2011 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2010

  Bruce Chen granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2010

  Selected Joaquín Arias off waivers from the New York Mets.

• November 5, 2010

  Selected Lance Zawadzki off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• November 6, 2010

  Shane Costa granted Free Agency.

  Devon Lowery granted Free Agency.

  Ed Lucas granted Free Agency.

  Jai Miller granted Free Agency.

  Scott Thorman granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2010

  Brian Bannister granted Free Agency.

  Traded David DeJesus to the Oakland Athletics. Received Justin Marks and Vin Mazzaro.

• November 15, 2010

  Signed Steven Shell as a free agent.

• November 16, 2010

  Signed Brett Carroll as a free agent.

• November 17, 2010

  Brian Anderson granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 2010

  Signed Miguel Almonte as an amateur free agent.

• November 24, 2010

  Released Bryan Bullington.

• December 1, 2010

  Signed Andrés Machado as an amateur free agent.

• December 2, 2010

  Josh Fields granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 2010

  Signed Jeff Francoeur as a free agent.

• December 9, 2010

  Drafted Nathan Adcock from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2010 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 2010

  Signed Melky Cabrera as a free agent.

• December 17, 2010

  Philip Humber selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• December 19, 2010

  Traded Yuniesky Betancourt, Zack Greinke and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, Jeremy Jeffress and Jake Odorizzi.

• December 31, 2010

  Signed Zach Miner as a free agent.

• January 14, 2011

  Signed Jeff Francis as a free agent.

• January 15, 2011

  Signed Bruce Chen as a free agent.

• January 18, 2011

  Gil Meche voluntarily retired.

• January 26, 2011

  Dusty Hughes selected by the Minnesota Twins off waivers.

• February 3, 2011

  Signed Pedro Feliz as a free agent.

• March 22, 2011

  Brett Carroll player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• March 27, 2011

  Released Pedro Feliz.

• March 28, 2011

  Purchased Matt Treanor from the Texas Rangers.

• April 4, 2011

  Signed Jeff Suppan as a free agent.

• April 13, 2011

  Sent Víctor Marté to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• May 8, 2011

  Sent Grégor Blanco to the Washington Nationals as part of a conditional deal.

  Released Steven Shell.

• May 25, 2011

  Kanekoa Texeira selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• May 26, 2011

  Purchased Felipe Paulino from the Colorado Rockies.

• June 1, 2011

  Traded Lucas May to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Andrea Pizziconi (minors).

• June 6, 2011

  Drafted Bubba Starling in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

• June 7, 2011

  Drafted Cam Gallagher in the 2nd round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2011.

  Drafted Aaron Brooks in the 9th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2011.

  Drafted Terrance Gore in the 20th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2011.

  Drafted Spencer Patton in the 24th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2011.

  Drafted Jakob Junis in the 29th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 14, 2011.

• June 8, 2011

  Drafted Jack López in the 16th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

  Drafted Andrew Vasquez in the 44th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Matt Beaty in the 48th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 2, 2011

  Signed Elier Hernandez as a free agent.

• July 20, 2011

  Traded Wilson Betemit to the Detroit Tigers. Received Antonio Cruz (minors) and Julio Rodriguez (minors).

• July 27, 2011

  Signed Adalberto Mondesí as an amateur free agent.

• July 30, 2011

  Traded Mike Aviles to the Boston Red Sox. Received Kendal Volz (minors) and Yamaico Navarro.

• August 10, 2011

  Released Kyle Davies.

• August 31, 2011

  Matt Treanor player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• September 27, 2011

  Traded Kila Ka'aihue to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ethan Hollingsworth (minors).

• October 7, 2011

  Rob Tejeda granted Free Agency.

• October 10, 2011

  Released Lance Zawadzki.

• October 11, 2011

  Selected Aaron Laffey off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• October 21, 2011

  Jesse Chavez selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• October 30, 2011

  Bruce Chen granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Francis granted Free Agency.

  Jason Kendall granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2011

  Joaquín Arias granted Free Agency.

  Zach Miner granted Free Agency.

  Jamie Romak granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Suppan granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2011

  Signed Jamie Romak as a free agent.

• November 7, 2011

  Traded Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jonathan Sánchez and Ryan Verdugo.

• November 12, 2011

  Signed Francisley Bueno as a free agent.

• November 15, 2011

  Signed Tommy Hottovy as a free agent.

• November 23, 2011

  Signed Bruce Chen as a free agent.

• November 29, 2011

  Signed Jonathan Broxton as a free agent.

• December 1, 2011

  Signed Tony Abreu as a free agent.

  Signed Zach Miner as a free agent.

• December 7, 2011

  Traded Yamaico Navarro to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Diego Goris (minors) and Brooks Pounders.

• December 8, 2011

  Drafted César Cabral from the Boston Red Sox in the 2011 rule 5 draft.

  César Cabral player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• December 9, 2011

  Jeff Bianchi selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• December 12, 2011

  Aaron Laffey granted Free Agency.

• December 13, 2011

  Signed Greg Golson as a free agent.

  Signed J.C. Gutiérrez as a free agent.

  Signed Max Ramírez as a free agent.

• December 14, 2011

  Signed Devon Lowery as a free agent.

• December 20, 2011

  Signed Yuniesky Betancourt as a free agent.

• December 21, 2011

  Signed José Mijares as a free agent.

• January 13, 2012

  Signed Kevin Kouzmanoff as a free agent.

• January 25, 2012

  Signed Román Colón as a free agent.

• February 18, 2012

  Signed Aaron Guiel as a free agent.

• March 6, 2012

  Signed Terry Evans as a free agent.

• March 20, 2012

  Traded a player to be named later and Kevin Chapman to the Houston Astros. Received Jason Bourgeois and Humberto Quintero. The Kansas City Royals sent D'Andre Toney (minors) (June 10, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• March 25, 2012

  Greg Golson player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.