2002 Cincinnati Reds Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 2001

  Joey Hamilton granted Free Agency.

  Pete Harnisch granted Free Agency.

  José Rijo granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2001

  Signed Jesse Levis as a free agent.

• November 8, 2001

  Signed Mike Edwards as a free agent.

  Signed Trever Miller as a free agent.

• November 15, 2001

  Signed Kevin Witt as a free agent.

• November 16, 2001

  Released Scott MacRae.

  Rubén Rivera selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• November 19, 2001

  Signed Pedro Feliciano as a free agent.

• December 10, 2001

  Signed Anthony Sanders as a free agent.

• December 11, 2001

  Traded Dmitri Young to the Detroit Tigers. Received Juan Encarnación and Luis Pineda.

• December 17, 2001

  Released Chris Piersoll.

• December 18, 2001

  Traded Pokey Reese and Dennys Reyes to the Colorado Rockies. Received Luke Hudson and Gabe White.

• December 19, 2001

  Signed Mike Judd as a free agent.

• December 20, 2001

  Traded Ben Shaffar (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received José Silva.

• December 21, 2001

  Signed Mike Caruso as a free agent.

  Signed Craig Dingman as a free agent.

  Signed Alex Hernández as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Kolb as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Piersoll as a free agent.

• January 1, 2002

  Signed Scott MacRae as a free agent.

• January 7, 2002

  Signed Joey Hamilton as a free agent.

  Signed José Rijo as a free agent.

• January 11, 2002

  Signed Brian Bohanon as a free agent.

  Signed Jimmy Haynes as a free agent.

• January 20, 2002

  Signed Pedro Santana as a free agent.

• February 28, 2002

  Signed Jason Ryan as a free agent.

• March 21, 2002

  Released Jason Ryan.

• March 25, 2002

  Signed Jeff Frye as a free agent.

• March 28, 2002

  Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Reggie Taylor. The Cincinnati Reds sent Héctor Mercado (March 30, 2002) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• March 29, 2002

  Released Mike Judd.

• March 30, 2002

  Signed Jason Maxwell as a free agent.

  Selected Carlos Almánzar off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• April 4, 2002

  Signed Kevin Jordan as a free agent.

• April 28, 2002

  Mike Caruso selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• May 11, 2002

  Released Kevin Jordan.

• May 15, 2002

  Sent Anthony Sanders to the Chicago White Sox as part of a conditional deal.

• June 4, 2002

  Drafted Joey Votto in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 2002.

  Drafted Chris Denorfia in the 19th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2002.

  Drafted Nick Markakis in the 23rd round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 2002

  Sent Craig Dingman to the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

• June 7, 2002

  Traded Ben Broussard to the Cleveland Indians. Received Russell Branyan.

• June 10, 2002

  Released Justin Atchley.

• June 11, 2002

  Signed Marty Malloy as a free agent.

• June 14, 2002

  Traded Jim Brower to the Montreal Expos. Received Bruce Chen.

• July 3, 2002

  Signed Felipe Lira as a free agent.

• July 11, 2002

  Traded Juan Encarnación, Wilton Guerrero and Ryan Snare to the Florida Marlins. Received Ryan Dempster.

  Seth Etherton selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

  Brian Reith selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• July 12, 2002

  Purchased Gerald Williams from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 19, 2002

  Released Javier Martínez.

• July 22, 2002

  Signed Johnny Ruffin as a free agent.

• July 23, 2002

  Traded players to be named later and David Espinosa (minors) to the Detroit Tigers. Received Matt Boone (minors), Brian Moehler and cash. The Cincinnati Reds sent Noochie Varner (minors) (August 30, 2002) and Jorge Cordova (minors) (September 24, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

  Previous waiver selection of Seth Etherton by the New York Yankees voided and player returned.

• July 24, 2002

  Released Brandon Kolb.

• August 4, 2002

  Released Jeff Frye.

• August 6, 2002

  Selected Brian Reith off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• August 15, 2002

  Traded players to be named later, Elvin Beltre (minors) and Pedro Feliciano to the New York Mets. Received Shawn Estes and cash. The Cincinnati Reds sent Raúl González (August 20, 2002) and Brady Clark (September 9, 2002) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• August 18, 2002

  Released Johnny Ruffin.

