2006 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• December 1, 2005

  Released Sean Douglass.

• December 7, 2005

  Signed Paul Byrd as a free agent.

  Signed Bob Wickman as a free agent.

• December 9, 2005

  Signed Lou Merloni as a free agent.

• December 14, 2005

  Signed Rob Bell as a free agent.

  Signed Jose Flores as a free agent.

  Signed Andy Tracy as a free agent.

• December 16, 2005

  Signed Ben Howard as a free agent.

  Signed Tim Laker as a free agent.

• December 19, 2005

  Signed Danny Graves as a free agent.

  Signed Steve Karsay as a free agent.

• December 21, 2005

  Jose Díaz granted Free Agency.

• December 23, 2005

  Signed Einar Díaz as a free agent.

• January 3, 2006

  Signed Jason Johnson as a free agent.

• January 6, 2006

  Signed Todd Hollandsworth as a free agent.

• January 13, 2006

  Signed Eduardo Pérez as a free agent.

• January 17, 2006

  Traded Brian Tallet to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Bubbie Buzachero (minors).

• January 27, 2006

  Traded Josh Bard, Coco Crisp and David Riske to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later, Andy Marte, Guillermo Mota, Kelly Shoppach and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Randy Newsom (minors) (July 21, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

  Traded Arthur Rhodes to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jason Michaels.

• February 18, 2006

  Sent Andy Tracy to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• March 28, 2006

  Signed Félix Heredia as a free agent.

• April 4, 2006

  Traded Kazuhito Tadano to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ramon Alvarado (minors).

• April 7, 2006

  Traded Brandon Phillips to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Stevens (June 13, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• May 2, 2006

  Signed Vic Darensbourg as a free agent.

• May 12, 2006

  Released Félix Heredia.

• May 14, 2006

  Steve Karsay player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• June 4, 2006

  Jose Flores player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• June 6, 2006

  Drafted David Huff in the 1st round (39th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed July 21, 2006.

  Drafted Matt McBride in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2006.

  Drafted Joshua Rodriguez in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2006.

  Drafted Steven Wright in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2006.

  Drafted Chris Archer in the 5th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2006.

  Drafted Paolo Espino in the 10th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2006.

  Drafted Josh Tomlin in the 19th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2006.

  Drafted Vinnie Pestano in the 20th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 2006.

  Drafted John Gaub in the 21st round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2006.

  Drafted Mike Bolsinger in the 34th round of the 2006 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 2006

  Signed Jason Alfaro as a free agent.

• June 14, 2006

  Released Scott Sauerbeck.

• June 20, 2006

  Signed Jared Sandberg as a free agent.

• June 21, 2006

  Jason Johnson player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• June 23, 2006

  Released Tim Laker.

• June 30, 2006

  Traded Eduardo Pérez to the Seattle Mariners. Received Asdrúbal Cabrera.

• July 3, 2006

  Signed Danny Salazar as an amateur free agent.

• July 7, 2006

  Selected Mike Adams off waivers from the New York Mets.

• July 16, 2006

  Released Ben Howard.

• July 18, 2006

  Traded Mike Adams to the San Diego Padres. Received Brian Sikorski.

• July 20, 2006

  Traded Bob Wickman to the Atlanta Braves. Received Max Ramírez.

• July 26, 2006

  Traded Ben Broussard and cash to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• July 30, 2006

  Traded Ronnie Belliard to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Héctor Luna.

• August 9, 2006

  Todd Hollandsworth player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• August 12, 2006

  Einar Díaz player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• August 20, 2006

  Guillermo Mota player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• September 13, 2006

  Selected Mike Rouse off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• October 2, 2006

  Danny Graves granted Free Agency.

  Ramón Vázquez granted Free Agency.

• October 12, 2006

  Jason Dubois granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2006

  Jason Alfaro granted Free Agency.

  Rob Bell granted Free Agency.

  Vic Darensbourg granted Free Agency.

  Iván Ochoa granted Free Agency.

  Eider Torres granted Free Agency.

  Released Jared Sandberg.

• October 30, 2006

  Aaron Boone granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2006

  Lou Merloni granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2006

  Traded Andrew Brown and Kevin Kouzmanoff to the San Diego Padres. Received Josh Barfield.

• November 24, 2006

  Signed Mike Rose as a free agent.

• December 2, 2006

  Signed Aaron Fultz as a free agent.

  Signed Roberto Hernández as a free agent.

• December 6, 2006

  Signed Joe Borowski as a free agent.

  Signed David Dellucci as a free agent.

• December 13, 2006

  Signed Jeff Harris as a free agent.

• January 2, 2007

  Signed Luis Rivas as a free agent.

• January 14, 2007

  Signed Keith Foulke as a free agent.

  Signed Keith Ginter as a free agent.

• January 15, 2007

  Signed Jason Beverlin as a free agent.

• January 17, 2007

  Paul Shuey retired.

• January 19, 2007

  Signed Trot Nixon as a free agent.

• January 29, 2007

  Jeremy Guthrie selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• February 12, 2007

  Signed Trent Durrington as a free agent.

  Signed Rich Rundles as a free agent.

• March 27, 2007

  Signed Cliff Politte as a free agent.

• March 29, 2007

  Signed Mike Koplove as a free agent.