1997 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 13, 1996

  Signed Chris Hatcher as a free agent.

  Signed Juan Brito as an amateur free agent.

• November 20, 1996

  Les Norman granted Free Agency.

• November 26, 1996

  Traded a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jamie Brewington. The Kansas City Royals sent Ramón Martínez (December 9, 1996) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• December 5, 1996

  Released Kevin Young.

• December 13, 1996

  Traded Jeff Martin (minors), Jeff Granger, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jay Bell and Jeff King.

• December 16, 1996

  Signed Scott Cooper as a free agent.

• December 27, 1996

  Signed Jim Converse as a free agent.

• January 14, 1997

  Signed Mitch Williams as a free agent.

• January 16, 1997

  Signed Ryan Thompson as a free agent.

• January 17, 1997

  Signed Derek Lilliquist as a free agent.

• January 28, 1997

  Traded Melvin Bunch to the Montreal Expos. Received Yamil Benítez.

• January 29, 1997

  Signed Héctor Ortiz as a free agent.

• February 21, 1997

  Signed Alexis Gómez as an amateur free agent.

• March 2, 1997

  Signed Randy Veres as a free agent.

• March 4, 1997

  Released Doug Linton.

• March 14, 1997

  Selected Doug Johns off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 26, 1997

  Purchased Tim Spehr from the Boston Red Sox.

  Released Bob Hamelin.

  Released Bob Scanlan.

  Released Ryan Thompson.

• March 27, 1997

  Traded Keith Lockhart and Michael Tucker to the Atlanta Braves. Received Jermaine Dye and Jamie Walker.

• April 17, 1997

  Signed Todd Van Poppel as a free agent.

• April 30, 1997

  Signed Brad Pennington as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Williams as a free agent.

• May 2, 1997

  Signed Mike Pérez as a free agent.

• May 8, 1997

  Jason Jacome selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• May 12, 1997

  Released Mitch Williams.

• May 25, 1997

  Signed Gregg Olson as a free agent.

• May 27, 1997

  Released Tim Spehr.

  Selected Larry Casian off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• May 29, 1997

  Released Doug Johns.

• May 30, 1997

  Received Rudy Seánez from the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.

• June 2, 1997

  Released Jim Converse.

• June 3, 1997

  Drafted Dan Reichert in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 1997.

  Drafted Jeremy Affeldt in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1997.

  Drafted Jason Anderson in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe Dillon in the 7th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1997.

  Drafted Kris Wilson in the 9th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1997.

  Drafted Jason Gilfillan in the 12th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1997.

  Drafted Chris Sampson in the 41st round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Tonis in the 52nd round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 1997

  Released Todd Van Poppel.

• June 26, 1997

  Purchased Ricky Bones from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• July 15, 1997

  Traded Jon Nunnally and Chris Stynes to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Héctor Carrasco and Scott Service.

• July 25, 1997

  Traded Tom Goodwin to the Texas Rangers. Received Dean Palmer.

• July 29, 1997

  Traded Jamie Brewington to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jason Grimsley.

  Traded Matt Treanor to the Florida Marlins. Received Matt Whisenant.

• July 30, 1997

  Released Jason Simontacchi.

• August 22, 1997

  Released Mike Pérez.

• August 25, 1997

  Released Larry Casian.

• August 26, 1997

  Released Randy Veres.

• August 30, 1997

  Traded Bip Roberts to the Cleveland Indians. Received Roland de la Maza.

• October 3, 1997

  Scott Cooper granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1997

  Jason Grimsley granted Free Agency.

  Chris Hatcher granted Free Agency.

  Craig Paquette granted Free Agency.

  Brad Pennington granted Free Agency.

  Mike Williams granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 1997

  Raúl González granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Hodges granted Free Agency.

  Rudy Seánez granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1997

  Dean Palmer granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1997

  David Howard granted Free Agency.

  Mike Macfarlane granted Free Agency.

  Gregg Olson granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 1997

  Chili Davis granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1997

  Hipólito Pichardo granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1997

  Jay Bell granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1997

  Ricky Bones granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1997

  Yamil Benítez selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 19th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Héctor Carrasco selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 49th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• November 20, 1997

  Traded Blaine Mull (minors) to the Florida Marlins. Received Jeff Conine.

• November 22, 1997

  Signed Raúl González as a free agent.

• November 25, 1997

  Signed Mike Macfarlane as a free agent.

• December 1, 1997

  Selected Orlando Miller off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• December 4, 1997

  Signed Hipólito Pichardo as a free agent.

• December 15, 1997

  Signed Dean Palmer as a free agent.

• December 16, 1997

  Signed Runelvys Hernández as an amateur free agent.

• December 17, 1997

  Signed Luis Ortiz as a free agent.

• December 21, 1997

  Orlando Miller granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 1997

  Signed Hal Morris as a free agent.

• January 5, 1998

  Signed Brian Barber as a free agent.

• January 12, 1998

  Signed Chris Hammond as a free agent.

• January 20, 1998

  Signed Terry Pendleton as a free agent.

  Signed Lee Smith as a free agent.

• January 22, 1998

  Signed Pat Rapp as a free agent.

• February, 1998

  Signed Chris Hatcher as a free agent.

• March 9, 1998

  Signed Scott Leius as a free agent.

• March 17, 1998

  Purchased Ernie Young from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 23, 1998

  Released Chris Hammond.

• March 26, 1998

  Selected Danny Rios off waivers from the New York Yankees.