2002 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2001

  Traded Adam Morrissey (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mark Bellhorn.

• November 5, 2001

  Delino DeShields granted Free Agency.

  Ricky Gutiérrez granted Free Agency.

  Matt Stairs granted Free Agency.

  Todd Van Poppel granted Free Agency.

  David Weathers granted Free Agency.

  Rondell White granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2001

  Ron Coomer granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Tapani granted Free Agency.

  Eric Young Sr. granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2001

  Signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.

• November 16, 2001

  Received Ivanon Coffie from the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• November 19, 2001

  Signed Kevin Orie as a free agent.

• November 20, 2001

  Signed Joe Borowski as a free agent.

• November 23, 2001

  Signed Mark Budzinski as a free agent.

• November 27, 2001

  Signed Mickey Lopez as a free agent.

• December 4, 2001

  Signed Delino DeShields as a free agent.

• December 7, 2001

  Signed Luis Ordaz as a free agent.

• December 10, 2001

  Traded a player to be named later and Félix Heredia to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Alex Gonzalez. The Chicago Cubs sent Jim Deschaine (minors) (December 13, 2001) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

• December 11, 2001

  Traded Nate Teut to the Florida Marlins. Received Jesús Sánchez.

• December 14, 2001

  Signed Will Cunnane as a free agent.

• December 19, 2001

  Signed Moisés Alou as a free agent.

  Traded Michael Tucker to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Shawn Sonnier (minors) (March 15, 2002) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• December 28, 2001

  Signed Angel Echevarria as a free agent.

• January 2, 2002

  Signed Kimera Bartee as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Stynes as a free agent.

• January 7, 2002

  Signed Mark Watson as a free agent.

• January 14, 2002

  Signed Darren Lewis as a free agent.

  Released Phil Norton.

• January 16, 2002

  Signed Alan Benes as a free agent.

  Signed Anthony Shumaker as a free agent.

• January 29, 2002

  Signed Bryan Ward as a free agent.

• January 31, 2002

  Signed Pat Mahomes as a free agent.

• February 13, 2002

  Signed Phil Norton as a free agent.

  Signed Donovan Osborne as a free agent.

• March 19, 2002

  Traded Keto Anderson (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Winston Abreu.

• March 24, 2002

  Signed Leo Estrella as a free agent.

• March 27, 2002

  Traded Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, Julián Tavárez and Dontrelle Willis to the Florida Marlins. Received Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.

• March 30, 2002

  Released Bryan Ward.

• April 4, 2002

  Selected Mario Encarnación off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• April 30, 2002

  Released Winston Abreu.

• May 3, 2002

  Jorge Piedra player rights sold to the Colorado Rockies.

• June 4, 2002

  Drafted Billy Petrick in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 2002.

  Drafted Rich Hill in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2002.

  Drafted Adam Greenberg in the 9th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.

  Drafted Micah Hoffpauir in the 13th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2002.

  Drafted Rocky Cherry in the 14th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed January 25, 2003.

  Drafted Taylor Teagarden in the 22nd round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Randy Wells in the 38th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2002.

• June 7, 2002

  Signed Ryan O'Malley as an amateur free agent.

• June 8, 2002

  Released Leo Estrella.

• June 9, 2002

  Traded Robert Machado to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jackson Melian (minors).

• June 18, 2002

  Mark Watson player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• July 1, 2002

  Signed Travis Miller as a free agent.

  Released Luis Ordaz.

• July 14, 2002

  Signed Clay Rapada as an amateur free agent.

• July 17, 2002

  Released Adam Melhuse.

• July 30, 2002

  Released Travis Miller.

• July 31, 2002

  Traded players to be named later and Darren Lewis to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received . Darren Lewis refused to report to his new team. The Chicago Cubs sent Tim Lavery (minors) (August 2, 2002), Rick Palma (minors) (August 2, 2002), cash (August 2, 2002) and cash (August 2, 2002) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• August 6, 2002

  Signed Brandon Kolb as a free agent.

• August 8, 2002

  Signed Wilfredo Rodríguez as a free agent.

