2019 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2018

  Brandon Barnes granted Free Agency.

  Rob Brantly granted Free Agency.

  Preston Claiborne granted Free Agency.

  Stephen Fife granted Free Agency.

  Myles Jaye granted Free Agency.

  Drew Maggi granted Free Agency.

  Michael Martínez granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Merritt granted Free Agency.

  Mike Napoli granted Free Agency.

  Mitch Talbot granted Free Agency.

  Adam Wilk granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 2018

  Traded Dante Mendoza (minors), Tahnaj Thomas (minors) and Erik González to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jordan Luplow and Max Moroff.

• November 19, 2018

  Traded Gionti Turner (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Chih-Wei Hu.

• November 20, 2018

  Signed Mike Freeman as a free agent.

  Traded Ignacio Feliz (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Walker Lockett.

• November 30, 2018

  James Hoyt granted Free Agency.

  Traded Yan Gomes to the Washington Nationals. Received a player to be named later, Daniel Johnson and Jefry Rodríguez. The Washington Nationals sent Andruw Monasterio (December 17, 2018) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 1, 2018

  Signed James Hoyt as a free agent.

  Signed Josh D. Smith as a free agent.

  Signed Trayce Thompson as a free agent.

• December 13, 2018

  Kyle Dowdy drafted by the New York Mets in the 2018 rule 5 draft.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Yandy Díaz and Cole Sulser to the Tampa Bay Rays and Edwin Encarnación and 2019 competitive balance pick to the Seattle Mariners. Received Carlos Santana and cash from the Seattle Mariners and Jake Bauers from the Tampa Bay Rays. In addition, the Tampa Bay Rays sent cash to the Seattle Mariners.

• December 15, 2018

  Traded Yonder Alonso to the Chicago White Sox. Received Alex Call.

• December 22, 2018

  Signed Brandon Barnes as a free agent.

  Signed Brooks Pounders as a free agent.

• January 3, 2019

  Signed Justin Grimm as a free agent.

• January 6, 2019

  Traded Sam Haggerty and Walker Lockett to the New York Mets. Received Kevin Plawecki.

• January 11, 2019

  Selected A.J. Cole off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• January 25, 2019

  Signed Óliver Pérez as a free agent.

• January 28, 2019

  Signed Drew Maggi as a free agent.

• February 4, 2019

  Traded Jordan Milbrath (minors) to the Miami Marlins. Received Nick Wittgren.

• February 7, 2019

  Signed Ryan Flaherty as a free agent.

  Signed Dioner Navarro as a free agent.

• February 9, 2019

  Signed Matt Joyce as a free agent.

  Signed Alex Wilson as a free agent.

• February 14, 2019

  Signed Tim Federowicz as a free agent.

  Signed Asher Wojciechowski as a free agent.

• February 23, 2019

  Signed Tyler Clippard as a free agent.

• February 26, 2019

  Signed Hanley Ramírez as a free agent.

• February 27, 2019

  Signed Brennan Bernardino as a free agent.

• March 17, 2019

  Signed Anthony Gose as a free agent.

• March 19, 2019

  Signed Carlos González as a free agent.

  Released Matt Joyce.

• March 20, 2019

  Ryan Flaherty granted Free Agency.

• March 22, 2019

  Justin Grimm granted Free Agency.

  Released Alex Wilson.

• March 24, 2019

  Signed Brad Miller as a free agent.

• March 29, 2019

  Signed Cameron Maybin as a free agent.

• April 1, 2019

  Signed Ryan Flaherty as a free agent.

• April 2, 2019

  Released Ben Taylor.

• April 17, 2019

  Brad Miller granted Free Agency.

• April 22, 2019

  Hanley Ramírez granted Free Agency.

• April 25, 2019

  Cameron Maybin player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• May 4, 2019

  Purchased Adam Rosales from the Minnesota Twins.

• May 26, 2019

  Released Carlos González.

• June 4, 2019

  Drafted Hunter Gaddis in the 5th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2019.

  Drafted Xzavion Curry in the 7th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2019.

  Drafted Will Brennan in the 8th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2019.

• June 5, 2019

  Signed Mitch Talbot as a free agent.

  Drafted Matt Waldron in the 18th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2019.

  Drafted Kevin Kelly in the 19th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2019.

• June 7, 2019

  Traded Tim Federowicz to the Texas Rangers. Received player to be named or cash.

• June 15, 2019

  Brooks Pounders player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• June 27, 2019

  Released Leonys Martín.

• July 1, 2019

  Asher Wojciechowski player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• July 2, 2019

  Signed Junior Caminero as a free agent.

• July 3, 2019

  Traded international bonus slot money to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Andrew Velazquez.

• July 12, 2019

  Traded international bonus slot money to the San Diego Padres. Received Phil Maton.

• July 28, 2019

  The Texas Rangers returned Kyle Dowdy (earlier draft pick).

  Traded Ruben Cardenas (minors) and international bonus slot money to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Christian Arroyo and Hunter Wood.

• July 30, 2019

  Released Chih-Wei Hu.

• July 31, 2019

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Trevor Bauer to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Scott Moss (minors) and Yasiel Puig from the Cincinnati Reds and Victor Nova (minors), Logan Allen and Franmil Reyes from the San Diego Padres. In addition, the Cincinnati Reds sent Taylor Trammell to the San Diego Padres.

• August 2, 2019

  Brandon Barnes player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

  Released Neil Ramírez.

  Released Trayce Thompson.

• August 30, 2019

  Signed Ryan Lavarnway as a free agent.

• September 14, 2019

  Josh D. Smith selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• September 30, 2019

  Released Dioner Navarro.

• October 31, 2019

  Tyler Clippard granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Flaherty granted Free Agency.

  Jason Kipnis granted Free Agency.

  Dan Otero granted Free Agency.

  Yasiel Puig granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2019

  Cody Anderson granted Free Agency.

  A.J. Cole granted Free Agency.

  Jon Edwards granted Free Agency.

  Rob Kaminsky granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Lavarnway granted Free Agency.

  Drew Maggi granted Free Agency.

  Max Moroff granted Free Agency.

  Tyler Olson granted Free Agency.

  Adam Rosales granted Free Agency.

  Danny Salazar granted Free Agency.

  Eric Stamets granted Free Agency.

  Mitch Talbot granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 2019

  Traded Mark Mathias to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Andrés Meléndez (minors).

• November 26, 2019

  Nick Goody selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• December 2, 2019

  James Hoyt granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Plawecki granted Free Agency.

  Traded Adenys Bautista (minors) to the Boston Red Sox. Received Sandy León.

• December 4, 2019

  Signed James Hoyt as a free agent.

• December 6, 2019

  Signed Beau Taylor as a free agent.

• December 12, 2019

  Drafted Danny Young from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2019 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 2019

  Traded Corey Kluber and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Emmanuel Clase and Delino DeShields.

• December 29, 2019

  Signed César Hernández as a free agent.

• January 8, 2020

  Eric Haase player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• January 23, 2020

  Signed Dominic Leone as a free agent.

• February 7, 2020

  Signed Cameron Rupp as a free agent.

• February 14, 2020

  Signed Domingo Santana as a free agent.

• February 19, 2020

  Andrew Velazquez selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• February 21, 2020

  Signed Zack Weiss as a free agent.