1989 Cincinnati Reds Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 1988

  Dave Collins granted Free Agency.

  Ron Oester granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1988

  Signed Skeeter Barnes as a free agent.

• November 8, 1988

  Released Leon Durham.

• December 2, 1988

  Signed Rick Mahler as a free agent.

  Signed Ron Oester as a free agent.

• December 5, 1988

  Mike Smith drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1988 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1988

  Signed Dave Collins as a free agent.

• December 8, 1988

  Traded Lloyd McClendon to the Chicago Cubs. Received Rolando Roomes.

• December 13, 1988

  Traded Nick Esasky and Rob Murphy to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later, Todd Benzinger and Jeff Sellers. The Boston Red Sox sent Luis Vasquez (minors) (January 12, 1989) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• December 16, 1988

  Signed Mike Griffin as a free agent.

• December 21, 1988

  Signed Manny Trillo as a free agent.

  Signed Joel Youngblood as a free agent.

  Released Ken Griffey.

  Released Frank Williams.

• January 4, 1989

  Signed Scotti Madison as a free agent.

• March 25, 1989

  Jeff Treadway player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

• March 28, 1989

  Released Randy St. Claire.

• March 29, 1989

  Released Don Wakamatsu.

• March 30, 1989

  Signed Ken Griffey as a free agent.

  Signed Kent Tekulve as a free agent.

• May 25, 1989

  Released Manny Trillo.

• June 5, 1989

  Drafted Ross Powell in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft.

  Drafted Darron Cox in the 5th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1989.

  Drafted Tim Pugh in the 6th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1989.

  Drafted Trevor Hoffman in the 11th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1989.

  Drafted Scott Pose in the 34th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1989.

  Drafted Sean Lowe in the 43rd round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 14, 1989

  Signed Chris Hook as an amateur free agent.

• June 23, 1989

  Released Dave Collins.

• July 13, 1989

  Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bob Sebra. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Gray (September 6, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• July 18, 1989

  Traded Kal Daniels and Lenny Harris to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mariano Duncan and Tim Leary.

• July 30, 1989

  Signed Dave Collins as a free agent.

• October 15, 1989

  Mike Griffin granted Free Agency.

  Scotti Madison granted Free Agency.

• October 22, 1989

  Skeeter Barnes granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1989

  Signed Donnie Scott as a free agent.

• November 13, 1989

  Dave Collins granted Free Agency.

  Bo Díaz granted Free Agency.

  Joel Youngblood granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 1989

  Marty Brown drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Tim Layana from the New York Yankees in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1989

  Traded Don Brown (minors) and John Franco to the New York Mets. Received Kip Gross and Randy Myers.

• December 12, 1989

  Traded Tim Leary and Van Snider to the New York Yankees. Received Rod Imes (minors) and Hal Morris.

• Before 1990 Season

  Darryl Motley received from the Montreal Expos in an unknown transaction.

• January 5, 1990

  Signed Paul Noce as a free agent.

• January 29, 1990

  Signed Skeeter Barnes as a free agent.