2007 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 6, 2006

  Signed Nate Bland as a free agent.

• November 9, 2006

  Signed Jason Anderson as a free agent.

  Signed Wade Miller as a free agent.

• November 10, 2006

  Signed Koyie Hill as a free agent.

• November 12, 2006

  Signed Ben Howard as a free agent.

  Signed Aramis Ramírez as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Smith as a free agent.

  Signed Kerry Wood as a free agent.

• November 13, 2006

  Signed John Webb as a free agent.

• November 14, 2006

  Signed Mark DeRosa as a free agent.

• November 15, 2006

  Signed Henry Blanco as a free agent.

• November 16, 2006

  Traded Carlos Vasquez (minors) and David Aardsma to the Chicago White Sox. Received Neal Cotts.

• November 20, 2006

  Signed Mike Kinkade as a free agent.

  Signed Alfonso Soriano as a free agent.

• December 6, 2006

  Traded Freddie Bynum to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Kevin Hart (December 7, 2006) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• December 7, 2006

  Drafted Jim Henderson from the Washington Nationals in the 2006 rule 5 draft.

  Jason Smith drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2006 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Josh Hamilton from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2006 rule 5 draft.

  Josh Hamilton player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• December 11, 2006

  Signed Cory Bailey as a free agent.

  Signed Josh Kroeger as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Mahoney as a free agent.

• December 15, 2006

  Signed Ted Lilly as a free agent.

  Signed Daryle Ward as a free agent.

• December 19, 2006

  Signed Jason Marquis as a free agent.

• January 17, 2007

  Signed Val Pascucci as a free agent.

• January 24, 2007

  Signed Tomás Pérez as a free agent.

• January 25, 2007

  Released Glendon Rusch.

• February 1, 2007

  Signed Cliff Floyd as a free agent.

• February 13, 2007

  Signed Junior Lake as an amateur free agent.

  Traded Jae Kuk Ryu to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Andrew Lopez (minors) and Greg Reinhard (minors).

• February 23, 2007

  Signed Héctor Almonte as a free agent.

• March 29, 2007

  Sent Tomás Pérez to the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a conditional deal.

• March 30, 2007

  Released Jason Anderson.

• March 31, 2007

  Released Val Pascucci.

• April, 2007

  Released Héctor Almonte.

• June 7, 2007

  Drafted Josh Vitters in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2007.

  Drafted Josh Donaldson in the 1st round (48th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2007.

  Drafted Darwin Barney in the 4th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2007.

  Drafted Brandon Guyer in the 5th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2007.

  Drafted James Russell in the 14th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed August 14, 2007.

  Drafted Andrew Cashner in the 29th round of the 2007 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 16, 2007

  Signed Bo Hart as a free agent.

• June 20, 2007

  Traded Michael Barrett and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Kyler Burke (minors) and Rob Bowen.

• June 23, 2007

  Signed Bret Prinz as a free agent.

• July 4, 2007

  Received John Nelson from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• July 15, 2007

  Sent Bo Hart to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• July 16, 2007

  Traded Jerry Blevins and Rob Bowen to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jason Kendall and cash.

• July 18, 2007

  Released Mike Kinkade.

• July 19, 2007

  César Izturis player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Released Bret Prinz.

• August 6, 2007

  Released Wade Miller.

• August 23, 2007

  Traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Craig Monroe and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Clay Rapada (August 30, 2007) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• August 30, 2007

  Traded Buck Coats to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Marcos Mateo (September 12, 2007) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• August 31, 2007

  Traded Rocky Cherry and Scott Moore to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Steve Trachsel.

• October 15, 2007

  Josh Kroeger granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 2007

  Roberto Novoa selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• October 20, 2007

  Signed Josh Kroeger as a free agent.

• October 29, 2007

  Cory Bailey granted Free Agency.

  Ben Howard granted Free Agency.

  Mike Mahoney granted Free Agency.

  John Nelson granted Free Agency.

  Ryan O'Malley granted Free Agency.

  John Webb granted Free Agency.

  Kerry Wood granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2007

  Jason Kendall granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2007

  Cliff Floyd granted Free Agency.

  Steve Trachsel granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 2007

  Traded Jacque Jones to the Detroit Tigers. Received Omar Infante.

• November 13, 2007

  Sent Craig Monroe to the Minnesota Twins as part of a conditional deal.

• November 20, 2007

  Signed Cory Bailey as a free agent.

  Signed Andrés Blanco as a free agent.

  Signed JD Closser as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Smith as a free agent.

  Signed Andrés Torres as a free agent.

• November 26, 2007

  Signed Kerry Wood as a free agent.

• December 4, 2007

  Traded Omar Infante and Will Ohman to the Atlanta Braves. Received José Ascanio.

• December 6, 2007

  Adalberto Méndez drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 2007 rule 5 draft.

  Randy Wells drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2007 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 2007

  Mark Prior granted Free Agency.

  Signed Kosuke Fukudome as a free agent.

• December 19, 2007

  Signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.

  Signed Esmailin Caridad as a free agent.

• January 5, 2008

  Traded Ángel Pagán to the New York Mets. Received Corey Coles (minors) and Ryan Meyers (minors).

• January 11, 2008

  Signed Chad Fox as a free agent.

• January 15, 2008

  Signed Luis Figueroa as a free agent.

• January 16, 2008

  Signed Jon Lieber as a free agent.

• January 27, 2008

  Signed Shingo Takatsu as a free agent.

• February 21, 2008

  Signed Alex Cintrón as a free agent.

• March 5, 2008

  Signed Ryan O'Malley as a free agent.

• March 11, 2008

  Released Shingo Takatsu.

• March 25, 2008

  Signed Reed Johnson as a free agent.

• March 26, 2008

  Released Alex Cintrón.

• March 29, 2008

  Released Ryan O'Malley.

• March 31, 2008

  Signed Mike Burns as a free agent.

• April 1, 2008

  Signed Andy Cavazos as a free agent.