2000 Colorado Rockies Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1999

  Kurt Abbott granted Free Agency.

  Kirt Manwaring granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1999

  Signed Jeff Manto as a free agent.

  Jerry Dipoto granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1999

  Traded Luther Hackman, Darryl Kile and Dave Veres to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Manny Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore and José Jiménez.

• November 17, 1999

  Signed Jerry Dipoto as a free agent.

  Signed Ed Vosberg as a free agent.

  Signed Pete Walker as a free agent.

  Traded Curt Leskanic to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Mike Myers.

• November 18, 1999

  Signed Brandon Puffer as a free agent.

  Mark Brownson selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• November 21, 1999

  Selected Julián Tavárez off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• November 23, 1999

  Signed Aaron Small as a free agent.

• November 29, 1999

  Roberto Ramírez player rights sold to Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).

  Released J.R. Phillips.

• December 1, 1999

  Signed Bubba Carpenter as a free agent.

  Signed Giovanni Carrara as a free agent.

  Signed Kevin Jarvis as a free agent.

• December 7, 1999

  Traded Scott Randall to the Minnesota Twins. Received Chris Latham.

• December 8, 1999

  Signed Phil Hiatt as a free agent.

• December 9, 1999

  Signed Tom Goodwin as a free agent.

• December 12, 1999

  Signed Butch Henry as a free agent.

• December 13, 1999

  Traded Vinny Castilla to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Henry Blanco and Jamey Wright to the Milwaukee Brewers and Justin Miller to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jeff Cirillo and Scott Karl from the Milwaukee Brewers. In addition, the Milwaukee Brewers sent cash to the Oakland Athletics; and the Oakland Athletics sent Jimmy Haynes to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• December 15, 1999

  Signed Raúl Casanova as a free agent.

• December 16, 1999

  Signed Brent Mayne as a free agent.

• December 17, 1999

  Signed Scott Servais as a free agent.

• December 20, 1999

  Jeff Barry player rights sold to Chiba Lotte Marines (Japan Pacific).

• January 1, 2000

  Signed Terry Shumpert as a free agent.

• January 14, 2000

  Traded Lariel González and Bobby Jones to the New York Mets. Received Masato Yoshii.

• January 26, 2000

  Signed Jeff Tabaka as a free agent.

• February 1, 2000

  Signed Darren Bragg as a free agent.

• February 4, 2000

  Signed Billy Taylor as a free agent.

• February 15, 2000

  Signed Scott McClain as a free agent.

  Signed Walt McKeel as a free agent.

• February 21, 2000

  Signed Doug Linton as a free agent.

• March 23, 2000

  Released Billy Taylor.

• March 24, 2000

  Released Raúl Casanova.

  Derrick Gibson selected by the Florida Marlins off waivers.

• March 27, 2000

  Released Mike Porzio.

• March 28, 2000

  Signed Mike Porzio as a free agent.

• March 29, 2000

  Traded Edgard Clemente to the Anaheim Angels. Received Jason Dewey (minors) and Norm Hutchins (minors).

• March 31, 2000

  Received Carlos Mendoza from the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.

  Signed Brian Hunter as a free agent.

• April 7, 2000

  Traded Manny Aybar to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Gabe White.

• April 28, 2000

  Released Jeff Manto.

• May 15, 2000

  Signed Jaime Navarro as a free agent.

• May 18, 2000

  Released Brandon Puffer.

• June 5, 2000

  Drafted Jason Young in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 26, 2000.

  Drafted Cory Vance in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2000.

  Drafted Garrett Atkins in the 5th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2000.

  Drafted Scott Dohmann in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2000.

  Drafted Clint Barmes in the 10th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2000.

  Drafted Brad Hawpe in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2000.

  Drafted Sean Green in the 12th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.

  Drafted Justin Huisman in the 15th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.

  Drafted Darren Clarke in the 35th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 7, 2001.

• June 15, 2000

  Released Jaime Navarro.

• June 17, 2000

  Received Adam Melhuse from the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a conditional deal.

  Signed Bobby Chouinard as a free agent.