• August 13, 2002

  Signed Marc Wilkins as a free agent.

• August 22, 2002

  Traded Tom Gordon to the Houston Astros. Received players to be named later and Russ Rohlicek (minors). The Houston Astros sent Travis Anderson (minors) (September 11, 2002) and Mike Nannini (minors) (September 11, 2002) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• August 25, 2002

  Traded Jeff Fassero to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jared Blasdell (minors) (September 24, 2002) and Jason Karnuth (September 24, 2002) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• September 3, 2002

  Released Donovan Osborne.

• September 4, 2002

  Traded Bill Mueller and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jeff Verplancke (minors).

• September 30, 2002

  Released Ron Mahay.

• October 1, 2002

  Released Jesús Sánchez.

• October 15, 2002

  Kimera Bartee granted Free Agency.

  Mark Budzinski granted Free Agency.

  Mario Encarnación granted Free Agency.

  Ben Ford granted Free Agency.

  Chris Gissell granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Kolb granted Free Agency.

  Mickey Lopez granted Free Agency.

  Marc Wilkins granted Free Agency.

  Julio Zuleta granted Free Agency.

  Released Wilfredo Rodríguez.

• October 28, 2002

  Jason Bere granted Free Agency.

  Joe Girardi granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2002

  Pat Mahomes granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2002

  Jon Lieber granted Free Agency.

  Fred McGriff granted Free Agency.

  Released Ivanon Coffie.

• November 12, 2002

  Released Roosevelt Brown.

• November 13, 2002

  Traded Gary Johnson (minors) and Dave Noyce (minors) to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Damian Miller.

• November 14, 2002

  Signed Tim Christman as a free agent.

• November 18, 2002

  Signed Keith McDonald as a free agent.

• November 24, 2002

  Signed Eliézer Alfonzo as a free agent.

• November 26, 2002

  Traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Paul Bako. The Chicago Cubs sent Ryan Gripp (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• December 3, 2002

  Released Chris Stynes.

• December 4, 2002

  Signed Mike Remlinger as a free agent.

  Traded Chad Hermansen and Todd Hundley to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mark Grudzielanek and Eric Karros.

• December 9, 2002

  Signed Phil Hiatt as a free agent.

• December 11, 2002

  Released Angel Echevarria.

• December 16, 2002

  Jason Dubois drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Derek Thompson from the Cleveland Indians in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Derek Thompson player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• December 17, 2002

  Signed Troy O'Leary as a free agent.

• December 20, 2002

  Signed Shawn Estes as a free agent.

• December 21, 2002

  Will Cunnane granted Free Agency.

  Courtney Duncan granted Free Agency.

  Mike Mahoney granted Free Agency.

• December 30, 2002

  Signed Mickey Lopez as a free agent.

• January 2, 2003

  Signed Rod Beck as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Mahoney as a free agent.

  Signed Ramón Martínez as a free agent.

• January 8, 2003

  Signed Félix Martínez as a free agent.

  Signed Dave Veres as a free agent.

• January 13, 2003

  Signed Midre Cummings as a free agent.

  Signed Aaron Small as a free agent.

• January 16, 2003

  Signed Tom Goodwin as a free agent.

• January 17, 2003

  Signed Rob Stanifer as a free agent.

• January 20, 2003

  Signed Mark Guthrie as a free agent.

• January 23, 2003

  Signed Will Cunnane as a free agent.

• January 27, 2003

  Signed Charles Gipson as a free agent.

  Signed Lenny Harris as a free agent.

• March 1, 2003

  Signed Javier Cardona as a free agent.

• March 4, 2003

  Signed Trent Hubbard as a free agent.

• March 12, 2003

  Released Kevin Orie.

• March 15, 2003

  The Toronto Blue Jays returned Jason Dubois (earlier draft pick).

• March 20, 2003

  Released Tim Christman.

• March 28, 2003

  Released Charles Gipson.

• March 29, 2003

  Released Eliézer Alfonzo.

  Released Félix Martínez.

  Released Aaron Small.

• March 30, 2003

  Released Trent Hubbard.

  Released Mickey Lopez.