2012 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2011

  Luis Durango granted Free Agency.

  Sammy Gervacio granted Free Agency.

  Anderson Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Oswaldo Navarro granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Rowland-Smith granted Free Agency.

  J.R. Towles granted Free Agency.

  Andy Van Hekken granted Free Agency.

  Ross Wolf granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2011

  Selected Brian Bixler off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

• November 5, 2011

  Signed Travis Buck as a free agent.

• November 9, 2011

  Signed Nick Stavinoha as a free agent.

• November 12, 2011

  Signed Brad Snyder as a free agent.

• November 13, 2011

  Signed Joe Thurston as a free agent.

• November 15, 2011

  Signed Scott Moore as a free agent.

  Signed Elieser Hernández as an amateur free agent.

• November 16, 2011

  Carlos Corporán granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 2011

  Signed Lance Pendleton as a free agent.

• November 26, 2011

  Signed Diory Hernández as a free agent.

• November 29, 2011

  Signed Carlos Corporán as a free agent.

• December 8, 2011

  Drafted Rhiner Cruz from the New York Mets in the 2011 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Marco Duarte (minors) to the Boston Red Sox. Received Marwin González.

• December 14, 2011

  Released Nick Stavinoha.

  Traded Mark Melancon to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland.

• January 11, 2012

  Selected Fernando Martínez off waivers from the New York Mets.

• January 18, 2012

  Signed Jack Cust as a free agent.

• January 20, 2012

  Signed Jordan Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Snyder as a free agent.

• January 23, 2012

  Craig Tatum selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks off waivers.

• January 27, 2012

  Signed Zach Duke as a free agent.

• January 31, 2012

  Signed Liván Hernández as a free agent.

• February 2, 2012

  Signed Mike Hessman as a free agent.

• February 6, 2012

  Signed Justin Ruggiano as a free agent.

• March 14, 2012

  Signed Landon Powell as a free agent.

• March 20, 2012

  Traded Jason Bourgeois and Humberto Quintero to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later and Kevin Chapman. The Kansas City Royals sent D'Andre Toney (minors) (June 10, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• March 27, 2012

  Released Jack Cust.

  Released Zach Duke.

• March 28, 2012

  Released Joe Thurston.

• March 29, 2012

  Released Liván Hernández.

• March 30, 2012

  Released Lance Pendleton.

• March 31, 2012

  Released Jordan Brown.

• April 8, 2012

  Selected Justin Maxwell off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• May 16, 2012

  Released Henry Sosa.

• May 21, 2012

  Signed Armando Galarraga as a free agent.

• May 23, 2012

  Released Diory Hernández.

• May 26, 2012

  Traded Justin Ruggiano to the Miami Marlins. Received Jobduan Morales (minors).

• May 27, 2012

  Signed Brian Bass as a free agent.

• June 4, 2012

  Drafted Carlos Correa in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2012.

  Drafted Lance McCullers Jr. in the 1st round (41st pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2012.

• June 5, 2012

  Drafted Nolan Fontana in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2012.

  Drafted Brady Rodgers in the 3rd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2012.

  Drafted Rio Ruiz in the 4th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 2012.

  Drafted Brett Phillips in the 6th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2012.

  Drafted Preston Tucker in the 7th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2012.

  Drafted Tyler Heineman in the 8th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2012.

• June 6, 2012

  Drafted Mike Hauschild in the 33rd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2012.

  Drafted Jordan Jankowski in the 34th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2012.

• June 21, 2012

  Signed Héctor Ambriz as a free agent.

• July 4, 2012

  Traded Carlos Lee to the Miami Marlins. Received Matt Dominguez and Rob Rasmussen.

• July 20, 2012

  Traded David Carpenter, J.A. Happ and Brandon Lyon to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later, Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Joe Musgrove, Carlos Pérez, David Rollins and Asher Wojciechowski. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Kevin Comer (minors) (August 16, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• July 21, 2012

  Traded Brett Myers and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later, Matt Heidenreich (minors) and Blair Walters (minors). The Chicago White Sox sent Chris Devenski (August 3, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

  Selected Mark Hamburger off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• July 24, 2012

  Traded Wandy Rodríguez to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Colton Cain (minors), Robbie Grossman and Rudy Owens.

• July 27, 2012

  Selected C.J. Fick off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 28, 2012

  Selected Steve Pearce off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• July 29, 2012

  Traded Chris Johnson to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Bobby Borchering (minors) and Marc Krauss.

• August 2, 2012

  Signed Brian Sanches as a free agent.

• August 3, 2012

  Received Garrett Mock from the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

• August 9, 2012

  Received Tyler Greene from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• August 10, 2012

  Juan Abreu selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• August 23, 2012

  Signed Édgar González as a free agent.

• August 25, 2012

  Armando Galarraga granted Free Agency.

• August 26, 2012

  Released Brian Bass.

• August 27, 2012

  Steve Pearce player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• August 31, 2012

  Traded Ben Francisco to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received a player to be named later. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Theron Geith (minors) (September 21, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• September 1, 2012

  Selected Brandon Laird off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• September 10, 2012

  Released Francisco Cordero.

• October 4, 2012

  Brian Bixler granted Free Agency.

  Ángel Sánchez granted Free Agency.

• October 5, 2012

  Travis Buck granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 2012

  Selected Che-Hsuan Lin off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• October 31, 2012

  Chris Snyder granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2012

  Fernando Abad granted Free Agency.

  Matt Downs granted Free Agency.

  José Valdez granted Free Agency.

  Selected Sam Demel off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

  Selected Jake Elmore off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

  Jordan Schafer selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• November 2, 2012

  Arcenio León selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• November 3, 2012

  Brian Bogusevic granted Free Agency.

  Enerio Del Rosario granted Free Agency.

  Dayán Díaz granted Free Agency.

  Sergio Escalona granted Free Agency.

  Édgar González granted Free Agency.

  Mike Hessman granted Free Agency.

  Garrett Mock granted Free Agency.

  Landon Powell granted Free Agency.

  Aneury Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Brian Sanches granted Free Agency.

  JB Shuck granted Free Agency.

  Brad Snyder granted Free Agency.

  Henry Villar granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 2012

  Signed Trevor Crowe as a free agent.

  Signed Sergio Escalona as a free agent.

  Signed Édgar González as a free agent.

  Mickey Storey selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• November 21, 2012

  Signed José Valdez as a free agent.

  Scott Moore granted Free Agency.

• November 30, 2012

  Selected Philip Humber off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• December 4, 2012

  Traded a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies and a player to be named later and Wilton López to the Colorado Rockies. Received Alex Gillingham (minors) and Alex White. The Houston Astros sent Jose Monzon (minors) (May 1, 2013) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

• December 6, 2012

  Drafted Josh Fields from the Boston Red Sox in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Nate Freiman from the San Diego Padres in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

  Selected Mickey Storey off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• December 17, 2012

  Signed Carlos Peña as a free agent.

• December 19, 2012

  Traded Rob Rasmussen to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received John Ely.

  Mickey Storey selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• December 21, 2012

  Signed José Veras as a free agent.