2004 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 6, 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.

• 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.

• April 2, 2004

  Signed Jamey Wright as a free agent.

• April 8, 2004

  Traded Chris Fallon (minors), Zach McClellan and cash to the Colorado Rockies. Received Justin Huisman.

• April 29, 2004

  Returned Rich Thompson (earlier draft pick) to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• May 19, 2004

  Joey Dawley selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• May 26, 2004

  Eduardo Villacis selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• May 31, 2004

  Traded Travis Dawkins to the Chicago Cubs. Received Damian Jackson.

• June 1, 2004

  Signed Cory Aldridge as a free agent.

• June 3, 2004

  Purchased Jason Dickson from Somerset (Atlantic).

• June 4, 2004

  Received Matt White from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• June 7, 2004

  Drafted Billy Butler in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2004.

  Drafted J.P. Howell in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2004.

  Drafted Billy Buckner in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2004.

  Drafted Erik Cordier in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2004.

  Drafted Ed Lucas in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted David Herndon in the 38th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 2004

  Released Brad Voyles.

• June 18, 2004

  Released Curt Leskanic.

• June 21, 2004

  Traded Jason Grimsley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Denny Bautista.

• June 24, 2004

  Received Raúl Casanova from the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Carlos Beltrán to the Houston Astros. Received Mark Teahen and Mike Wood from the Oakland Athletics and John Buck and cash from the Houston Astros. In addition, the Houston Astros sent Octavio Dotel to the Oakland Athletics.

• June 28, 2004

  Purchased José Bautista from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• July 1, 2004

  Purchased Rubén Mateo from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• July 2, 2004

  Signed Wilkin Ruan as a free agent.

• July 9, 2004

  Released Mendy López.

• July 21, 2004

  Received Jason Ryan from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

  Released Jamey Wright.

• July 23, 2004

  Traded Rick Short to the Montreal Expos. Received Scott Randall.

• July 30, 2004

  Traded José Bautista to the New York Mets. Received Justin Huber.

• July 31, 2004

  Traded Rudy Seánez to the Florida Marlins. Received Abraham Núñez.

• August 10, 2004

  Traded Mike Venafro to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Elvin Nina (minors).

• August 13, 2004

  Signed Kevin Hooper as a free agent.

  Selected Matt Kinney off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• August 26, 2004

  Rubén Mateo granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2004

  Alexis Gómez selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• October 4, 2004

  Brandon Berger granted Free Agency.

  Adrian Brown granted Free Agency.

  Damian Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Jarrod Patterson granted Free Agency.

  Matt White granted Free Agency.

• October 6, 2004

  Dee Brown granted Free Agency.

  Matt Kinney granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2004

  Alberto Castillo granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2004

  Cory Aldridge granted Free Agency.

  Raúl Casanova granted Free Agency.

  Travis Chapman granted Free Agency.

  Jason Dickson granted Free Agency.

  Wilton Guerrero granted Free Agency.

  Jed Hansen granted Free Agency.

  Junior Herndon granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Hooper granted Free Agency.

  Norris Hopper granted Free Agency.

  Doug Linton granted Free Agency.

  Scott Randall granted Free Agency.

  Wilkin Ruan granted Free Agency.

  Jason Ryan granted Free Agency.

  Jimmy Serrano granted Free Agency.

  Les Walrond granted Free Agency.

  Kris Wilson granted Free Agency.

  Byron Gettis selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• October 21, 2004

  Signed Alberto Castillo as a free agent.

• October 25, 2004

  Signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Santiago Ramírez as a free agent.

• October 27, 2004

  Signed Cory Aldridge as a free agent.

  Signed Wilkin Ruan as a free agent.

• October 28, 2004

  Juan González granted Free Agency.

  Joe Randa granted Free Agency.

  Kelly Stinnett granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2004

  Dennys Reyes granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2004

  Kevin Appier granted Free Agency.

  Desi Relaford granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2004

  Signed Chris Clapinski as a free agent.

• November 8, 2004

  Traded Ryan Bukvich and Darrell May to the San Diego Padres. Received Terrence Long, Dennis Tankersley and cash.

• November 10, 2004

  Signed Chris Truby as a free agent.

• November 15, 2004

  Signed Steve Stemle as a free agent.

• November 19, 2004

  Signed Ryan Jensen as a free agent.

• December 7, 2004

  Signed Kevin Appier as a free agent.

• December 13, 2004

  Drafted Andy Sisco from the Chicago Cubs in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Chris Demaria from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2004 minor league draft.

• December 15, 2004

  Signed Emil Brown as a free agent.

• December 16, 2004

  Traded Benito Santiago and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Juan Carlos Oviedo.

  Traded Jorge Vásquez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Eli Marrero and cash.

• December 21, 2004

  Miguel Asencio granted Free Agency.

• December 25, 2004

  Signed José Lima as a free agent.

• January 10, 2005

  Signed Luis Ugueto as a free agent.

• January 21, 2005

  Signed Denny Hocking as a free agent.

• January 31, 2005

  Signed Jim Bullinger as a free agent.

• February 9, 2005

  Signed Brian Hunter as a free agent.

• February 22, 2005

  Signed Derrin Ebert as a free agent.

• February 24, 2005

  Signed Matt Diaz as a free agent.

• March 3, 2005

  Signed Carlos Febles as a free agent.

• March 22, 2005

  Signed Joe McEwing as a free agent.

• March 31, 2005

  Abraham Núñez selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• April 1, 2005

  Released J.J. Trujillo.