1998 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 8, 1998

  Traded Mike Macfarlane to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later and Shane Mack. The Oakland Athletics sent Greg Hansell (May 9, 1998) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• April 20, 1998

  Signed Chris Turner as a free agent.

• May 26, 1998

  Signed Ricky Bones as a free agent.

• June 2, 1998

  Drafted Jeff Austin in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed February 20, 1999.

  Drafted Chris George in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1998.

  Drafted Scott Chiasson in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1998.

  Drafted Norris Hopper in the 8th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1998.

  Drafted Paul Phillips in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1998.

  Drafted Brian Shackelford in the 13th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.

  Drafted Shawn Sedlacek in the 14th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1998.

• June 3, 1998

  Purchased Luis Rivera from the Houston Astros.

• June 27, 1998

  Traded Manuel Bernal (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jermaine Allensworth.

• June 29, 1998

  Signed Byron Gettis as an amateur free agent.

• August 10, 1998

  Traded Jermaine Allensworth to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent cash (September 3, 1998) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• August 31, 1998

  Purchased Tim Spehr from the New York Mets.

• September 1, 1998

  Signed Jorge Vásquez as an amateur free agent.

• September 3, 1998

  Purchased Jeff Suppan from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• September 4, 1998

  Released Luis Rivera.

• September 12, 1998

  Chris Haney player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• October 15, 1998

  Greg Hansell granted Free Agency.

  Chris Hatcher granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Ortiz granted Free Agency.

  Chris Turner granted Free Agency.

  Joe Vitiello granted Free Agency.

  Ernie Young granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1998

  Raúl González granted Free Agency.

  Luis Ortiz granted Free Agency.

  Steve Sisco granted Free Agency.

• October 23, 1998

  Hal Morris granted Free Agency.

  José Offerman granted Free Agency.

  Dean Palmer granted Free Agency.

  Terry Pendleton granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 1998

  Tim Belcher granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1998

  Shane Mack granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1998

  Scott Leius granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Montgomery granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 1998

  Ricky Bones granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 1998

  Signed Rico Rossy as a free agent.

• November 17, 1998

  Signed Joe Roa as a free agent.

• December 7, 1998

  Signed Jeff Montgomery as a free agent.

  Selected Darío Veras off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• December 10, 1998

  Traded Juan LeBron (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Joe Randa.

• December 11, 1998

  Signed Rey Sánchez as a free agent.

• December 15, 1998

  Signed Chad Kreuter as a free agent.

• December 17, 1998

  Signed Erik Hanson as a free agent.

  Signed Ray Holbert as a free agent.

  Signed Rick Krivda as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Leius as a free agent.

  Signed Ricky Pickett as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Pose as a free agent.

  Signed Kennie Steenstra as a free agent.

  Signed Joe Vitiello as a free agent.

• December 19, 1998

  Jamie Walker granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 1998

  Signed Don Wengert as a free agent.

  Allen McDill granted Free Agency.

  Pat Rapp granted Free Agency.

  Brian Bevil granted Free Agency.

  Signed Brian Bevil as a free agent.

  Signed Alvin Morman as a free agent.

• January 14, 1999

  Signed Terry Mathews as a free agent.

  Signed Allen McDill as a free agent.

• January 25, 1999

  Signed Steve Scarsone as a free agent.

  Signed Tony Tarasco as a free agent.

• January 28, 1999

  Signed Jamie Walker as a free agent.

• February 24, 1999

  Signed Curtis Pride as a free agent.

• March 1, 1999

  Signed Johnny Ruffin as a free agent.

• March 4, 1999

  Signed Ángel Guzmán as an amateur free agent.

  Released Curtis Pride.

• March 12, 1999

  Released Allen McDill.

• March 18, 1999

  Released Tony Tarasco.

• March 23, 1999

  Traded Shane Halter to the New York Mets. Received Jonathan Guzman (minors).

• March 27, 1999

  Released Johnny Ruffin.

• March 29, 1999

  Released Joe Roa.

• March 30, 1999

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jay Witasick. The Kansas City Royals sent Scott Chiasson (June 10, 1999) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.