2001 Colorado Rockies Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 4, 2001

  Traded Mike DeJean, Mark Leiter and Elvis Peña to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Juan Acevedo, Kane Davis and Jose Flores.

  Selected Jimmy Osting off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• April 9, 2001

  Signed David Lamb as a free agent.

• April 11, 2001

  Jimmy Osting selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

• April 20, 2001

  Signed Scott Randall as a free agent.

  Selected Kevin Nicholson off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• April 21, 2001

  Released Melvin Nieves.

• April 23, 2001

  Traded Juan Sosa to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Ryan Owens (minors).

• April 24, 2001

  Sean Bergman player rights sold to Kintetsu Buffaloes (Japan Pacific).

• April 25, 2001

  Signed Ubaldo Jiménez as an amateur free agent.

• April 26, 2001

  Signed Juan Morillo as an amateur free agent.

• April 30, 2001

  Released David Moraga.

• May 12, 2001

  Sent Jay Tessmer to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a conditional deal.

• May 15, 2001

  Luis Ayala player rights sold to Saltillo (Mexican).

• May 29, 2001

  Selected Justin Speier off waivers from the New York Mets.

• June 2, 2001

  Traded Josh Bard and Jody Gerut to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jacob Cruz.

• June 5, 2001

  Released John Wasdin.

  Drafted Jayson Nix in the 1st round (44th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 2001.

  Drafted Cory Sullivan in the 7th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2001.

  Drafted Matt Palmer in the 20th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Eric Patterson in the 23rd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chris Gimenez in the 34th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 2001

  Released Kevin Sefcik.

• June 14, 2001

  Selected Cliff Brumbaugh off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• June 24, 2001

  Traded Brent Mayne to the Kansas City Royals. Received Sal Fasano and Mac Suzuki.

• June 27, 2001

  Traded Ron Villone to the Houston Astros. Received Jay Powell.

• July 1, 2001

  Released Brad Clontz.

• July 2, 2001

  Signed Dan Miceli as a free agent.

• July 3, 2001

  Traded Ron Gant to the Oakland Athletics. Received Robin Jennings.

• July 12, 2001

  Mac Suzuki selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• July 13, 2001

  Traded Chone Figgins to the Anaheim Angels. Received Kimera Bartee.

• July 18, 2001

  Signed Darryl Hamilton as a free agent.

• July 19, 2001

  Traded Robin Jennings and Todd Walker to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Alex Ochoa.

• July 23, 2001

  Signed Ryan Speier as an amateur free agent.

• July 25, 2001

  Released Darryl Hamilton.

  Traded Jermaine Dye to the Oakland Athletics. Received Todd Belitz, Mario Encarnación and José Ortiz.

  Traded Neifi Pérez to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jermaine Dye.

• July 31, 2001

  Traded Pedro Astacio and cash to the Houston Astros. Received Scott Elarton.

• August 2, 2001

  Signed J.R. Phillips as a free agent.

• August 3, 2001

  Signed Willie Morales as a free agent.

• August 6, 2001

  Traded Juan Acevedo to the Florida Marlins. Received Joe Espada (minors).

• August 8, 2001

  Released David Lamb.

• August 23, 2001

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Gary Bennett. The Colorado Rockies sent Ender Chavez (minors) (December 27, 2001) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• September 12, 2001

  Selected Ross Gload off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• September 18, 2001

  Selected John Barnes off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• September 19, 2001

  Signed Chris Nichting as a free agent.

• October 8, 2001

  Kimera Bartee granted Free Agency.

  Brooks Kieschnick granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2001

  Mike Bell granted Free Agency.

  Joe Davenport granted Free Agency.

  Craig Dingman granted Free Agency.

  Horacio Estrada granted Free Agency.

  Jose Flores granted Free Agency.

  John Lindsey granted Free Agency.

  Walt McKeel granted Free Agency.

  Willie Morales granted Free Agency.

  J.R. Phillips granted Free Agency.

  Scott Randall granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 2001

  Bobby Chouinard granted Free Agency.

  Adam Melhuse granted Free Agency.

• October 19, 2001

  Released Chris Nichting.

• November 5, 2001

  Brian Bohanon granted Free Agency.

  Dan Miceli granted Free Agency.

  Jay Powell granted Free Agency.

• November 30, 2001

  Released Jacob Cruz.

• December 1, 2001

  Signed Walt McKeel as a free agent.

• December 16, 2001

  Traded Jeff Cirillo to the Seattle Mariners. Received Brian Fuentes, José Paniagua and Denny Stark.

• December 18, 2001

  Traded Luke Hudson and Gabe White to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pokey Reese and Dennys Reyes.

• December 19, 2001

  Traded Pokey Reese to the Boston Red Sox. Received Scott Hatteberg.

• December 21, 2001

  Cliff Brumbaugh granted Free Agency.

  Sal Fasano granted Free Agency.

  Scott Hatteberg granted Free Agency.

• January 4, 2002

  Signed Chris Nichting as a free agent.

• January 7, 2002

  Traded Mike Myers to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received JD Closser and Jack Cust.

• January 10, 2002

  Signed Rick White as a free agent.

• January 11, 2002

  Signed Todd Jones as a free agent.

• January 15, 2002

  Signed Cliff Brumbaugh as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Holt as a free agent.

• January 16, 2002

  Signed Matt Whiteside as a free agent.

• January 20, 2002

  Signed Carlos Almánzar as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Bell as a free agent.

• January 21, 2002

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Ross Gload and Craig House to the New York Mets and Alex Ochoa to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile and cash from the New York Mets. In addition, the New York Mets sent Lenny Harris and Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers; and the Milwaukee Brewers sent Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Jeff D'Amico, Mark Sweeney and cash to the New York Mets.

• January 25, 2002

  Signed Pedro Strop as an amateur free agent.

• January 26, 2002

  Purchased Ross Gload from the New York Mets.

• January 29, 2002

  Signed Mike James as a free agent.

  Signed Bo Porter as a free agent.

• February 7, 2002

  Signed Tim Bogar as a free agent.

  Signed Kent Mercker as a free agent.

• February 12, 2002

  Signed Bobby Chouinard as a free agent.

• February 21, 2002

  Traded Kane Davis to the New York Mets. Received Corey Brittan (minors).

• February 25, 2002

  Signed Pete Harnisch as a free agent.

• March 23, 2002

  Signed Bob Scanlan as a free agent.

• March 25, 2002

  Purchased Chuck Smith from the Florida Marlins.

  Traded José Paniagua to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ronnie Merrill (minors) and Víctor Santos.

• March 27, 2002

  Signed Bobby Muñoz as a free agent.

• March 30, 2002

  Carlos Almánzar selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.

• March 31, 2002

  Signed Bobby Estalella as a free agent.