1998 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 18, 1997

  Received Kurt Miller from the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.

  Miguel Cairo selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 8th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Ramón Tatís selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 42nd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Brooks Kieschnick selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 64th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• December 1, 1997

  Signed Derrick White as a free agent.

• December 4, 1997

  Signed Alan Zinter as a free agent.

• December 9, 1997

  Signed Jeff Blauser as a free agent.

• December 11, 1997

  Traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Sandy Martínez. The Chicago Cubs sent Trevor Schaffer (minors) (December 19, 1997) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

• December 12, 1997

  Traded Miguel Batista to the Montreal Expos. Received Henry Rodríguez.

• December 15, 1997

  Drafted Roosevelt Brown from the Florida Marlins in the 1997 minor league draft.

  Drafted Danny Young from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1997 minor league draft.

  Javier Martínez drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

• December 18, 1997

  Signed Micah Franklin as a free agent.

• December 20, 1997

  Kent Bottenfield granted Free Agency.

• December 23, 1997

  Traded Doug Glanville to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mickey Morandini.

• December 29, 1997

  Signed Matt Mieske as a free agent.

• December 30, 1997

  Signed Bry Nelson as a free agent.

• January 7, 1998

  Signed Tim Unroe as a free agent.

• January 8, 1998

  Signed Ben Van Ryn as a free agent.

• January 15, 1998

  Signed Rod Beck as a free agent.

• January 20, 1998

  Traded Jon Ratliff to the Atlanta Braves. Received Ray King.

• February 2, 1998

  Signed Terry Mulholland as a free agent.

• March 30, 1998

  Mike Hubbard selected by the Montreal Expos off waivers.

• May 5, 1998

  Traded Ben Van Ryn to the San Diego Padres. Received Don Wengert.

• May 15, 1998

  Amaury Telemaco selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks off waivers.

• June 2, 1998

  Drafted Corey Patterson in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed September 18, 1998.

  Drafted David Kelton in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1998.

  Drafted Will Ohman in the 8th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1998.

  Drafted Eric Hinske in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1998.

• June 19, 1998

  Signed Tony Fossas as a free agent.

• July 6, 1998

  Selected Glenallen Hill off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• July 12, 1998

  Released Bob Patterson.

• July 15, 1998

  Released Tim Unroe.

• July 17, 1998

  Derrick White selected by the Colorado Rockies off waivers.

• July 29, 1998

  Traded Jon Garland to the Chicago White Sox. Received Matt Karchner.

• July 31, 1998

  Traded Todd Noel (minors), Kevin Orie and Justin Speier to the Florida Marlins. Received Steve Hoff (minors) and Félix Heredia.

• August 4, 1998

  Released Tony Fossas.

• August 19, 1998

  Signed Gary Gaetti as a free agent.

• August 25, 1998

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mike Morgan. The Chicago Cubs sent Scott Downs (November 3, 1998) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• September 5, 1998

  Signed Orlando Merced as a free agent.

• September 12, 1998

  Purchased Chris Haney from the Kansas City Royals.

• September 15, 1998

  Signed Félix Sánchez as an amateur free agent.

• October 6, 1998

  Kevin Foster granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1998

  Jason Hardtke granted Free Agency.

  Terrell Lowery granted Free Agency.

  Chris Petersen granted Free Agency.

  Kennie Steenstra granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1998

  Micah Franklin granted Free Agency.

  Bry Nelson granted Free Agency.

  Alan Zinter granted Free Agency.

• October 23, 1998

  Gary Gaetti granted Free Agency.

  Glenallen Hill granted Free Agency.

  Henry Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Scott Servais granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1998

  Chris Haney granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1998

  Mark Clark granted Free Agency.

  Orlando Merced granted Free Agency.

  Terry Mulholland granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 1998

  Mike Morgan granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1998

  Signed Terry Mulholland as a free agent.

• November 12, 1998

  Signed Alan Zinter as a free agent.

• November 13, 1998

  Signed Steve Gajkowski as a free agent.

  Signed Andrew Lorraine as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Stahoviak as a free agent.

• November 25, 1998

  Don Wengert granted Free Agency.

• December 2, 1998

  Signed Henry Rodríguez as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Sanders as a free agent.

  Released Dave Stevens.

• December 7, 1998

  Signed Gary Gaetti as a free agent.

  Signed Glenallen Hill as a free agent.

• December 8, 1998

  Released Matt Mieske.

  Released Pedro Valdés.

• December 9, 1998

  Signed Benito Santiago as a free agent.

• December 14, 1998

  Traded Brant Brown to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jon Lieber.

• December 29, 1998

  Signed David Manning as a free agent.

• January 4, 1999

  Signed Derrick White as a free agent.

• January 11, 1999

  Signed Bry Nelson as a free agent.

• January 29, 1999

  Signed Doug Creek as a free agent.

• January 31, 1999

  Signed Renyel Pinto as an amateur free agent.

• March 4, 1999

  Signed Hee-Seop Choi as an amateur free agent.

• March 24, 1999

  Jason Maxwell selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• March 28, 1999

  Traded John Cotton (minors) and Kevin Rawitzer (minors) to the Colorado Rockies. Received a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Tarrik Brock (July 7, 1999) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• March 29, 1999

  Selected Curtis Goodwin off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• March 30, 1999

  Released Marc Pisciotta.

• March 31, 1999

  Purchased Dan Serafini from the Minnesota Twins.

  Selected Brad Woodall off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.