2012 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 2012

  Released Fred Lewis.

• April 4, 2012

  Released Félix Pie.

• April 6, 2012

  Rick van den Hurk granted Free Agency.

• April 17, 2012

  Signed Johnny Damon as a free agent.

• May 4, 2012

  Ryan Spilborghs player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• May 16, 2012

  Released Rob Tejeda.

• June 1, 2012

  Jairo Asencio selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• June 4, 2012

  Drafted Tyler Naquin in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2012.

• June 5, 2012

  Drafted Joey Wendle in the 6th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2012.

• June 6, 2012

  Selected Chris Schwinden off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

  Drafted Louis Head in the 18th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2012.

  Drafted Justin Garza in the 26th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Josh Lester in the 30th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 12, 2012

  Purchased Esmil Rogers from the Colorado Rockies.

• June 17, 2012

  Released Héctor Ambriz.

• June 26, 2012

  Released Andy LaRoche.

• June 27, 2012

  Selected Vinny Rottino off waivers from the New York Mets.

• June 29, 2012

  Chris Schwinden selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• July 2, 2012

  Signed Francisco Mejia as an amateur free agent.

• July 7, 2012

  Released Chris Ray.

• July 16, 2012

  Released Trevor Crowe.

• July 21, 2012

  Signed J.C. Romero as a free agent.

• July 24, 2012

  Traded José De La Torre to the Boston Red Sox. Received Brent Lillibridge.

• July 31, 2012

  Traded Steven Wright to the Boston Red Sox. Received Lars Anderson.

• August 9, 2012

  Released Jeremy Accardo.

  Released Johnny Damon.

• August 10, 2012

  Released Derek Lowe.

• August 12, 2012

  Released José López.

• August 13, 2012

  Traded J.C. Romero to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Carlos Rojas (minors).

• August 29, 2012

  Selected Scott Maine off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• October 4, 2012

  Dan Wheeler granted Free Agency.

• October 9, 2012

  Luke Carlin granted Free Agency.

  Shelley Duncan granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2012

  Casey Kotchman granted Free Agency.

  Grady Sizemore granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2012

  Roberto Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Travis Hafner granted Free Agency.

  Scott Maine selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• November 1, 2012

  Vinny Rottino granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Slowey granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2012

  Selected Blake Wood off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• November 3, 2012

  Aaron Cunningham granted Free Agency.

  Michel Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Chad Huffman granted Free Agency.

  Matt Pagnozzi granted Free Agency.

  Gregorio Petit granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Rohlinger granted Free Agency.

  Traded Esmil Rogers to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Mike Aviles and Yan Gomes.

• November 5, 2012

  Signed Luis Hernández as a free agent.

• November 16, 2012

  Signed Nate Spears as a free agent.

• November 19, 2012

  Signed Matt Carson as a free agent.

  Signed Cedric Hunter as a free agent.

• November 26, 2012

  Brent Lillibridge granted Free Agency.

• November 30, 2012

  Signed Fernando Nieve as a free agent.

  Jack Hannahan granted Free Agency.

  Rafael Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Chris Seddon granted Free Agency.

• December 6, 2012

  T.J. McFarland drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Chris McGuiness from the Texas Rangers in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

  Héctor Rondón drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 2012

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Shin-Soo Choo, Jason Donald and cash to the Cincinnati Reds and Lars Anderson and Tony Sipp to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Drew Stubbs from the Cincinnati Reds and Matt Albers, Trevor Bauer and Bryan Shaw from the Arizona Diamondbacks. In addition, the Cincinnati Reds sent Didi Gregorius to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• December 14, 2012

  Signed Joe Martinez as a free agent.

• December 18, 2012

  Signed Mark Reynolds as a free agent.

• December 21, 2012

  Signed Scott Kazmir as a free agent.

  Russ Canzler selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• January 2, 2013

  Signed Matt Antonelli as a free agent.

  Selected Russ Canzler off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• January 3, 2013

  Signed Nick Swisher as a free agent.

• January 4, 2013

  Signed Brett Myers as a free agent.

  Russ Canzler selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• January 8, 2013

  Signed Jerry Gil as a free agent.

  Signed Edward Paredes as a free agent.

• January 9, 2013

  Traded Jeanmar Gómez to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Quincy Latimore (minors).

• January 11, 2013

  Released Thomas Neal.

• January 19, 2013

  Signed Ryan Raburn as a free agent.

• January 21, 2013

  Signed Ben Francisco as a free agent.

• January 31, 2013

  Signed Matt Capps as a free agent.

• February 5, 2013

  Signed Jeremy Hermida as a free agent.

  Signed Omir Santos as a free agent.

• February 7, 2013

  Signed Rich Hill as a free agent.

• February 9, 2013

  Signed Jason Giambi as a free agent.

• February 13, 2013

  Signed Daisuke Matsuzaka as a free agent.

• February 15, 2013

  Signed Michael Bourn as a free agent.

• February 25, 2013

  Signed Ryan Rohlinger as a free agent.

• March 11, 2013

  Released Ben Francisco.

• March 24, 2013

  Released Daisuke Matsuzaka.

• March 25, 2013

  Released Matt Capps.

• March 26, 2013

  Signed Daisuke Matsuzaka as a free agent.

• March 27, 2013

  Returned Chris McGuiness (earlier draft pick) to the Texas Rangers.

  Signed Matt Capps as a free agent.