2013 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 17, 2013

  Released Anthony Ortega.

• May 9, 2013

  Brandon Wood player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• May 11, 2013

  Released Dan Wheeler.

• May 17, 2013

  Released Blaine Boyer.

• May 31, 2013

  Atahualpa Severino player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• June 4, 2013

  Selected Quintin Berry off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• June 6, 2013

  Drafted Hunter Dozier in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2013.

  Drafted Sean Manaea in the 1st round (34th pick) of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2013.

  Drafted Cody Reed in the 2nd round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2013.

• June 7, 2013

  Drafted Luke Farrell in the 6th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2013.

• June 8, 2013

  Drafted Kevin McCarthy in the 16th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2013.

  Drafted Frank Schwindel in the 18th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2013.

  Drafted Glenn Sparkman in the 20th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2013.

  Drafted T.J. Zeuch in the 31st round of the 2013 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Shawaryn in the 32nd round of the 2013 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ryan McBroom in the 36th round of the 2013 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Will Craig in the 37th round of the 2013 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 13, 2013

  Nathan Adcock selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks off waivers.

• June 23, 2013

  Selected Maikel Cleto off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• June 27, 2013

  Released George Sherrill.

• June 29, 2013

  Released Xavier Nady.

• July 2, 2013

  Signed Meibrys Viloria as an amateur free agent.

• July 4, 2013

  Signed Ben Broussard as a free agent.

• July 5, 2013

  Released Jeff Francoeur.

• July 13, 2013

  Signed Jason Bergmann as a free agent.

• July 16, 2013

  Selected Pedro Ciriaco off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• July 22, 2013

  Traded Alex McClure (minors) to the Miami Marlins. Received Gorkys Hernández.

• July 24, 2013

  J.C. Gutiérrez selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim off waivers.

• July 25, 2013

  Released Willy Taveras.

• July 31, 2013

  Traded Kyle Smith (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Justin Maxwell.

• August 8, 2013

  Released Adam Moore.

• August 11, 2013

  Purchased Jamey Carroll from the Minnesota Twins.

• August 14, 2013

  Purchased Emilio Bonifácio from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• August 21, 2013

  Signed Adam Moore as a free agent.

  Elliot Johnson selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• August 27, 2013

  Signed Carlos Peña as a free agent.

  Traded Quintin Berry to the Boston Red Sox. Received Clayton Mortensen.

• October 11, 2013

  Jamey Carroll granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2013

  Bruce Chen granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Peña granted Free Agency.

  Ervin Santana granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Tejada granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2013

  Jason Bergmann granted Free Agency.

  Ben Broussard granted Free Agency.

  Gorkys Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Zach Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Devon Lowery granted Free Agency.

  Clayton Mortensen granted Free Agency.

  Rey Navarro granted Free Agency.

  Manny Piña granted Free Agency.

  Max Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  Brian Sanches granted Free Agency.

  Charles Thomas granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2013

  Signed Clayton Mortensen as a free agent.

• November 11, 2013

  Released Luis Mendoza.

• November 16, 2013

  Signed Wilking Rodríguez as a free agent.

• November 17, 2013

  Signed Francisco Peña as a free agent.

• November 18, 2013

  Signed Gorkys Hernández as a free agent.

• November 19, 2013

  Signed P.J. Walters as a free agent.

• November 20, 2013

  Felipe Paulino granted Free Agency.

• November 21, 2013

  Signed Jason Vargas as a free agent.

• November 23, 2013

  Signed Brandon Laird as a free agent.

• November 25, 2013

  Released Irving Falu.

• November 26, 2013

  George Kottaras player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• December 2, 2013

  Chris Getz granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 2013

  Traded Will Smith to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Nori Aoki.

• December 14, 2013

  Signed Brian Bocock as a free agent.

  Signed Cory Wade as a free agent.

• December 16, 2013

  Signed Omar Infante as a free agent.

• December 18, 2013

  Traded David Lough to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Danny Valencia.

• December 28, 2013

  Signed Jason Donald as a free agent.

  Signed Melky Mesa as a free agent.

• January 7, 2014

  Signed Ramón Hernández as a free agent.

• January 16, 2014

  Signed Guillermo Mota as a free agent.

  Signed Brad Penny as a free agent.

• January 23, 2014

  Signed Jon Rauch as a free agent.

• January 29, 2014

  Purchased Carlos Peguero from the Seattle Mariners.

• February 1, 2014

  Signed Bruce Chen as a free agent.

• February 10, 2014

  Released Emilio Bonifácio.

• February 14, 2014

  Signed Mitch Stetter as a free agent.

• February 17, 2014

  Selected Jimmy Paredes off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• February 26, 2014

  Maikel Cleto selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• March 2, 2014

  Signed Jesús Flores as a free agent.

  Guillermo Mota voluntarily retired.

• March 7, 2014

  Released Brad Penny.

• March 14, 2014

  Signed Brett Tomko as a free agent.

  Signed Ramón Troncoso as a free agent.

• March 15, 2014

  Traded Brandon Laird to the Washington Nationals. Received player to be named or cash.

• March 25, 2014

  Adam Moore player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

  Selected Patrick Schuster off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• March 26, 2014

  Released Jon Rauch.

• March 27, 2014

  Returned Patrick Schuster (earlier draft pick) to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• March 29, 2014

  Released Ramón Hernández.

  Released Everett Teaford.