2003 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 16, 2002

  Signed Jarrod Patterson as a free agent.

• November 20, 2002

  Signed Morgan Burkhart as a free agent.

• November 22, 2002

  Signed Jimmy Osting as a free agent.

• November 25, 2002

  Neifi Pérez selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• November 30, 2002

  Signed Mendy López as a free agent.

• December 3, 2002

  Signed Julius Matos as a free agent.

• December 5, 2002

  Signed Rick DeHart as a free agent.

• December 16, 2002

  Drafted D.J. Carrasco from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

• December 18, 2002

  Signed Buddy Carlyle as a free agent.

  Signed Brian Rose as a free agent.

• December 20, 2002

  Signed Elvis Peña as a free agent.

• December 21, 2002

  Chad Durbin granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Suppan granted Free Agency.

• December 26, 2002

  Drafted Ronny Paulino from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

• January 6, 2003

  Signed Nate Field as a free agent.

• January 7, 2003

  Signed Albie Lopez as a free agent.

• January 9, 2003

  Signed Mike Difelice as a free agent.

• January 10, 2003

  Signed Desi Relaford as a free agent.

• January 16, 2003

  Signed Sean Lowe as a free agent.

• January 19, 2003

  Signed Mike Kelly as a free agent.

• January 22, 2003

  Signed Luis Ordaz as a free agent.

• January 28, 2003

  Signed James Baldwin as a free agent.

• February 10, 2003

  Signed Rob Sasser as a free agent.

• March 4, 2003

  Released Elvis Peña.

• March 6, 2003

  Traded Jeff Austin and Brian Shackelford to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Damaso Espino (minors) and Alan Moye (minors).

• March 11, 2003

  Released Mark Quinn.

• March 13, 2003

  Returned Ronny Paulino (earlier draft pick) to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• March 14, 2003

  Selected Rontrez Johnson off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 25, 2003

  Purchased Benny Agbayani from the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 27, 2003

  Traded Odannys Ayala (minors) to the Texas Rangers. Received Fernando Lunar.

• April 4, 2003

  Selected Brent Abernathy off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• April 8, 2003

  Signed Sandy Martínez as a free agent.

• April 18, 2003

  Returned Rontrez Johnson (earlier draft pick) to the Texas Rangers.

• May 5, 2003

  Released Rob Sasser.

• May 6, 2003

  Signed Jed Hansen as a free agent.

• May 25, 2003

  Traded Luis Cotto (minors) to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mike Fyhrie.

• May 29, 2003

  Selected Les Walrond off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• May 31, 2003

  Signed Oscar Salazar as a free agent.

• June 1, 2003

  Released James Baldwin.

• June 3, 2003

  Drafted Mitch Maier in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 2003.

  Drafted Shane Costa in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2003.

  Drafted Ryan Braun in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2003.

  Drafted Mike Aviles in the 7th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2003.

  Drafted Dusty Hughes in the 11th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2003.

  Drafted Irving Falu in the 21st round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2003.

  Drafted Todd Redmond in the 40th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 4, 2003

  Purchased José Lima from Newark (Atlantic).

• June 8, 2003

  Released Sandy Martínez.

• June 19, 2003

  Released Albie Lopez.

• June 20, 2003

  Signed Jamey Wright as a free agent.

• July 5, 2003

  Purchased Jimmy Serrano from the New York Mets.

• July 6, 2003

  Traded Victor Rodriguez (minors) and Scott Mullen to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Travis Dawkins.

• July 9, 2003

  Signed Bobby Jones as a free agent.

  Signed Juan Abreu as an amateur free agent.

• July 10, 2003

  Traded Alejandro Machado and Wes Obermueller to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Curt Leskanic.

• July 21, 2003

  Signed Tom Prince as a free agent.

• July 28, 2003

  Traded Jeremy Hill to the New York Mets. Received Graeme Lloyd.

• July 31, 2003

  Purchased Al Levine from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• August 6, 2003

  Signed Kevin Appier as a free agent.

