2003 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2002

  Signed Dave Elder as a free agent.

  Eddie Pérez granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2002

  Signed José Santiago as a free agent.

  Dave Burba granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2002

  Signed Jason Beverlin as a free agent.

• November 13, 2002

  Roy Smith player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• November 20, 2002

  Signed Niuman Romero as an amateur free agent.

  Released Ed Taubensee.

• November 21, 2002

  Signed Jason Boyd as a free agent.

• December 6, 2002

  Traded Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese to the Texas Rangers. Received Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette.

• December 16, 2002

  Marshall McDougall drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Matt White drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Héctor Luna selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2002 minor league draft.

  Drafted Travis Chapman from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Derek Thompson drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Travis Chapman player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• December 18, 2002

  Signed Casey Blake as a free agent.

• December 19, 2002

  Signed Jason Bere as a free agent.

• December 21, 2002

  Chris Magruder granted Free Agency.

• December 23, 2002

  Signed Brian Anderson as a free agent.

  Signed A.J. Hinch as a free agent.

  Signed Dusty Wathan as a free agent.

• January 8, 2003

  Signed Terry Mulholland as a free agent.

• January 14, 2003

  Signed Shane Spencer as a free agent.

• January 17, 2003

  Earl Snyder selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• January 20, 2003

  Signed Rafael Betancourt as a free agent.

• January 27, 2003

  Signed Mike Thurman as a free agent.

• February 2, 2003

  Signed Chris Magruder as a free agent.

• February 4, 2003

  Signed Paul Rigdon as a free agent.

• February 8, 2003

  Signed Ron Wright as a free agent.

• February 14, 2003

  Signed Dave Burba as a free agent.

• February 17, 2003

  Signed Chad Durbin as a free agent.

  Signed Wendell Magee as a free agent.

• March 8, 2003

  Signed Kazuhito Tadano as an amateur free agent.

• March 20, 2003

  Released Mike Thurman.

• March 25, 2003

  Traded Wendell Magee to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Mike Fyhrie (March 29, 2003) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• March 27, 2003

  Released Jason Beverlin.

• March 29, 2003

  A.J. Hinch player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• April 2, 2003

  The Tampa Bay Devil Rays returned Héctor Luna (earlier draft pick).

• April 8, 2003

  Signed Jake Robbins as a free agent.

• April 18, 2003

  Signed Blake Stein as a free agent.

• April 23, 2003

  Signed Luis Perdomo as an amateur free agent.

• May 3, 2003

  Released Dave Burba.

• May 15, 2003

  Signed Dan Miceli as a free agent.

• May 20, 2003

  Released Blake Stein.

• May 21, 2003

  Jerrod Riggan granted Free Agency.

• May 25, 2003

  Traded Mike Fyhrie to the Kansas City Royals. Received Luis Cotto (minors).

• June 3, 2003

  Signed Mark Little as a free agent.

  Drafted Michael Aubrey in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2003.

  Drafted Brad Snyder in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2003.

  Drafted Ryan Garko in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2003.

  Drafted Kevin Kouzmanoff in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003.

  Drafted Aaron Laffey in the 16th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2003.

  Drafted Steven Jackson in the 32nd round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 11, 2003

  Selected Nick Bierbrodt off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• June 13, 2003

  Signed José Constanza as an amateur free agent.

• June 22, 2003

  Traded Jamie Brown to the Boston Red Sox. Received Ángel Santos.

• June 23, 2003

  Sent Ron Wright to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

• June 25, 2003

  Sent Dan Miceli to the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

  Karim García player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• June 28, 2003

  Released Jason Phillips.

• June 30, 2003

  The Seattle Mariners returned Matt White (earlier draft pick).

• July 9, 2003

  Traded Aaron Myette to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Lyle Mouton.

• July 13, 2003

  Signed Chris Wakeland as a free agent.

• July 18, 2003

  Traded Ricardo Rodríguez and Shane Spencer to the Texas Rangers. Received Ryan Ludwick.

