1997 Colorado Rockies Trades and Transactions

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

• November 27, 1996

  Traded Armando Reynoso to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Dipoto.

• December 2, 1996

  Lance Painter selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.

• December 9, 1996

  Drafted Jeff McCurry from the Detroit Tigers in the 1996 minor league draft.

  Signed Kirt Manwaring as a free agent.

• December 26, 1996

  Signed Mike Dyer as a free agent.

• January 8, 1997

  Signed Jeff Barry as a free agent.

  Signed John Hope as a free agent.

  Signed Tom Quinlan as a free agent.

• January 13, 1997

  Signed Jorge De Paula as an amateur free agent.

• January 15, 1997

  Signed Juan Uribe as an amateur free agent.

• January 24, 1997

  Signed Darnell Coles as a free agent.

• February 10, 1997

  Signed Nate Minchey as a free agent.

• March 26, 1997

  Released Steve Decker.

• April 23, 1997

  Traded Jeff Huson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Creighton Gubanich (August 5, 1997) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

• May 3, 1997

  Signed Rene Gonzales as a free agent.

• May 23, 1997

  Darnell Coles player rights sold to Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).

• May 27, 1997

  Signed Tim Scott as a free agent.

• June 3, 1997

  Drafted Aaron Cook in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 1997.

  Drafted Todd Sears in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1997.

  Drafted Chone Figgins in the 4th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1997.

  Drafted Justin Miller in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1997.

• July 10, 1997

  Tim Scott selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• July 15, 1997

  Traded Matt Pool (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Frank Castillo.

• July 27, 1997

  Traded Craig Counsell to the Florida Marlins. Received Mark Hutton.

• August 13, 1997

  Signed Terry Shumpert as a free agent.

• August 19, 1997

  Traded Eric Young Sr. to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Pedro Astacio.

• August 20, 1997

  Released Bill Swift.

• September 8, 1997

  Traded Donnie Schmidt (minors) to the Seattle Mariners. Received Brian Raabe.

• October 7, 1997

  Nate Minchey granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 1997

  Creighton Gubanich granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1997

  Andrés Galarraga granted Free Agency.

  Darren Holmes granted Free Agency.

  Mike Munoz granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Reed granted Free Agency.

  Walt Weiss granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 1997

  Frank Castillo granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1997

  Bruce Ruffin granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1997

  Jeff McCurry granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1997

  Signed Dave Wainhouse as a free agent.

• November 18, 1997

  Signed Jeff Huson as a free agent.

  Signed Jeff Reed as a free agent.

  Traded Mark Hamlin (minors), John Nicholson (minors) and Jake Westbrook to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Lansing.

  Traded Harvey Pulliam to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Chuck McElroy.

  Quinton McCracken selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 4th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Bryan Rekar selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 38th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• November 20, 1997

  Brian Raabe player rights sold to Seibu Lions (Japan Pacific).

• December 4, 1997

  Signed Darryl Kile as a free agent.

• December 10, 1997

  Traded Mark Hutton to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Curtis Goodwin.

  Traded a player to be named later and Terry Jones to the Montreal Expos. Received Mark Hamlin (minors) and Dave Veres. The Colorado Rockies sent Mark Mangum (minors) (June 5, 1998) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• December 15, 1997

  Jeff Huson drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Juan Sosa from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1997 minor league draft.

• December 19, 1997

  Signed Nelson Liriano as a free agent.

  Signed Sherman Obando as a free agent.

• December 21, 1997

  Steve Reed granted Free Agency.

• December 23, 1997

  Signed Greg Colbrunn as a free agent.

• January 3, 1998

  Signed Bruce Ruffin as a free agent.

• January 27, 1998

  Signed Mike Munoz as a free agent.

• February 18, 1998

  Signed Jeff Sparks as a free agent.

• March 12, 1998

  Signed Mike Coolbaugh as a free agent.

• March 16, 1998

  Signed Alex Serrano as an amateur free agent.