Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- 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.
- April 8, 2012
Released Brad Emaus.
- April 17, 2012
Luis Exposito selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.
- April 20, 2012
Signed Mike Rivera as a free agent.
- April 21, 2012
Traded a player to be named later and Michael Bowden to the Chicago Cubs. Received Marlon Byrd and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Hunter Cervenka (May 15, 2012) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- April 30, 2012
Signed Jeff Larish as a free agent.
- May 2, 2012
Signed Mark Prior as a free agent.
- May 10, 2012
Released John Maine.
- May 12, 2012
Jeff Larish player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Purchased Scott Podsednik from the Philadelphia Phillies.
Justin Thomas selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.
- June 2, 2012
Ross Ohlendorf granted Free Agency.
- June 4, 2012
Drafted Deven Marrero in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2012.
Drafted Brian Johnson in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2012.
Drafted Pat Light in the 1st round (37th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2012.
- June 5, 2012
Drafted Jamie Callahan in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2012.
Drafted Austin Maddox in the 3rd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2012.
Drafted Ty Buttrey in the 4th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2012.
Drafted Justin Haley in the 6th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2012.
Drafted Mike Miller in the 9th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2012.
Drafted J.B. Wendelken in the 13th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2012.
Drafted Carson Fulmer in the 15th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 6, 2012
Drafted Alex Bregman in the 28th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Hunter Wood in the 32nd round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 12, 2012
Released Marlon Byrd.
- June 16, 2012
Signed Tzu-Wei Lin as an amateur free agent.
Released Jesse Carlson.
- June 24, 2012
Traded Kevin Youkilis and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received Brent Lillibridge and Zach Stewart.
- June 27, 2012
Released Josh Kroeger.
- June 28, 2012
Signed Andy LaRoche as a free agent.
- July 2, 2012
Signed Javy Guerra as an amateur free agent.
- July 3, 2012
Released Bobby Jenks.
- July 4, 2012
Darnell McDonald selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.
- July 19, 2012
Justin Germano player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.
- July 24, 2012
Signed Nelson Figueroa as a free agent.
Traded Brent Lillibridge to the Cleveland Indians. Received José De La Torre.
- July 25, 2012
Released Brandon Duckworth.
Released Doug Mathis.
- July 31, 2012
Traded Lars Anderson to the Cleveland Indians. Received Steven Wright.
Traded Matt Albers and Scott Podsednik to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Craig Breslow.
- August 3, 2012
Sent Garrett Mock to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.
- August 5, 2012
Traded Jeremias Pineda (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received Danny Valencia.
- August 9, 2012
Signed Scott Podsednik as a free agent.
- August 14, 2012
Traded Kelly Shoppach to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Pedro Beato (August 16, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
- August 17, 2012
Released Mark Prior.
- August 25, 2012
Traded Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, Adrián González, Nick Punto and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received players to be named later, Iván De Jesús, James Loney and Allen Webster. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Rubby De La Rosa (October 4, 2012) and Jerry Sands (October 4, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
- August 26, 2012
Signed Luis Alexander Basabe as an amateur free agent.
- September 4, 2012
Purchased Guillermo Quiroz from the Seattle Mariners.
- October 4, 2012
Nate Spears granted Free Agency.
- October 9, 2012
Jason Repko granted Free Agency.
- October 10, 2012
Guillermo Quiroz granted Free Agency.
- October 17, 2012
Selected Sandy Rosario off waivers from the Miami Marlins.
- October 21, 2012
Traded Mike Aviles to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received David Carpenter and John Farrell (as manager).
- October 26, 2012
Che-Hsuan Lin selected by the Houston Astros off waivers.
- October 29, 2012
Aaron Cook granted Free Agency.
James Loney granted Free Agency.
Daisuke Matsuzaka granted Free Agency.
David Ortiz granted Free Agency.
Vicente Padilla granted Free Agency.
Scott Podsednik granted Free Agency.
Cody Ross granted Free Agency.
- November 3, 2012
Billy Buckner granted Free Agency.
Nelson Figueroa granted Free Agency.
Andy LaRoche granted Free Agency.
Tony Peña granted Free Agency.
Mike Rivera granted Free Agency.
- November 5, 2012
Signed David Ortiz as a free agent.
- November 7, 2012
Signed Mitch Maier as a free agent.
- November 14, 2012
Signed David Ross as a free agent.
- November 28, 2012
Signed Alberto Rosario as a free agent.
Danny Valencia player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.
Traded Sandy Rosario to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Graham Godfrey (December 7, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
Traded Zach Stewart to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Kyle Kaminska (minors) (December 6, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
- November 29, 2012
Signed Óscar Villarreal as a free agent.
- November 30, 2012
Scott Atchison granted Free Agency.
Rich Hill granted Free Agency.
Ryan Sweeney granted Free Agency.
David Carpenter selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.
- December 1, 2012
Signed Jonny Gomes as a free agent.
- December 3, 2012
Signed Drew Sutton as a free agent.
- December 6, 2012
Josh Fields drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2012 rule 5 draft.
Ryan Pressly drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2012 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Jeff Kobernus from the Washington Nationals in the 2012 rule 5 draft.
Traded Jeff Kobernus to the Detroit Tigers. Received Justin Henry (minors).
- December 7, 2012
Signed Jonathan Diaz as a free agent.
- December 10, 2012
Selected Sandy Rosario off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.
- December 12, 2012
Sandy Rosario selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.
- December 13, 2012
Signed Shane Victorino as a free agent.
- December 18, 2012
Signed Koji Uehara as a free agent.
- December 19, 2012
Signed Ryan Dempster as a free agent.
- December 26, 2012
Signed Stephen Drew as a free agent.
Traded Iván De Jesús, Mark Melancon, Stolmy Pimentel and Jerry Sands to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Joel Hanrahan and Brock Holt.
- January 4, 2013
Signed Mark Hamilton as a free agent.
- January 22, 2013
Signed Mike Napoli as a free agent.
- January 25, 2013
Signed Charlie Haeger as a free agent.
Signed Ryan Sweeney as a free agent.
- January 30, 2013
Signed J.D. Durbin as a free agent.
- January 31, 2013
Signed Lyle Overbay as a free agent.
- February 11, 2013
Signed Sean Henn as a free agent.
- February 15, 2013
Signed Matt Maloney as a free agent.
- February 20, 2013
Purchased Mike Carp from the Seattle Mariners.
- February 24, 2013
Signed Ryan Rowland-Smith as a free agent.
- March 26, 2013
- March 30, 2013
Released Ryan Sweeney.
- April 1, 2013
Signed Gerson Bautista as an amateur free agent.
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