2010 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 2009

  Rich Harden granted Free Agency.

  Reed Johnson granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2009

  Casey Fossum granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Gregg granted Free Agency.

  John-Ford Griffin granted Free Agency.

  Mark Johnson granted Free Agency.

  Luis Rivas granted Free Agency.

  Bobby Scales granted Free Agency.

  Brad Snyder granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2009

  Chad Fox granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2009

  John Grabow granted Free Agency.

• November 19, 2009

  Signed John Grabow as a free agent.

  Traded Aaron Heilman to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Ryne White (minors) and Scott Maine.

• December 2, 2009

  Signed Brad Snyder as a free agent.

• December 3, 2009

  Signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.

  Traded Jake Fox and Aaron Miles to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ronny Morla (minors), Matthew Spencer (minors) and Jeff Gray.

• December 10, 2009

  Drafted Mike Parisi from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2009 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 2009

  Signed Marlon Byrd as a free agent.

• December 12, 2009

  Neal Cotts granted Free Agency.

• December 16, 2009

  Released Erik Hamren.

• December 18, 2009

  Traded Milton Bradley to the Seattle Mariners. Received Carlos Silva and cash.

• January 9, 2010

  Signed Bryan LaHair as a free agent.

• January 14, 2010

  Signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.

  Signed Scott McClain as a free agent.

• January 25, 2010

  Signed Chad Tracy as a free agent.

• January 26, 2010

  Signed Xavier Nady as a free agent.

• February 3, 2010

  Signed Kevin Millar as a free agent.

• February 6, 2010

  Signed Jason Dubois as a free agent.

• March 27, 2010

  Andrés Blanco player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• March 30, 2010

  Released Kevin Millar.

• May 21, 2010

  Signed Bob Howry as a free agent.

• June 8, 2010

  Drafted Matt Szczur in the 5th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2010.

  Drafted Eric Jokisch in the 11th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2010.

  Drafted Elliot Soto in the 15th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2010.

  Drafted Daniel Muno in the 26th round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 2010

  Drafted Matt Stites in the 33rd round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dallas Beeler in the 41st round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2010.

  Drafted Dan Winkler in the 43rd round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jerad Eickhoff in the 46th round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 1, 2010

  Chad Tracy granted Free Agency.

• July 30, 2010

  Released Bob Howry.

• July 31, 2010

  Traded Ted Lilly, Ryan Theriot and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Kyle Smit (minors), Brett Wallach (minors) and Blake DeWitt.

• August 11, 2010

  Traded Mike Fontenot to the San Francisco Giants. Received Evan Crawford (minors).

• August 18, 2010

  Traded Derrek Lee to the Atlanta Braves. Received Ty'Relle Harris (minors), Robinson Lopez (minors) and Jeff Lorick (minors).

• October 2, 2010

  Signed Jeimer Candelario as an amateur free agent.

• October 5, 2010

  Mike Parisi granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2010

  Bobby Scales granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2010

  Xavier Nady granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2010

  Ángel Guzmán granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2010

  Signed Ángel Guzmán as a free agent.

• November 6, 2010

  Mitch Atkins granted Free Agency.

  Russ Canzler granted Free Agency.

  Jason Dubois granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Gray granted Free Agency.

  Mark Johnson granted Free Agency.

  Bryan LaHair granted Free Agency.

  Scott McClain granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2010

  Signed Mike Parisi as a free agent.

• November 10, 2010

  Brad Snyder granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2010

  Signed Scott Moore as a free agent.

  Signed Erick Castillo as an amateur free agent.

• November 17, 2010

  Signed Scott Rice as a free agent.

  Released Micah Hoffpauir.

• November 18, 2010

  Signed Bryan LaHair as a free agent.

• November 22, 2010

  Signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.

• December 5, 2010

  Signed Brad Snyder as a free agent.

• December 8, 2010

  Signed Carlos Peña as a free agent.

• December 9, 2010

  Drafted Mason Tobin from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2010 rule 5 draft.

  Mason Tobin player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• December 12, 2010

  Released David Patton.

• December 17, 2010

  Signed Kerry Wood as a free agent.

• January 5, 2011

  Brian Schlitter selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• January 8, 2011

  Traded Hak-Ju Lee (minors), Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos, Sam Fuld and Brandon Guyer to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Matt Garza, Fernando Perez and Zac Rosscup.

• January 10, 2011

  Selected Max Ramírez off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• January 12, 2011

  Signed Reed Johnson as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Montañez as a free agent.

• January 19, 2011

  Traded Tom Gorzelanny to the Washington Nationals. Received Michael Burgess (minors), Graham Hicks (minors) and A.J. Morris.

• January 25, 2011

  Signed Todd Wellemeyer as a free agent.

• January 27, 2011

  Signed Braden Looper as a free agent.

  Signed Augie Ojeda as a free agent.

• February 15, 2011

  Traded Tony Thomas (minors) to the Boston Red Sox. Received Robert Coello.

• March 23, 2011

  Released Mike Parisi.

  Released Scott Rice.

• March 25, 2011

  Braden Looper voluntarily retired.

• March 27, 2011

  Released Carlos Silva.