2011 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2010

  Luke Carlin granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2010

  Carlos Rivero selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• November 6, 2010

  José Constanza granted Free Agency.

  Jason Grilli granted Free Agency.

  Shane Lindsay granted Free Agency.

  Andy Marte granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Argenis Reyes granted Free Agency.

  Drew Sutton granted Free Agency.

  Wyatt Toregas granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2010

  Released Phillips Valdéz.

• November 15, 2010

  Signed Anthony Reyes as a free agent.

• November 29, 2010

  Signed Luke Carlin as a free agent.

• December 4, 2010

  Signed Jack Hannahan as a free agent.

• December 8, 2010

  Signed Paul Phillips as a free agent.

• December 9, 2010

  Joshua Rodriguez drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2010 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 2010

  Signed Toru Murata as a free agent.

• December 16, 2010

  Signed Adam Everett as a free agent.

• December 20, 2010

  Signed Austin Kearns as a free agent.

• December 21, 2010

  Signed Travis Buck as a free agent.

• January 4, 2011

  Purchased Joe Martinez from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• January 5, 2011

  Signed Doug Mathis as a free agent.

• February 16, 2011

  Signed Orlando Cabrera as a free agent.

• March 1, 2011

  Signed Chad Durbin as a free agent.

• March 2, 2011

  Traded Aaron Laffey to the Seattle Mariners. Received Matt Lawson (minors) and cash.

• March 7, 2011

  Signed Nick Johnson as a free agent.

• March 24, 2011

  Signed Jesse English as a free agent.

• March 26, 2011

  Released Vidal Nuño III.

• March 28, 2011

  Released Doug Mathis.

• March 29, 2011

  Jayson Nix player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• April 16, 2011

  Yohan Pino player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• April 29, 2011

  The Pittsburgh Pirates returned Joshua Rodriguez (earlier draft pick).

• May 2, 2011

  Jordan Brown player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• May 6, 2011

  Jess Todd selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• June 6, 2011

  Drafted Francisco Lindor in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

• June 7, 2011

  Drafted Eric Haase in the 7th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 2011.

  Drafted Stephen Tarpley in the 8th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Cody Anderson in the 14th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 7, 2011.

  Drafted Ryan Merritt in the 16th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 2011.

  Drafted Shawn Armstrong in the 18th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

  Drafted Shawn Morimando in the 19th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 12, 2011.

  Drafted Dillon Peters in the 20th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Cody Allen in the 23rd round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2011.

  Drafted Kevin Kramer in the 25th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 8, 2011

  Drafted Michael Roth in the 31st round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 16, 2011

  Signed Drew Rucinski as a free agent.

• June 21, 2011

  Joshua Rodriguez player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• June 24, 2011

  Released Jensen Lewis.

• June 30, 2011

  Signed Michel Hernández as a free agent.

  Released Adam Everett.

• July 2, 2011

  Signed Anthony Santander as an amateur free agent.

• July 28, 2011

  Traded Abner Abreu (minors) and Carlton Smith (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Kosuke Fukudome and cash.

• July 30, 2011

  Traded Orlando Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants. Received Thomas Neal.

  Traded a player to be named later, Joe Gardner (minors), Matt McBride and Alex White to the Colorado Rockies. Received Ubaldo Jiménez. The Cleveland Indians sent Drew Pomeranz (August 16, 2011) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

• July 31, 2011

  Signed Argenis Reyes as a free agent.

• August 5, 2011

  Released Justin Germano.

  Released Anthony Reyes.

• August 18, 2011

  Released Austin Kearns.

• August 25, 2011

  Purchased Jim Thome from the Minnesota Twins.

• September 29, 2011

  Travis Buck granted Free Agency.

• October 18, 2011

  Jerad Head granted Free Agency.

  Mitch Talbot granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2011

  Chad Durbin granted Free Agency.

  Kosuke Fukudome granted Free Agency.

  Jim Thome granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2011

  Grady Sizemore granted Free Agency.

  Traded Chris Jones (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Derek Lowe and cash.

• November 2, 2011

  Michel Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Nick Johnson granted Free Agency.

  Joe Martinez granted Free Agency.

  Paul Phillips granted Free Agency.

  Argenis Reyes granted Free Agency.

  Jeremy Sowers granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2011

  Signed Michel Hernández as a free agent.

• November 23, 2011

  Signed Grady Sizemore as a free agent.

• November 26, 2011

  Luis Valbuena player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• December 2, 2011

  Signed Matt Pagnozzi as a free agent.

• December 12, 2011

  Signed Félix Pie as a free agent.

• December 16, 2011

  Signed José López as a free agent.

  Signed Ivan Castillo as an amateur free agent.

  Traded Cory Burns to the San Diego Padres. Received Aaron Cunningham.

• December 21, 2011

  Signed Andy LaRoche as a free agent.

• December 23, 2011

  Josh Judy selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.

• January 3, 2012

  Signed Rob Tejeda as a free agent.

• January 6, 2012

  Signed Argenis Reyes as a free agent.

• January 9, 2012

  Signed Chris Seddon as a free agent.

• January 11, 2012

  Signed Chin-lung Hu as a free agent.

• January 12, 2012

  Signed Chris Ray as a free agent.

• January 19, 2012

  Signed Jeremy Accardo as a free agent.

  Signed Fred Lewis as a free agent.

  Signed Gregorio Petit as a free agent.

• January 20, 2012

  Signed Ryan Spilborghs as a free agent.

  Traded Zach Putnam to the Colorado Rockies. Received Kevin Slowey and cash.

• January 26, 2012

  Signed Ryan Rohlinger as a free agent.

  Signed Dan Wheeler as a free agent.

• January 31, 2012

  Purchased Russ Canzler from the Tampa Bay Rays.

• February 1, 2012

  Signed José De La Torre as a free agent.

• February 3, 2012

  Signed Casey Kotchman as a free agent.

• February 21, 2012

  Signed Cristian Guzmán as a free agent.

• March 21, 2012

  Selected Rick van den Hurk off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• March 28, 2012

  Released Cristian Guzmán.

  Released Drew Rucinski.

• March 29, 2012

  Purchased Jairo Asencio from the Atlanta Braves.

• April 1, 2012

  Released Chin-lung Hu.