2014 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2013

  Selected Darin Downs off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• November 4, 2013

  Jimmy Paredes selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• November 5, 2013

  Cody Clark granted Free Agency.

  Sergio Escalona granted Free Agency.

  Che-Hsuan Lin granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 2013

  Signed Bryan Abreu as an amateur free agent.

• November 19, 2013

  Released John Ely.

• November 20, 2013

  Jake Elmore selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

  Selected Ryan Jackson off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• November 26, 2013

  Signed Adron Chambers as a free agent.

• December 3, 2013

  Traded Brandon Barnes and Jordan Lyles to the Colorado Rockies. Received Dexter Fowler and player to be named.

• December 4, 2013

  Signed Peter Moylan as a free agent.

• December 6, 2013

  Signed Scott Feldman as a free agent.

• December 7, 2013

  Signed Chad Qualls as a free agent.

• December 9, 2013

  Released Eric Thames.

• December 11, 2013

  Traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Anthony Bass and cash. The Houston Astros sent Patrick Schuster (December 12, 2013) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• December 12, 2013

  Enderson Franco drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2013 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Patrick Schuster from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2013 rule 5 draft.

• December 17, 2013

  Signed Matt Albers as a free agent.

• December 18, 2013

  Traded Ryan Jackson to the San Diego Padres. Received Jesús Guzmán.

  Selected Collin McHugh off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• December 31, 2013

  Signed Jesse Crain as a free agent.

• January 14, 2014

  Signed César Izturis as a free agent.

  Signed Gregorio Petit as a free agent.

• February 6, 2014

  Signed Jerome Williams as a free agent.

• March 7, 2014

  Signed Carlos Sanabria as an amateur free agent.

• March 12, 2014

  Released Brett Wallace.

• March 22, 2014

  Released J.D. Martinez.

• March 24, 2014

  Released César Izturis.

• March 26, 2014

  Released Peter Moylan.

• March 27, 2014

  Selected Alex Presley off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• April 28, 2014

  Traded Lucas Harrell to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received player to be named.

• May 1, 2014

  Signed Tony Sipp as a free agent.

• May 17, 2014

  Signed Kyle Farnsworth as a free agent.

• May 19, 2014

  Traded Raúl Valdés to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received player to be named or cash.

• May 27, 2014

  Released Chia-Jen Lo.

• June 4, 2014

  Released Rhiner Cruz.

• June 5, 2014

  Drafted Derek Fisher in the 1st round (37th pick) of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2014.

  Drafted AJ Reed in the 2nd round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2014.

• June 6, 2014

  Drafted J.D. Davis in the 3rd round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2014.

  Drafted Daniel Mengden in the 4th round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 2014.

  Drafted Jacob Nix in the 5th round of the 2014 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 2014

  Drafted Dean Deetz in the 11th round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2014.

  Drafted Ramón Laureano in the 16th round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2018.

  Drafted Ryan Thompson in the 23rd round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2014.

  Drafted Josh James in the 34th round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2014.

• June 12, 2014

  Traded Adron Chambers to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Will Dupont (minors) and Alejandro Solarte (minors).

• June 15, 2014

  Signed José Veras as a free agent.

  Signed Jorge Guzmán as an amateur free agent.

• June 26, 2014

  Kyle Farnsworth granted Free Agency.

• July 7, 2014

  Signed Hector Perez as an amateur free agent.

• July 8, 2014

  Released Jerome Williams.

• July 31, 2014

  Traded Austin Wates (minors), Jarred Cosart and Enrique Hernández to the Miami Marlins. Received Jake Marisnick, Francis Martes, Colin Moran and 2015 competitive balance round A pick.

• August 30, 2014

  Selected Sam Deduno off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• September 15, 2014

  Signed Rogelio Armenteros as an amateur free agent.

• October 9, 2014

  Matt Albers granted Free Agency.

  Jorge De León selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• October 10, 2014

  Jesús Guzmán granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2014

  Jesse Crain granted Free Agency.

  José Veras granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2014

  Selected Will Harris off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• November 4, 2014

  José Cisnero granted Free Agency.

  Paul Clemens granted Free Agency.

  David Martínez granted Free Agency.

  Rudy Owens granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2014

  Traded Carlos Pérez and Nick Tropeano to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received Hank Conger.

• November 20, 2014

  Josh Zeid selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• November 22, 2014

  Anthony Bass granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 2014

  Signed Jorge Alcalá as an amateur free agent.

• December 8, 2014

  Marc Krauss selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim off waivers.

• December 11, 2014

  Delino DeShields drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2014 rule 5 draft.

  David Rollins drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2014 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jason García from the Boston Red Sox in the 2014 rule 5 draft.

  Jandel Gustave drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2014 rule 5 draft.

  Jason García player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• December 12, 2014

  Signed Luke Gregerson as a free agent.

  Signed Pat Neshek as a free agent.

• December 15, 2014

  Signed Jed Lowrie as a free agent.

• December 17, 2014

  Signed Dan Johnson as a free agent.

• January 14, 2015

  Traded Andrew Thurman (minors), Mike Foltynewicz and Rio Ruiz to the Atlanta Braves. Received Evan Gattis and James Hoyt.

• January 19, 2015

  Traded Dexter Fowler to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dan Straily and Luis Valbuena.

• January 20, 2015

  Signed Colby Rasmus as a free agent.

• January 21, 2015

  Traded Carlos Corporán to the Texas Rangers. Received Akeem Bostick.

• February 12, 2015

  Signed Roberto Hernández as a free agent.

• February 13, 2015

  Signed Joe Thatcher as a free agent.

• March 2, 2015

  Signed José Urquidy as an amateur free agent.

• March 9, 2015

  Signed Robert Stock as a free agent.

• March 18, 2015

  Signed Cristian Javier as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Framber Valdez as an amateur free agent.

• March 26, 2015

  Dan Johnson player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 31, 2015

  Released Robert Stock.

• April 1, 2015

  Traded Gregorio Petit to the New York Yankees. Received player to be named or cash.