1997 Florida Marlins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1996

  Signed Brian Daubach as a free agent.

• November 20, 1996

  Jerry Brooks player rights sold to Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan Pacific).

• November 21, 1996

  Traded Quilvio Veras to the San Diego Padres. Received Dustin Hermanson.

• November 22, 1996

  Signed Bobby Bonilla as a free agent.

• November 25, 1996

  Traded Joel Adamson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ed Collins (minors) (December 10, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

  Traded Jesús Tavárez to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Bobby Rodgers (minors) (December 10, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• November 26, 1996

  Signed John Cangelosi as a free agent.

• December 3, 1996

  Signed Jim Eisenreich as a free agent.

• December 4, 1996

  Signed Alex Delgado as a free agent.

• December 9, 1996

  Will Cunnane drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Héctor Mercado from the Houston Astros in the 1996 minor league draft.

  Signed Alex Fernandez as a free agent.

• December 10, 1996

  Signed Dennis Cook as a free agent.

• December 12, 1996

  Signed Moisés Alou as a free agent.

  Marc Valdes selected by the Montreal Expos off waivers.

• December 13, 1996

  Traded Yorkis Pérez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Martin Sanchez (minors).

• December 17, 1996

  Miguel Batista selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• December 20, 1996

  Greg Colbrunn granted Free Agency.

• January 2, 1997

  Signed Donn Pall as a free agent.

• January 16, 1997

  Signed Russ Morman as a free agent.

  Signed Bob Natal as a free agent.

• March 21, 1997

  Signed John Wehner as a free agent.

• March 26, 1997

  Traded Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak to the Montreal Expos. Received Cliff Floyd.

• March 27, 1997

  Selected Kirt Ojala off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 31, 1997

  Signed Reid Cornelius as a free agent.

• June 3, 1997

  Released Hansel Izquierdo.

  Drafted Jeff Bailey in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 1997.

  Drafted Chris Aguila in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1997.

  Drafted Brandon Harper in the 4th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1997.

  Drafted Matt Erickson in the 7th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1997.

  Drafted Cliff Lee in the 8th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ross Gload in the 13th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1997.

  Drafted Andrés Torres in the 23rd round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 18, 1997

  Traded Pat Rapp to the San Francisco Giants. Received Brandon Leese (minors) and Bobby Rector (minors).

• July 21, 1997

  Traded Billy McMillon to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Darren Daulton.

• July 27, 1997

  Traded Mark Hutton to the Colorado Rockies. Received Craig Counsell.

• July 29, 1997

  Traded Matt Whisenant to the Kansas City Royals. Received Matt Treanor.

• August 12, 1997

  Traded Rick Helling to the Texas Rangers. Received Ed Vosberg.

• October 14, 1997

  Bryan Ward selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• October 15, 1997

  Russ Morman granted Free Agency.

  Kirt Ojala granted Free Agency.

  Donn Pall granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 1997

  Reid Cornelius granted Free Agency.

  Brian Daubach granted Free Agency.

  Alex Delgado granted Free Agency.

  Chris Seelbach granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1997

  Darren Daulton granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1997

  Traded Moisés Alou to the Houston Astros. Received a player to be named later, Manuel Barrios and Óscar Henríquez. The Houston Astros sent Mark Johnson (December 16, 1997) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• November 18, 1997

  Sent Kurt Miller to the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.

  Traded Robb Nen to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mick Pageler (minors), Mike Villano (minors) and Joe Fontenot.

  Traded Devon White to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Jesus Martinez (minors).

  Tony Saunders selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 1st pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Mike Duvall selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 32nd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Randy Winn selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 58th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• November 20, 1997

  Released Bob Natal.

  Released John Wehner.

  Traded Jeff Conine to the Kansas City Royals. Received Blaine Mull (minors).

  Traded Ed Vosberg to the San Diego Padres. Received Chris Clark (minors).

• December 12, 1997

  Released Alex Arias.

• December 15, 1997

  Héctor Mercado drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

  Scott Podsednik drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

  Roosevelt Brown selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 1997 minor league draft.

  Traded Kevin Brown to the San Diego Padres. Received Steve Hoff (minors), Derrek Lee and Rafael Medina.

• December 18, 1997

  Traded Dennis Cook to the New York Mets. Received Fletcher Bates (minors) and Scott Comer (minors).

• December 19, 1997

  Traded Kurt Abbott to the Oakland Athletics. Received Eric Ludwick.

• December 21, 1997

  Matt Mantei granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Millar granted Free Agency.

  John Roskos granted Free Agency.

  Signed Matt Mantei as a free agent.

  Signed Kevin Millar as a free agent.

  Signed John Roskos as a free agent.

• December 22, 1997

  Signed Randy Knorr as a free agent.

• January 6, 1998

  Signed Brian Daubach as a free agent.

• February 4, 1998

  Received Héctor Ramírez from the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• February 6, 1998

  Traded Al Leiter and Ralph Milliard to the New York Mets. Received Rob Stratton (minors), A.J. Burnett and Jesús Sánchez.

• February 19, 1998

  Signed Donn Pall as a free agent.

• February 20, 1998

  Selected Kirt Ojala off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• March 4, 1998

  Signed John Wehner as a free agent.

• March 20, 1998

  Traded Rob Stratton (minors) to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later and Brandon Villafuerte. The New York Mets sent César Crespo (September 12, 1998) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• March 21, 1998

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Eric Owens. The Florida Marlins sent Jesus Martinez (minors) (March 26, 1998) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• March 25, 1998

  Eric Owens player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• March 27, 1998

  Signed Chris Hammond as a free agent.