23, 2011

  Signed Charlie Haeger as a free agent.

• July 30, 2011

  Traded Kendal Volz (minors) and Yamaico Navarro to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Aviles.

• July 31, 2011

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Chih Hsien Chiang (minors) to the Seattle Mariners and Juan Rodriguez (minors), Tim Federowicz and Stephen Fife to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Érik Bédard and Josh Fields from the Seattle Mariners. In addition, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Trayvon Robinson to the Seattle Mariners.

• August 5, 2011

  Signed Brett Carroll as a free agent.

• August 6, 2011

  Released Kevin Millwood.

• August 9, 2011

  Signed Robby Scott as a free agent.

• August 19, 2011

  Signed Greg Smith as a free agent.

• August 30, 2011

  Signed Trever Miller as a free agent.

• August 31, 2011

  Signed Joey Gathright as a free agent.

  Traded Jason Rice (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Conor Jackson and cash.

• September 29, 2011

  Hideki Okajima granted Free Agency.

  Dennys Reyes granted Free Agency.

  Drew Sutton granted Free Agency.

• September 30, 2011

  Randy Williams granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2011

  Érik Bédard granted Free Agency.

  J.D. Drew granted Free Agency.

  Joey Gathright granted Free Agency.

  Conor Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Trever Miller granted Free Agency.

  David Ortiz granted Free Agency.

  Jonathan Papelbon granted Free Agency.

  Jason Varitek granted Free Agency.

  Tim Wakefield granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2011

  Dan Wheeler granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2011

  Brett Carroll granted Free Agency.

  Brent Dlugach granted Free Agency.

  Matt Fox granted Free Agency.

  Tommy Hottovy granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Luna granted Free Agency.

  Royce Ring granted Free Agency.

  Greg Smith granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 2011

  Signed Justin Thomas as a free agent.

• December 2, 2011

  Signed Doug Mathis as a free agent.

• December 7, 2011

  Signed David Ortiz as a free agent.

• December 8, 2011

  Signed Jesse Carlson as a free agent.

  César Cabral drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2011 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Marwin González from the Chicago Cubs in the 2011 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Marwin González to the Houston Astros. Received Marco Duarte (minors).

• December 10, 2011

  Released Miguel González.

• December 12, 2011

  Rich Hill granted Free Agency.

• December 13, 2011

  Signed Rich Hill as a free agent.

  Signed Kelly Shoppach as a free agent.

• December 14, 2011

  Signed Nick Punto as a free agent.

  Traded Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland to the Houston Astros. Received Mark Melancon.

• December 28, 2011

  Traded Miles Head (minors), Raúl Alcántara and Josh Reddick to the Oakland Athletics. Received Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney.

• January 3, 2012

  Signed Pedro Ciriaco as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Silva as a free agent.

• January 9, 2012

  Signed Aaron Cook as a free agent.

• January 10, 2012

  Signed Justin Germano as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Repko as a free agent.

• January 11, 2012

  Purchased Brad Emaus from the Colorado Rockies.

• January 16, 2012

  Signed Vicente Padilla as a free agent.

• January 18, 2012

  Signed Max St. Pierre as a free agent.

• January 21, 2012

  Released Charlie Haeger.

  Traded Marco Scutaro to the Colorado Rockies. Received Clayton Mortensen.

• January 26, 2012

  Signed Cody Ross as a free agent.

• January 27, 2012

  Signed John Maine as a free agent.

• February 2, 2012

  Signed Mauro Gómez as a free agent.

• February 11, 2012

  Signed Sean White as a free agent.

• February 16, 2012

  Signed Ross Ohlendorf as a free agent.

• February 18, 2012

  Signed Josh Kroeger as a free agent.

• February 21, 2012

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Chris Carpenter. The Chicago Cubs sent Aaron Kurcz (minors) (March 15, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. The Boston Red Sox sent Jair Bogaerts (minors) (March 29, 2012) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• February 23, 2012

  Signed Hunter Jones as a free agent.

• February 29, 2012

  Signed Billy Buckner as a free agent.

  Signed Garrett Mock as a free agent.

• March 17, 2012

  Released Carlos Silva.

• March 23, 2012

  Released Sean White.

• March 29, 2012

  Released Max St. Pierre.