2016 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2015

  Scott Kazmir granted Free Agency.

  Óliver Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Colby Rasmus granted Free Agency.

  Tony Sipp granted Free Agency.

  Joe Thatcher granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2015

  Chad Qualls granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2015

  R.J. Alaniz granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 2015

  Sam Deduno granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2015

  Signed Colby Rasmus as a free agent.

• November 19, 2015

  Released Robbie Grossman.

  Traded Jonathan Villar to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Cy Sneed.

• November 25, 2015

  L.J. Hoes player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

  Traded Jed Lowrie to the Oakland Athletics. Received Brendan McCurry (minors).

• December 2, 2015

  Chris Carter granted Free Agency.

  Hank Conger player rights sold to the Tampa Bay Rays.

• December 11, 2015

  Signed Tony Sipp as a free agent.

• December 12, 2015

  Traded Harold Arauz (minors), Mark Appel, Thomas Eshelman, Brett Oberholtzer and Vince Velasquez to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jonathan Araúz and Ken Giles.

• January 1, 2016

  Signed Eury Pérez as a free agent.

  Signed César Valdez as a free agent.

• January 26, 2016

  Signed Edwar Cabrera as a free agent.

  Signed Wandy Rodríguez as a free agent.

  Signed Danny Worth as a free agent.

• January 28, 2016

  Signed Doug Fister as a free agent.

• February 27, 2016

  Signed Neal Cotts as a free agent.

• March 25, 2016

  Released Neal Cotts.

• March 26, 2016

  Troy Scribner player rights sold to the Los Angeles Angels.

• March 28, 2016

  Traded Dan Straily to the San Diego Padres. Received Erik Kratz.

• March 31, 2016

  Released Jake Buchanan.

  Released Zac Grotz.

• April 5, 2016

  Released Wandy Rodríguez.

• April 27, 2016

  Signed Ronel Blanco as a free agent.

• May 11, 2016

  Released Edwar Cabrera.

• May 22, 2016

  Released Erik Kratz.

• May 24, 2016

  Asher Wojciechowski selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• June 9, 2016

  Drafted Ronnie Dawson in the 2nd round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2016.

  Drafted Forrest Whitley in the 17th round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2016.

• June 10, 2016

  Drafted Jake Rogers in the 3rd round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2016.

  Drafted Abraham Toro in the 5th round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2016.

  Drafted Nick Hernandez in the 8th round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2016.

  Drafted Ryan Hartman in the 9th round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2016.

• June 11, 2016

  Drafted Alex De Goti in the 15th round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2016.

  Drafted Taylor Jones in the 19th round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2016.

  Drafted Chuckie Robinson in the 21st round of the 2016 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2016.

  Drafted Darius Vines in the 32nd round of the 2016 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 13, 2016

  Signed Nivaldo Rodriguez as an amateur free agent.

• June 15, 2016

  Signed Yohan Ramírez as an amateur free agent.

• June 22, 2016

  Juan Minaya selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• June 23, 2016

  Eury Pérez player rights sold to the Tampa Bay Rays.

• July 2, 2016

  Alfredo González player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• July 16, 2016

  Signed Yuli Gurriel as an amateur free agent.

• July 23, 2016

  Matt Duffy selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• August 1, 2016

  Traded Scott Feldman to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Lupe Chavez (minors).

  Traded Josh Fields to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Yordan Alvarez.

• August 18, 2016

  Released Carlos Gómez.

• August 19, 2016

  Signed Eury De La Rosa as a free agent.

• September 12, 2016

  Signed Cionel Pérez as an amateur free agent.

• October 26, 2016

  Free agent signing of Cionel Pérez voided.

• November 3, 2016

  Jason Castro granted Free Agency.

  Doug Fister granted Free Agency.

  Colby Rasmus granted Free Agency.

  Luis Valbuena granted Free Agency.

  Selected Nori Aoki off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• November 4, 2016

  Traded Pat Neshek to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received player to be named or cash.

• November 7, 2016

  Eury De La Rosa granted Free Agency.

  César Valdez granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2016

  Signed Charlie Morton as a free agent.

• November 17, 2016

  Traded Albert Abreu and Jorge Guzmán to the New York Yankees. Received Brian McCann and cash.

• November 22, 2016

  Nolan Fontana selected by the Los Angeles Angels off waivers.

• November 23, 2016

  Signed Josh Reddick as a free agent.

• December 3, 2016

  Signed C.J. Riefenhauser as a free agent.

• December 5, 2016

  Signed Carlos Beltrán as a free agent.

  Selected Ashur Tolliver off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

• December 8, 2016

  Mike Hauschild drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2016 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 2016

  Signed Reid Brignac as a free agent.

  Signed Cionel Pérez as a free agent.

• December 15, 2016

  Signed Juan Centeno as a free agent.

• February 2, 2017

  Signed Dayán Díaz as a free agent.

• March 13, 2017

  Kevin Chapman selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• March 26, 2017

  Tyler Heineman player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

  Released C.J. Riefenhauser.