• July 31, 2003

  Purchased David Cortés from Dos Laredos (Mexican).

• August 18, 2003

  Released Chris Wakeland.

• August 24, 2003

  Signed Benji Gil as a free agent.

• August 25, 2003

  Traded a player to be named later and Brian Anderson to the Kansas City Royals. Received Trey Dyson (minors), Kieran Mattison (minors) and cash. The Cleveland Indians sent Chris White (minors) (November 6, 2003) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• September 6, 2003

  Traded Alex Requena (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received David Lee.

• September 30, 2003

  Bill Selby granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2003

  Jason Boyd selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

• October 2, 2003

  Alex Herrera selected by the Colorado Rockies off waivers.

• October 6, 2003

  Released Dave Elder.

• October 10, 2003

  David Cortés granted Free Agency.

• October 12, 2003

  David Lee granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2003

  Nick Bierbrodt granted Free Agency.

  Benji Gil granted Free Agency.

  Mark Little granted Free Agency.

  Chris Magruder granted Free Agency.

  Lyle Mouton granted Free Agency.

  Chad Paronto granted Free Agency.

  Paul Rigdon granted Free Agency.

  Jake Robbins granted Free Agency.

  José Santiago granted Free Agency.

  Ángel Santos granted Free Agency.

  Dusty Wathan granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 2003

  Terry Mulholland granted Free Agency.

  Mark Wohlers granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2003

  Ellis Burks granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2003

  Signed Mark Wohlers as a free agent.

  Jason Bere granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2003

  Signed Tim Young as a free agent.

• November 5, 2003

  Signed Dusty Wathan as a free agent.

• November 6, 2003

  Signed David Lee as a free agent.

• November 10, 2003

  Signed Lino Urdaneta as a free agent.

• November 13, 2003

  Signed Jason Bere as a free agent.

• November 20, 2003

  Signed Chris Clapinski as a free agent.

• November 24, 2003

  Signed Giovanni Carrara as a free agent.

• December 1, 2003

  Signed Ernie Young as a free agent.

• December 8, 2003

  Selected Cliff Bartosh off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• December 15, 2003

  Luis González drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Héctor Luna drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Willy Taveras drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Lino Urdaneta drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Matt White drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

• December 17, 2003

  Signed Mike Porzio as a free agent.

• December 19, 2003

  Signed Adam Piatt as a free agent.

• December 20, 2003

  Danys Báez granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 2003

  Carl Sadler granted Free Agency.

• December 26, 2003

  Signed Ronnie Belliard as a free agent.

• December 31, 2003

  Signed Jake Robbins as a free agent.

• January 4, 2004

  Signed Carl Sadler as a free agent.

• January 5, 2004

  Signed Matt Miller as a free agent.

  Traded Ryan Church and Maicer Izturis to the Montreal Expos. Received Scott Stewart.

• January 7, 2004

  Signed Bob Howry as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed José Jiménez as a free agent.

• January 18, 2004

  Signed Mark Little as a free agent.

• January 21, 2004

  Signed Jeff D'Amico as a free agent.

  Signed Lou Merloni as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Signed Luther Hackman as a free agent.

• January 26, 2004

  Signed Oscar Salazar as a free agent.

• February 13, 2004

  Signed Robert Ellis as a free agent.

  Signed Matt Miller as a free agent.

• February 18, 2004

  Signed Matt DeWitt as a free agent.

• March 15, 2004

  Signed Stubby Clapp as a free agent.

  Signed Roy Smith as a free agent.

• March 17, 2004

  The Colorado Rockies returned Matt White (earlier draft pick).

• March 25, 2004

  Purchased Brent Abernathy from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 27, 2004

  Released Giovanni Carrara.

• March 29, 2004

  Sent Ricky Gutiérrez to the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.

• March 31, 2004

  Traded Luke Scott to the Houston Astros. Received Jeriome Robertson.