• June 21, 2000

  Selected David Moraga off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

• June 27, 2000

  Signed Alberto Árias as an amateur free agent.

• June 28, 2000

  Sent Ed Vosberg to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

• July 7, 2000

  Signed Steve Ontiveros as a free agent.

• July 11, 2000

  Released Mike Saipe.

• July 15, 2000

  Traded Todd Sears and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Butch Huskey and Todd Walker.

• July 19, 2000

  Angel Echevarria selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• July 24, 2000

  Darren Bragg granted Free Agency.

• July 25, 2000

  Released Stan Belinda.

• July 27, 2000

  Traded Rolando Arrojo, Rich Croushore, Mike Lansing and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jeff Taglienti (minors), Jeff Frye, Brian Rose and John Wasdin.

• July 28, 2000

  Released Bubba Carpenter.

• July 31, 2000

  Traded Tom Goodwin and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Randey Dorame (minors), Kevin Gibbs (minors) and Todd Hollandsworth.

• August 6, 2000

  Traded Brian Hunter to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Robert Averette (minors).

• August 22, 2000

  Sent Scott Karl to the Anaheim Angels as part of a conditional deal.

• August 31, 2000

  Scott Servais selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• September 9, 2000

  Released Steve Ontiveros.

• October 2, 2000

  Aaron Ledesma granted Free Agency.

• October 4, 2000

  Giovanni Carrara granted Free Agency.

• October 13, 2000

  Selected Jason Green off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• October 15, 2000

  Phil Hiatt granted Free Agency.

  Doug Linton granted Free Agency.

  Scott McClain granted Free Agency.

  Walt McKeel granted Free Agency.

  David Moraga granted Free Agency.

  Mike Porzio granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Small granted Free Agency.

• October 18, 2000

  Rigo Beltrán granted Free Agency.

  Chris Latham granted Free Agency.

  Adam Melhuse granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Mendoza granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Tabaka granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2000

  Jeffrey Hammonds granted Free Agency.

  Todd Hollandsworth granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2000

  Jeff Frye granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2000

  Julián Tavárez granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2000

  Signed Mike Bell as a free agent.

• November 7, 2000

  Signed Mark Little as a free agent.

• November 8, 2000

  Signed Joe Davenport as a free agent.

  Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Ron Villone. The Colorado Rockies sent Justin Carter (minors) (December 20, 2000) and Jeff Taglienti (minors) (December 20, 2000) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• November 13, 2000

  Released Pete Walker.

• November 16, 2000

  Signed Todd Hollandsworth as a free agent.

• November 20, 2000

  Signed David Moraga as a free agent.

  Released Jason Green.

• December 1, 2000

  Signed Brooks Kieschnick as a free agent.

• December 4, 2000

  Signed Denny Neagle as a free agent.

• December 10, 2000

  Signed Ron Gant as a free agent.

• December 11, 2000

  Jorge Sosa selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 2000 minor league draft.

• December 12, 2000

  Signed Mike Hampton as a free agent.

• December 21, 2000

  Butch Huskey granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Jarvis granted Free Agency.

• January 3, 2001

  Traded David Lee to the New York Yankees. Received Seth Taylor (minors) and Jay Tessmer.

• January 5, 2001

  Signed Greg Norton as a free agent.

• January 8, 2001

  Signed Walt McKeel as a free agent.

• January 11, 2001

  Signed Kevin Sefcik as a free agent.

• January 12, 2001

  Signed Roberto Kelly as a free agent.

• January 29, 2001

  Signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.

  Signed Melvin Nieves as a free agent.

• March 17, 2001

  Signed Sean Bergman as a free agent.

• March 26, 2001

  Traded Brian Rose to the New York Mets. Received Mark Leiter.

• March 27, 2001

  Signed Brad Clontz as a free agent.

• March 28, 2001

  Released Masato Yoshii.

• March 30, 2001

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Craig Dingman. The Colorado Rockies sent Jorge De Paula (April 20, 2001) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

  Selected Horacio Estrada off waivers from the Florida Marlins.