2020 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2019

  Alex Gordon granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2019

  Winston Abreu granted Free Agency.

  Chase d'Arnaud granted Free Agency.

  Taylor Featherston granted Free Agency.

  Elier Hernandez granted Free Agency.

  Andrés Machado granted Free Agency.

  Adam Moore granted Free Agency.

  Andrew Susac granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2019

  Trevor Oaks selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• November 6, 2019

  Released Jacob Barnes.

• November 16, 2019

  Signed Matt Reynolds as a free agent.

• November 20, 2019

  Signed Andrés Machado as a free agent.

• November 25, 2019

  Released Jorge Bonifacio.

• December 2, 2019

  Humberto Arteaga granted Free Agency.

  Cheslor Cuthbert granted Free Agency.

  Jesse Hahn granted Free Agency.

  Erick Mejia granted Free Agency.

• December 13, 2019

  Signed Jesse Hahn as a free agent.

• December 17, 2019

  Signed Humberto Arteaga as a free agent.

  Signed Erick Mejia as a free agent.

• December 23, 2019

  Traded Cristian Pérez (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Chance Adams.

• December 27, 2019

  Signed Maikel Franco as a free agent.

• January 13, 2020

  Signed Trevor Rosenthal as a free agent.

  Signed Braden Shipley as a free agent.

• January 22, 2020

  Signed Alex Gordon as a free agent.

• February 2, 2020

  Signed Greg Holland as a free agent.

• June 10, 2020

  Drafted Nick Loftin in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 2020 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2020.

• June 11, 2020

  Drafted Tyler Gentry in the 3rd round of the 2020 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2020.

  Drafted Will Klein in the 5th round of the 2020 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2020.

• June 23, 2020

  Signed John McMillon as a free agent.

• July 9, 2020

  Signed Óscar Hernández as a free agent.

• July 16, 2020

  Traded Tim Hill to the San Diego Padres. Received Ronald Bolaños and Franchy Cordero.

• July 28, 2020

  Signed Matt Harvey as a free agent.

• August 9, 2020

  Jorge López selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• August 18, 2020

  Released Heath Fillmyer.

• August 24, 2020

  Signed Walter Pennington as a free agent.

• August 27, 2020

  Traded Brett Phillips to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Lucius Fox.

• August 29, 2020

  Traded Trevor Rosenthal to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later and Edward Olivares. The San Diego Padres sent Dylan Coleman (November 5, 2020) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• August 31, 2020

  Released Braden Shipley.

• September 8, 2020

  Released Humberto Arteaga.

• October 8, 2020

  Signed Tyler Cropley as a free agent.

• October 14, 2020

  Matt Reynolds granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2020

  Óscar Hernández granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2020

  Matt Harvey granted Free Agency.

  Greg Holland granted Free Agency.

  Ian Kennedy granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2020

  Kevin McCarthy granted Free Agency.

  Mike Montgomery granted Free Agency.

  Selected Carlos Sanabria off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• November 2, 2020

  Gerson Garabito granted Free Agency.

  Conner Greene granted Free Agency.

  Andrés Machado granted Free Agency.

  Yunior Marte granted Free Agency.

  Randy Rosario granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2020

  Released Stephen Ridings.

• November 23, 2020

  Released Glenn Sparkman.

• November 30, 2020

  Signed Michael A. Taylor as a free agent.

• December 1, 2020

  Signed Mike Minor as a free agent.

• December 2, 2020

  Maikel Franco granted Free Agency.

  Foster Griffin granted Free Agency.

  Erick Mejia granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Sanabria granted Free Agency.

  Bubba Starling granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 2020

  Signed Carlos Santana as a free agent.

• December 11, 2020

  Signed Foster Griffin as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Sanabria as a free agent.

  Signed Bubba Starling as a free agent.

• December 14, 2020

  Signed Greg Holland as a free agent.

• December 29, 2020

  Signed Ervin Santana as a free agent.

• January 4, 2021

  Signed Erick Mejia as a free agent.

• January 20, 2021

  Signed Wade Davis as a free agent.

• February 5, 2021

  Signed Hanser Alberto as a free agent.

• February 10, 2021

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Khalil Lee to the New York Mets and players to be named later and Franchy Cordero to the Boston Red Sox. Received Andrew Benintendi and cash from the Boston Red Sox. In addition, the New York Mets sent a player to be named later and Josh Winckowski to the Boston Red Sox. The New York Mets sent Freddy Valdez (minors) (June 4, 2021) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. The Kansas City Royals sent Luis De La Rosa (minors) (June 4, 2021) and Grant Gambrell (minors) (June 4, 2021) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• February 22, 2021

  Signed Brad Brach as a free agent.

• March 5, 2021

  Signed Jarrod Dyson as a free agent.