2020 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 29, 2020

  Released Zack Weiss.

• June 11, 2020

  Drafted Logan Allen in the 2nd round of the 2020 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2020.

• June 18, 2020

  Signed Cade Smith as a free agent.

• July 3, 2020

  Signed Steven Baron as a free agent.

  Signed Jake Elmore as a free agent.

  Signed David Hernandez as a free agent.

• August 1, 2020

  James Hoyt player rights sold to the Miami Marlins.

• August 13, 2020

  Christian Arroyo selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• August 31, 2020

  Traded a player to be named later, Greg Allen and Mike Clevinger to the San Diego Padres. Received Gabriel Arias, Joey Cantillo, Austin Hedges, Owen Miller, Josh Naylor and Cal Quantrill. The Cleveland Indians sent Matt Waldron (November 9, 2020) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• September 3, 2020

  Released Jake Elmore.

• September 20, 2020

  Released Steven Baron.

  Released David Hernandez.

• October 14, 2020

  Dominic Leone granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2020

  César Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Sandy León granted Free Agency.

  Óliver Pérez granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2020

  Mike Freeman granted Free Agency.

  Brad Hand granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Santana granted Free Agency.

  Domingo Santana granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2020

  Anthony Gose granted Free Agency.

  Andruw Monasterio granted Free Agency.

  Cameron Rupp granted Free Agency.

  Hunter Wood granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2020

  Signed Andruw Monasterio as a free agent.

• November 17, 2020

  Signed Anthony Gose as a free agent.

• November 30, 2020

  Traded Adam Cimber to the Miami Marlins. Received .

• December 2, 2020

  Delino DeShields granted Free Agency.

  Tyler Naquin granted Free Agency.

  Jefry Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

• December 10, 2020

  Luis Oviedo drafted by the New York Mets in the 2020 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Trevor Stephan from the New York Yankees in the 2020 rule 5 draft.

  Ka'ai Tom drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2020 rule 5 draft.

  Selected Chris Roller off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• January 7, 2021

  Traded Carlos Carrasco and Francisco Lindor to the New York Mets. Received Isaiah Greene (minors), Josh Wolf (minors), Andrés Giménez and Amed Rosario.

• January 29, 2021

  Signed César Hernández as a free agent.

• February 3, 2021

  Signed DJ Johnson as a free agent.

  Signed Bryan Shaw as a free agent.

• February 4, 2021

  Signed Mike Freeman as a free agent.

  Signed Eddie Rosario as a free agent.

• February 12, 2021

  Signed Ben Gamel as a free agent.

• February 15, 2021

  Signed Billy Hamilton as a free agent.

• February 16, 2021

  Signed Blake Parker as a free agent.

• February 18, 2021

  Signed Óliver Pérez as a free agent.

• February 19, 2021

  Signed Ryan Lavarnway as a free agent.

• February 24, 2021

  Selected Harold Ramírez off waivers from the Miami Marlins.

• March 12, 2021

  Mike Freeman player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 13, 2021

  Released Billy Hamilton.

• March 27, 2021

  Adam Plutko player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.