1999 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 17, 1998

  Signed Ken Caminiti as a free agent.

• December 7, 1998

  Signed Tim Bogar as a free agent.

• December 14, 1998

  Drafted Glen Barker from the Detroit Tigers in the 1998 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Wayne Franklin from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1998 rule 5 draft.

• December 17, 1998

  Signed Joe Slusarski as a free agent.

• January 12, 1999

  Signed Wandy Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• January 14, 1999

  Traded Brad Ausmus and C.J. Nitkowski to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mark Persails (minors), Carlos Villalobos (minors), Paul Bako, Dean Crow and Brian Powell.

• January 15, 1999

  Signed Robert Ellis as a free agent.

• January 19, 1999

  Signed Ryan Thompson as a free agent.

• January 21, 1999

  Signed Alex Diaz as a free agent.

  Signed Randy Knorr as a free agent.

  Signed Jeff McCurry as a free agent.

  Signed Bob Scanlan as a free agent.

  Signed Brian Williams as a free agent.

• March 25, 1999

  Sent Marc Ronan to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

• March 29, 1999

  Released Óscar Robles.

• May 11, 1999

  Signed Fernando Nieve as an amateur free agent.

• June 2, 1999

  Drafted Mike Gallo in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999.

  Drafted Jason Lane in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1999.

  Drafted Chris Sampson in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.

  Drafted Greg Dobbs in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 19, 1999

  Traded Kevin Hodges to the Seattle Mariners. Received Matt Mieske.

• June 26, 1999

  Signed Rusty Meacham as a free agent.

• July 2, 1999

  Signed Héctor Giménez as an amateur free agent.

• August 3, 1999

  Traded Josh Dimmick (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received George Williams.

• August 31, 1999

  Released Sean Bergman.

  Released Alex Diaz.

  Traded Joe Messman (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Stan Javier.

• October 4, 1999

  Jeff McCurry granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1999

  Robert Ellis granted Free Agency.

  Randy Knorr granted Free Agency.

  Bob Scanlan granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Thompson granted Free Agency.

  George Williams granted Free Agency.

• October 20, 1999

  Joe Slusarski granted Free Agency.

• October 21, 1999

  Signed Devern Hansack as an amateur free agent.

• October 28, 1999

  Tony Eusebio granted Free Agency.

  Ricky Gutiérrez granted Free Agency.

  Stan Javier granted Free Agency.

  Brian Williams granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 1999

  Doug Henry granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1999

  Brian Sikorski selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• November 10, 1999

  Jack Howell granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1999

  Signed Travis Driskill as a free agent.

• December 2, 1999

  Signed Tony Eusebio as a free agent.

• December 3, 1999

  Signed Doug Henry as a free agent.

• December 13, 1999

  Johan Santana drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1999 rule 5 draft.

• December 14, 1999

  Traded Carl Everett to the Boston Red Sox. Received Greg Miller (minors) and Adam Everett.

• December 21, 1999

  Signed Tripp Cromer as a free agent.

• December 23, 1999

  Traded Derek Bell and Mike Hampton to the New York Mets. Received Kyle Kessel (minors), Roger Cedeño and Octavio Dotel.

• January 3, 2000

  Signed Joe Slusarski as a free agent.

• January 4, 2000

  Signed Raúl Chávez as a free agent.

• January 5, 2000

  Signed Don Wengert as a free agent.

• January 6, 2000

  Signed Dwight Gooden as a free agent.

• January 21, 2000

  Signed Frank Charles as a free agent.

• February 1, 2000

  Signed Kip Gross as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Maddux as a free agent.

• February 21, 2000

  Chris Sampson retired.

• March 14, 2000

  Released Don Wengert.

• March 16, 2000

  Released Mike Rose.

• March 21, 2000

  Traded Carlos Hernández to the Seattle Mariners. Received Carlos Maldonado.

• March 29, 2000

  Traded Trever Miller to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Yorkis Pérez.

• March 31, 2000

  Released Tony Mounce.