1999 Cincinnati Reds Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1998

  Released Melvin Nieves.

• November 10, 1998

  Released Rick Krivda.

  Released Tony Tarasco.

  Traded Bret Boone and Mike Remlinger to the Atlanta Braves. Received Rob Bell, Denny Neagle and Michael Tucker.

• November 11, 1998

  Traded Paul Konerko to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Cameron.

• November 17, 1998

  Signed Jeff Branson as a free agent.

  Signed Kevin Foster as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Puffer as a free agent.

• December 2, 1998

  Roberto Petagine player rights sold to Yakult Swallows (Japan Central).

  Traded Guillermo Garcia to the Florida Marlins. Received Manuel Barrios.

• December 14, 1998

  Released Eduardo Pérez.

  Released John Riedling.

• December 15, 1998

  Signed D.T. Cromer as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Hardtke as a free agent.

  Signed Damon Hollins as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Thompson as a free agent.

• December 16, 1998

  Signed Phil Hiatt as a free agent.

• December 18, 1998

  Free agent signing of Kevin Foster voided.

• December 21, 1998

  Signed Steve Avery as a free agent.

  Keith Glauber granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 1998

  Signed John Riedling as a free agent.

• December 23, 1998

  Signed Giovanni Carrara as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Lewis as a free agent.

• January 6, 1999

  Traded Pat Watkins to the Florida Marlins. Received Pablo Minaya (minors).

• January 11, 1999

  Signed Brian Johnson as a free agent.

• January 14, 1999

  Signed Hal Morris as a free agent.

• January 21, 1999

  Signed Ray Olmedo as an amateur free agent.

• February 2, 1999

  Signed Rusty Meacham as a free agent.

  Traded Josh Harris (minors), Damian Jackson and Reggie Sanders to the San Diego Padres. Received Mark Sweeney and Greg Vaughn.

• February 4, 1999

  Traded Mark Corey to the New York Mets. Received Ralph Milliard.

• February 9, 1999

  Signed Rick Greene as a free agent.

• March 11, 1999

  Released Joey Eischen.

• March 15, 1999

  Signed Brendan Donnelly as a free agent.

• March 23, 1999

  Signed Carlos Baerga as a free agent.

  Signed Keith Glauber as a free agent.

• March 25, 1999

  Traded Jon Nunnally to the Boston Red Sox. Received Pat Flury (minors).

  Traded Brook Fordyce to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jake Meyer (minors).

• April 3, 1999

  Released Brendan Donnelly.

• April 5, 1999

  Signed Ron Villone as a free agent.

• April 16, 1999

  Traded John Hudek to the Atlanta Braves. Received Mark Wohlers and cash.

• April 20, 1999

  Purchased Guillermo Garcia from the Florida Marlins.

• June 2, 1999

  Drafted Ben Broussard in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1999.

  Drafted Scott Dunn in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1999.

  Drafted Brad Salmon in the 21st round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999.

  Drafted Michael Neu in the 29th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 12, 1999.

  Drafted Rich Hill in the 36th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 4, 1999

  Released Carlos Baerga.

  Released Rusty Meacham.

• July 11, 1999

  Signed Randy Ruiz as an amateur free agent.

• July 17, 1999

  Released Mark Thompson.

• July 22, 1999

  Traded Todd Williams to the Seattle Mariners. Received Kerry Robinson.

• July 31, 1999

  Traded Jacobo Sequea (minors) and B.J. Ryan to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Juan Guzmán and cash.

• August 4, 1999

  Released Jason Bere.

• September 3, 1999

  Traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Juan Melo. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jaime Goudie (minors) (September 13, 1999) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

• October 6, 1999

  Selected Heath Murray off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• October 10, 1999

  Rick Greene granted Free Agency.

• October 11, 1999

  Released Brian Johnson.

• October 14, 1999

  Selected Ron Wright off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• October 15, 1999

  Jeff Branson granted Free Agency.

  Giovanni Carrara granted Free Agency.

  Keith Glauber granted Free Agency.

  Phil Hiatt granted Free Agency.

  Damon Hollins granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Puffer granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Tolar granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1999

  Greg Vaughn granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 1999

  Steve Avery granted Free Agency.

  Juan Guzmán granted Free Agency.

  Mark Lewis granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 1999

  Traded Stan Belinda and Jeffrey Hammonds to the Colorado Rockies. Received Dante Bichette and cash.

• November 2, 1999

  Signed Mike Bell as a free agent.

• November 3, 1999

  Signed Chris Sexton as a free agent.

  Signed Pat Watkins as a free agent.

• November 4, 1999

  Signed Neil Weber as a free agent.

• November 5, 1999

  Mark Wohlers granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1999

  Signed Joe Borowski as a free agent.

• November 13, 1999

  Signed Keith Glauber as a free agent.

• November 15, 1999

  Signed William Bergolla as an amateur free agent.

• November 16, 1999

  Signed Brooks Kieschnick as a free agent.

  Signed Larry Luebbers as a free agent.

  Signed Bobby Muñoz as a free agent.

• November 18, 1999

  Signed Mark Lewis as a free agent.

• November 24, 1999

  Selected Eddie Gaillard off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• December 10, 1999

  Released Juan Melo.

• December 12, 1999

  Received Kimera Bartee from the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

• December 13, 1999

  Dewayne Wise drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1999 rule 5 draft.

  Released Guillermo Garcia.

• December 15, 1999

  Signed Elmer Dessens as a free agent.

• December 16, 1999

  Signed Mike Hubbard as a free agent.

• December 21, 1999

  Deion Sanders granted Free Agency.

• December 31, 1999

  Signed Héctor Mercado as a free agent.

• January 14, 2000

  Traded a player to be named later and Mark Sweeney to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Alex Ochoa. The Cincinnati Reds sent Gene Altman (minors) (May 15, 2000) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• January 20, 2000

  Signed Mark Portugal as a free agent.

  Signed Johnny Ruffin as a free agent.

  Signed Deion Sanders as a free agent.

• January 28, 2000

  Signed Mark Wohlers as a free agent.

• January 31, 2000

  Signed Javier Martínez as a free agent.

• February 1, 2000

  Signed Willis Roberts as a free agent.

• February 10, 2000

  Traded Jake Meyer (minors), Mike Cameron, Antonio Pérez and Brett Tomko to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ken Griffey Jr..

• February 15, 2000

  Signed Osvaldo Fernández as a free agent.

• February 16, 2000

  Signed Andy Larkin as a free agent.

• February 24, 2000

  Signed Benito Santiago as a free agent.

• March 5, 2000

  Released Johnny Ruffin.

• March 13, 2000

  Traded Dennis Russo (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Freddy García.

• March 21, 2000

  Released Joe Borowski.

• March 29, 2000

  Released Heath Murray.

• March 30, 2000

  Released Kerry Robinson.

• April 1, 2000

  Traded Kenny Lutz (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Juan Castro.