Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 2, 2011
Justin Berg granted Free Agency.
Austin Bibens-Dirkx granted Free Agency.
Robert Coello granted Free Agency.
Ángel Guzmán granted Free Agency.
Scott Moore granted Free Agency.
Chris Robinson granted Free Agency.
Jeff Stevens granted Free Agency.
- November 15, 2011
Signed Justin Berg as a free agent.
- November 18, 2011
Luis Montañez granted Free Agency.
- November 30, 2011
Signed David DeJesus as a free agent.
- December 8, 2011
Drafted Lendy Castillo from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2011 rule 5 draft.
Ryan Flaherty drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2011 rule 5 draft.
Traded Tyler Colvin and DJ LeMahieu to the Colorado Rockies. Received Casey Weathers (minors) and Ian Stewart.
Marwin González drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2011 rule 5 draft.
- December 9, 2011
Selected Jeff Bianchi off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.
- December 12, 2011
Koyie Hill granted Free Agency.
- December 21, 2011
Signed Reed Johnson as a free agent.
- December 22, 2011
Signed Manny Corpas as a free agent.
- December 23, 2011
Traded Sean Marshall to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Sappelt, Ronald Torreyes and Travis Wood.
- December 26, 2011
Signed Andy Sonnanstine as a free agent.
- January 4, 2012
Signed Joe Mather as a free agent.
- January 5, 2012
Traded Carlos Zambrano and cash to the Miami Marlins. Received Chris Volstad.
- January 6, 2012
Signed Edgar Gonzalez as a free agent.
Traded Kyung-Min Na (minors) and Andrew Cashner to the San Diego Padres. Received Zach Cates (minors) and Anthony Rizzo.
- January 10, 2012
Signed Paul Maholm as a free agent.
- January 11, 2012
Jeff Bianchi selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.
- January 13, 2012
Signed Alfredo Amézaga as a free agent.
Signed Kerry Wood as a free agent.
- January 18, 2012
Signed Jason Jaramillo as a free agent.
- January 19, 2012
Signed Rodrigo López as a free agent.
- January 20, 2012
Signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.
- January 30, 2012
Signed Trever Miller as a free agent.
Signed Matt Tolbert as a free agent.
- February 2, 2012
Signed Ryan Rowland-Smith as a free agent.
- February 6, 2012
Selected Adrian Cardenas off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.
- February 18, 2012
Signed Nate Robertson as a free agent.
- February 21, 2012
Traded a player to be named later and Chris Carpenter to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later. 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.
- March 11, 2012
Signed Gerardo Concepción as an amateur free agent.
- March 16, 2012
Selected Frankie De La Cruz off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
- March 24, 2012
Andy Sonnanstine granted Free Agency.
- March 26, 2012
Signed Shawn Camp as a free agent.
Released Trever Miller.
- March 27, 2012
Released Jason Jaramillo.
- March 31, 2012
Released Bobby Scales.
- April 4, 2012
Selected Luis Valbuena off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
- April 5, 2012
John Gaub selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.
- April 21, 2012
Traded Marlon Byrd and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later and Michael Bowden. The Boston Red Sox sent Hunter Cervenka (May 15, 2012) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- April 29, 2012
Released Edgar Gonzalez.
- May 12, 2012
Signed Brian Esposito as a free agent.
- May 15, 2012
Signed Mike MacDougal as a free agent.
- May 19, 2012
Kerry Wood voluntarily retired.
Purchased Koyie Hill from the Cincinnati Reds.
- May 25, 2012
Signed Diory Hernández as a free agent.
- May 29, 2012
Signed Shane Lindsay as a free agent.
Released Nate Robertson.
- June 1, 2012
Selected Jairo Asencio off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
- June 4, 2012
Signed Hung-Chih Kuo as a free agent.
Drafted Albert Almora in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2012.
Drafted Pierce Johnson in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2012.
Drafted Paul Blackburn in the 1st round (56th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2012.
- June 5, 2012
Drafted Duane Underwood Jr. in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 2012.
- June 6, 2012
Drafted David Bote in the 18th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 2012.
Drafted Thomas Pannone in the 33rd round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 17, 2012
Koyie Hill granted Free Agency.
- June 27, 2012
Released Shane Lindsay.
- June 30, 2012
Signed Jorge Soler as an amateur free agent.
- July 6, 2012
Released Hung-Chih Kuo.
- July 12, 2012
Released Mike MacDougal.
- July 19, 2012
Purchased Justin Germano from the Boston Red Sox.
- July 27, 2012
Signed Jeff Frazier as a free agent.
- July 30, 2012
Traded Reed Johnson, Paul Maholm and cash to the Atlanta Braves. Received Jaye Chapman and Arodys Vizcaíno.