• August 20, 2002

  Signed José Guillén as a free agent.

• August 22, 2002

  Purchased Kevin Foster from Newark (Atlantic).

• August 23, 2002

  Signed Ryan Hanigan as an amateur free agent.

• September 4, 2002

  Released Trever Miller.

• October 1, 2002

  Robin Jennings granted Free Agency.

• October 2, 2002

  Released José Silva.

• October 15, 2002

  Carlos Almánzar granted Free Agency.

  Lance Davis granted Free Agency.

  Mike Edwards granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Foster granted Free Agency.

  Alex Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Jesse Levis granted Free Agency.

  Felipe Lira granted Free Agency.

  Scott MacRae granted Free Agency.

  Marty Malloy granted Free Agency.

  Jason Maxwell granted Free Agency.

  Chris Piersoll granted Free Agency.

  Luis Pineda granted Free Agency.

  Pedro Santana granted Free Agency.

  Gerald Williams granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Witt granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2002

  Shawn Estes granted Free Agency.

  Brian Moehler granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2002

  Joey Hamilton granted Free Agency.

  José Rijo granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2002

  Jimmy Haynes granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2002

  Signed Luis Pineda as a free agent.

• November 12, 2002

  Signed Sean DePaula as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Watson as a free agent.

• November 13, 2002

  Signed Scott MacRae as a free agent.

• November 14, 2002

  Signed Kelly Dransfeldt as a free agent.

• November 17, 2002

  Signed Carlos Almánzar as a free agent.

• November 18, 2002

  Signed Felipe Crespo as a free agent.

  Signed Lance Davis as a free agent.

  Signed Ryan Freel as a free agent.

  Signed Robin Jennings as a free agent.

• November 20, 2002

  Signed Jason Maxwell as a free agent.

• December 6, 2002

  Signed Jimmy Haynes as a free agent.

• December 10, 2002

  Signed Emil Brown as a free agent.

• December 12, 2002

  Traded Todd Walker to the Boston Red Sox. Received players to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Josh Thigpen (minors) (December 16, 2002) and Tony Blanco (December 16, 2002) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• December 15, 2002

  Released Jared Fernández.

  As part of a 4-team trade, traded Elmer Dessens and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Felipe López from the Toronto Blue Jays. In addition, the Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics; and the Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Oakland Athletics sent Jason Arnold (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

• December 16, 2002

  John Koronka drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Michael Neu drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Luke Prokopec from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Juan Cerros from the New York Mets in the 2002 minor league draft.

• December 18, 2002

  Signed Jim Chamblee as a free agent.

  Signed Travis Miller as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Randall as a free agent.

• December 28, 2002

  Signed José Rijo as a free agent.

• January 6, 2003

  Signed Wascar Serrano as a free agent.

• January 7, 2003

  Signed Félix Heredia as a free agent.

• January 10, 2003

  Signed Jacob Cruz as a free agent.

  Signed Wilton Guerrero as a free agent.

• January 12, 2003

  Signed Paul Wilson as a free agent.

• January 14, 2003

  Signed Kent Mercker as a free agent.

• January 15, 2003

  Signed Jimmy Anderson as a free agent.

• January 21, 2003

  Signed Pete Harnisch as a free agent.

• January 22, 2003

  Signed Josías Manzanillo as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Piersoll as a free agent.

• February 25, 2003

  Selected Dernell Stenson off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• March 6, 2003

  Traded Damaso Espino (minors) and Alan Moye (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jeff Austin and Brian Shackelford.

• March 10, 2003

  Released Bruce Chen.

• March 12, 2003

  Released José Guillén.

• March 13, 2003

  Signed José Guillén as a free agent.

• March 15, 2003

  Signed Benny Agbayani as a free agent.

• March 17, 2003

  Travis Dawkins selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

• March 21, 2003

  The Texas Rangers returned John Koronka (earlier draft pick).

  Released Luis Pineda.

• March 24, 2003

  Released Randy Ruiz.

• March 25, 2003

  Benny Agbayani player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.