• August 8, 2003

  Traded Aric LeClair (minors) to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Paul Abbott.

• August 16, 2003

  Released Fernando Lunar.

• August 17, 2003

  Released Mike Fyhrie.

• August 25, 2003

  Traded Trey Dyson (minors), Kieran Mattison (minors) and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later and Brian Anderson. The Cleveland Indians sent Chris White (minors) (November 6, 2003) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• August 26, 2003

  Traded Chris Tierney (minors) and Brian Sanches to the San Diego Padres. Received Rondell White.

• September 4, 2003

  Released Sean Lowe.

• October 3, 2003

  Travis Dawkins granted Free Agency.

• October 7, 2003

  Carlos Febles granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2003

  Paul Abbott granted Free Agency.

  Benny Agbayani granted Free Agency.

  Juan Brito granted Free Agency.

  Morgan Burkhart granted Free Agency.

  Buddy Carlyle granted Free Agency.

  Jason Gilfillan granted Free Agency.

  Jed Hansen granted Free Agency.

  Bobby Jones granted Free Agency.

  Mike Kelly granted Free Agency.

  Julius Matos granted Free Agency.

  Luis Ordaz granted Free Agency.

  Jimmy Osting granted Free Agency.

  Brian Rose granted Free Agency.

  Oscar Salazar granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 2003

  Brandon Berger granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 2003

  Mike Difelice granted Free Agency.

  José Lima granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2003

  Brian Anderson granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Appier granted Free Agency.

  Raúl Ibañez granted Free Agency.

  Joe Randa granted Free Agency.

  Michael Tucker granted Free Agency.

  Rondell White granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2003

  Al Levine granted Free Agency.

  Brent Mayne granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2003

  Signed Shawn Camp as a free agent.

  Signed Joey Dawley as a free agent.

  Jason Grimsley granted Free Agency.

  Curt Leskanic granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2003

  Graeme Lloyd granted Free Agency.

  Jamey Wright granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2003

  Released Brent Abernathy.

• November 11, 2003

  Signed Calvin Pickering as a free agent.

• November 21, 2003

  Signed Kevin Appier as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.

• November 25, 2003

  Signed Brandon Berger as a free agent.

• December 1, 2003

  Signed Brian Anderson as a free agent.

  Signed Curt Leskanic as a free agent.

  Signed Joe Randa as a free agent.

• December 2, 2003

  Signed Dennys Reyes as a free agent.

• December 7, 2003

  Signed Jason Grimsley as a free agent.

• December 8, 2003

  Signed Travis Dawkins as a free agent.

• December 9, 2003

  Signed Matt Stairs as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Sullivan as a free agent.

• December 11, 2003

  Signed Benito Santiago as a free agent.

• December 15, 2003

  Drafted Jason Szuminski from the Chicago Cubs in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Rick Short as a free agent.

  Traded Jason Szuminski and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Rich Thompson.

• December 16, 2003

  Signed Tony Graffanino as a free agent.

• December 18, 2003

  Signed Wilton Guerrero as a free agent.

• December 19, 2003

  Signed Kelly Stinnett as a free agent.

• December 21, 2003

  Kris Wilson granted Free Agency.

• January 2, 2004

  Signed Kris Wilson as a free agent.

• January 6, 2004

  Signed Juan González as a free agent.

  Signed Erik Hiljus as a free agent.

• January 16, 2004

  Signed Doug Linton as a free agent.

• January 20, 2004

  Signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

• January 25, 2004

  Signed Jed Hansen as a free agent.

• January 26, 2004

  Signed Travis Chapman as a free agent.

  Traded Shawn Sedlacek to the New York Mets. Received Jaime Cerda.

• February 12, 2004

  Signed Rudy Seánez as a free agent.

• March 22, 2004

  Signed Alberto Castillo as a free agent.

• March 30, 2004

  Received J.J. Trujillo from the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

  Signed Junior Herndon as a free agent.