2012 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 20, 2012

  Zach Miner player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• May 12, 2012

  Signed Doug Davis as a free agent.

• May 17, 2012

  Jamie Romak player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• June 4, 2012

  Drafted Kyle Zimmer in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2012.

• June 5, 2012

  Drafted Sam Selman in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2012.

  Drafted Daniel Stumpf in the 9th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2012.

• June 6, 2012

  Drafted Andrew Triggs in the 19th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2012.

  Drafted Matt Strahm in the 21st round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2012.

  Drafted Alec Mills in the 22nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2012.

  Drafted Ashton Goudeau in the 27th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2012.

  Drafted Evan Phillips in the 33rd round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jake Newberry in the 37th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2012.

• June 21, 2012

  Sean O'Sullivan player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• June 25, 2012

  Signed Yunior Marte as a free agent.

• July 2, 2012

  Released Humberto Quintero.

• July 7, 2012

  Selected Adam Moore off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• July 19, 2012

  Signed Jason Kendall as a free agent.

• July 20, 2012

  Traded Jonathan Sánchez to the Colorado Rockies. Received Jeremy Guthrie.

• July 24, 2012

  Jason Kendall voluntarily retired.

• July 31, 2012

  Traded Jonathan Broxton to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Juan Carlos Sulbaran (minors) and Donnie Joseph.

• August 6, 2012

  José Mijares selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• August 14, 2012

  Released Yuniesky Betancourt.

• September 17, 2012

  Signed Gerson Garabito as a free agent.

• October 3, 2012

  Released Fernando Cruz.

• October 4, 2012

  Mitch Maier granted Free Agency.

• October 5, 2012

  Román Colón granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 2012

  Selected Chris Volstad off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• October 29, 2012

  Jeremy Guthrie granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2012

  Joakim Soria granted Free Agency.

  Traded Brandon Sisk (minors) to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received Ervin Santana and cash.

• November 1, 2012

  Signed Anthony Ortega as a free agent.

• November 2, 2012

  Selected Brett Hayes off waivers from the Miami Marlins.

  Selected Guillermo Moscoso off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

  Blake Wood selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• November 3, 2012

  Cody Clark granted Free Agency.

  Doug Davis granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Guiel granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Kouzmanoff granted Free Agency.

  Manny Piña granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2012

  Signed Manny Piña as a free agent.

• November 8, 2012

  Jeremy Jeffress player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

  Traded Tommy Hottovy to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Desmond Henry (minors) (March 27, 2013) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• November 9, 2012

  Signed Luis Durango as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Wood as a free agent.

• November 12, 2012

  Jason Bourgeois granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2012

  Signed Brian Sanches as a free agent.

  Signed Atahualpa Severino as a free agent.

• November 20, 2012

  Signed Jeremy Guthrie as a free agent.

• November 28, 2012

  Brayan Peña granted Free Agency.

  Chris Volstad granted Free Agency.

  Traded Vin Mazzaro and Clint Robinson to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Luis Rico (minors) and Luis Santos.

• November 30, 2012

  Derrick Robinson granted Free Agency.

• December 6, 2012

  Ryan Dennick drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 2012

  Signed George Sherrill as a free agent.

• December 9, 2012

  Traded Patrick Leonard (minors), Mike Montgomery, Wil Myers and Jake Odorizzi to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received a player to be named later, Wade Davis and James Shields. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Elliot Johnson (February 12, 2013) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• December 11, 2012

  Signed Willy Taveras as a free agent.

  Signed Dan Wheeler as a free agent.

• December 14, 2012

  Signed Xavier Nady as a free agent.

• December 31, 2012

  Signed Endy Chávez as a free agent.

  Signed Miguel Tejada as a free agent.

• January 3, 2013

  Signed Blaine Boyer as a free agent.

• January 12, 2013

  Signed Charles Thomas as a free agent.

• January 25, 2013

  Selected George Kottaras off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• February 4, 2013

  Tony Abreu selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• February 11, 2013

  Signed Zach Jackson as a free agent.

• March 16, 2013

  Guillermo Moscoso selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• March 21, 2013

  Released Blaine Hardy.

• March 22, 2013

  Released Endy Chávez.

• March 26, 2013

  Released Xavier Nady.

  Released George Sherrill.

• March 27, 2013

  Signed Xavier Nady as a free agent.

  Signed George Sherrill as a free agent.

• April 1, 2013

  Released Luis Durango.