1999 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 1999

  Traded Jeff Conine to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Chris Fussell.

• May 21, 1999

  Jim Pittsley selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• June 2, 1999

  Drafted Kyle Snyder in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.

  Drafted Mike MacDougal in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1999.

  Drafted Jimmy Gobble in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999.

  Drafted Wes Obermueller in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1999.

  Drafted Brian Sanches in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 1999.

  Drafted Ken Harvey in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999.

  Drafted Mark Ellis in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999.

  Drafted Tony Cogan in the 12th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999.

  Drafted Brandon Medders in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chad Santos in the 22nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.

• June 18, 1999

  Traded Jose Cepeda (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Marc Pisciotta.

• June 22, 1999

  Selected Mac Suzuki off waivers from the New York Mets.

• June 24, 1999

  Free agent signing of Ángel Guzmán voided.

• July 15, 1999

  Released Don Wengert.

• July 31, 1999

  Traded Kevin Appier to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein.

• August 13, 1999

  Traded Jeremy Jackson (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Derek Wallace.

• August 14, 1999

  Released Terry Mathews.

  Released Matt Whisenant.

• September 2, 1999

  Signed Tim Unroe as a free agent.

• September 11, 1999

  Released Steve Scarsone.

• September 14, 1999

  Traded Glendon Rusch to the New York Mets. Received Dan Murray.

• October 4, 1999

  Brian Barber granted Free Agency.

  Marc Pisciotta granted Free Agency.

• October 6, 1999

  Jed Hansen selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

  Félix Martínez selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• October 8, 1999

  Joe Vitiello granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1999

  Carlos Méndez granted Free Agency.

  Alex Prieto granted Free Agency.

  Tim Unroe granted Free Agency.

  Selected David Lundquist off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• October 18, 1999

  Larry Sutton granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1999

  Signed Alex Prieto as a free agent.

• October 29, 1999

  Chad Kreuter granted Free Agency.

  Scott Leius granted Free Agency.

  Rey Sánchez granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1999

  Tim Spehr granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1999

  Jeff Montgomery granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1999

  Hipólito Pichardo granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1999

  Signed Izzy Molina as a free agent.

• November 17, 1999

  Selected Jason Rakers off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• November 30, 1999

  Signed Héctor Ortiz as a free agent.

• December 7, 1999

  Signed Rey Sánchez as a free agent.

• December 10, 1999

  Signed Doug Bochtler as a free agent.

• December 12, 1999

  Received Jeff Reboulet from the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• December 13, 1999

  Released Mendy López.

  Released Alvin Morman.

  Traded a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jerry Spradlin. The Kansas City Royals sent Ken Ray (January 7, 2000) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

  Drafted Damian Rolls from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1999 rule 5 draft.

  Sent Damian Rolls to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as part of a conditional deal.

• December 14, 1999

  Signed Brian Johnson as a free agent.

• December 15, 1999

  Traded Sean McNally (minors) to the Florida Marlins. Received Todd Dunwoody.

• December 17, 1999

  Released Scott Service.

• December 20, 1999

  Signed Clint Sodowsky as a free agent.

• January 12, 2000

  Signed Jorge Fábregas as a free agent.

• January 26, 2000

  Signed Paul Sorrento as a free agent.

• January 27, 2000

  Signed Ricky Bottalico as a free agent.

• February 18, 2000

  Traded Jeremy Giambi to the Oakland Athletics. Received Brett Laxton.

• March 7, 2000

  Received Gregg Zaun from the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

• March 15, 2000

  Released Clint Sodowsky.

• March 24, 2000

  Purchased Dave McCarty from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 25, 2000

  Released Paul Sorrento.

• March 29, 2000

  Released David Lundquist.

• March 30, 2000

  Sal Fasano player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.