- July 31, 2012
Traded Ryan Dempster to the Texas Rangers. Received Kyle Hendricks and Christian Villanueva.
Traded Geovany Soto to the Texas Rangers. Received Jake Brigham and player to be named or cash.
- August 5, 2012
Traded Jeff Baker to the Detroit Tigers. Received players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Marcelo Carreno (minors) (October 16, 2012) and cash (October 16, 2012) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- August 13, 2012
Signed Seth McClung as a free agent.
- August 14, 2012
Released Frankie De La Cruz.
- August 16, 2012
Signed Horacio Ramírez as a free agent.
- August 19, 2012
Selected Alex Hinshaw off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
- August 23, 2012
Selected Miguel Socolovich off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
- August 27, 2012
Traded Blake Lalli to the Oakland Athletics. Received Anthony Recker.
- August 29, 2012
Scott Maine selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.
- September 7, 2012
Selected Jason Berken off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
- October 4, 2012
Blake DeWitt granted Free Agency.
Alex Hinshaw granted Free Agency.
Randy Wells granted Free Agency.
- October 25, 2012
Anthony Recker selected by the New York Mets off waivers.
- October 26, 2012
Manny Corpas granted Free Agency.
Chris Volstad selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.
- October 27, 2012
Signed Edwin Maysonet as a free agent.
- October 29, 2012
Alfredo Amézaga granted Free Agency.
Shawn Camp granted Free Agency.
Justin Germano granted Free Agency.
- October 31, 2012
Joe Mather granted Free Agency.
- November 2, 2012
Selected Zach Putnam off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.
- November 3, 2012
Jim Adduci granted Free Agency.
Justin Berg granted Free Agency.
Adrian Cardenas granted Free Agency.
Brian Esposito granted Free Agency.
Jeff Frazier granted Free Agency.
Diory Hernández granted Free Agency.
Rodrigo López granted Free Agency.
Seth McClung granted Free Agency.
Blake Parker granted Free Agency.
Horacio Ramírez granted Free Agency.
Ryan Rowland-Smith granted Free Agency.
Miguel Socolovich granted Free Agency.
Matt Tolbert granted Free Agency.
Jairo Asencio granted Free Agency.
- November 7, 2012
Signed Blake Parker as a free agent.
- November 13, 2012
Signed Scott Baker as a free agent.
Signed Alberto González as a free agent.
- November 14, 2012
Signed Brian Bogusevic as a free agent.
Signed J.C. Boscán as a free agent.
- November 16, 2012
Signed Dioner Navarro as a free agent.
- November 19, 2012
Signed Shawn Camp as a free agent.
- November 20, 2012
Traded Jake Brigham to the Texas Rangers. Received Barret Loux (minors).
- November 21, 2012
Released Bryan LaHair.
- November 27, 2012
Signed Scott Feldman as a free agent.
- November 28, 2012
Signed Adbert Alzolay as an amateur free agent.
- November 30, 2012
- December 6, 2012
Drafted Héctor Rondón from the Cleveland Indians in the 2012 rule 5 draft.
- December 7, 2012
Signed Jensen Lewis as a free agent.
Signed Kyuji Fujikawa as a free agent.
- December 12, 2012
Signed Ian Stewart as a free agent.
Selected Sandy Rosario off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
- December 13, 2012
Signed Cory Wade as a free agent.
- December 15, 2012
Signed Chang-Yong Lim as a free agent.
- December 17, 2012
Signed Drew Carpenter as a free agent.
- December 21, 2012
Signed Brad Nelson as a free agent.
Signed Nate Schierholtz as a free agent.
Jeff Beliveau selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.
Sandy Rosario selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.
- December 25, 2012
Signed Jaye Chapman as a free agent.
Signed Zach Putnam as a free agent.
- December 27, 2012
Signed Hisanori Takahashi as a free agent.
- December 31, 2012
Signed Dayán Díaz as a free agent.
- January 2, 2013
Signed Edwin Jackson as a free agent.
- January 3, 2013
Signed Dontrelle Willis as a free agent.
- January 10, 2013
Signed Brent Lillibridge as a free agent.
Signed Darnell McDonald as a free agent.
- January 26, 2013
Signed Carlos Villanueva as a free agent.
- February 10, 2013
Signed Scott Hairston as a free agent.
- February 18, 2013
Traded Tony Campana to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Jesús Castillo (minors) and Erick Leal (minors).
- March 22, 2013
Released Jason Berken.
- March 27, 2013
Selected Guillermo Moscoso off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
- March 30, 2013
Released Dontrelle Willis.
- April 1, 2013
Signed Jhonny Pereda as a free agent.
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