Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 5, 2001
Signed Rob Sasser as a free agent.
Mark Leiter granted Free Agency.
James Mouton granted Free Agency.
- November 6, 2001
Devon White granted Free Agency.
- November 9, 2001
Lance Painter granted Free Agency.
- November 16, 2001
Signed Jayson Durocher as a free agent.
- November 19, 2001
Signed Jimmy Osting as a free agent.
- November 20, 2001
Signed Gus Gandarillas as a free agent.
Signed Andrew Lorraine as a free agent.
- December 6, 2001
Signed Ryan Thompson as a free agent.
- December 13, 2001
Drafted Ryan Christenson from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2001 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Jorge Sosa from the Seattle Mariners in the 2001 rule 5 draft.
- December 17, 2001
Signed Derrin Ebert as a free agent.
Signed Derrick Gibson as a free agent.
- December 18, 2001
Signed Jesús Peña as a free agent.
- December 20, 2001
Signed Everett Stull as a free agent.
- December 21, 2001
Jimmy Haynes granted Free Agency.
- January 11, 2002
Signed Ryan Glynn as a free agent.
- January 17, 2002
Signed Eric Young Sr. as a free agent.
- January 18, 2002
Signed Marcus Jensen as a free agent.
- January 21, 2002
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Jeff D'Amico, Mark Sweeney and cash to the New York Mets. Received Alex Ochoa from the Colorado Rockies and Lenny Harris and Glendon Rusch from the New York Mets. In addition, the Colorado Rockies sent Ross Gload and Craig House to the New York Mets; and the New York Mets sent Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile and cash to the Colorado Rockies.
- January 25, 2002
Signed Matt Stairs as a free agent.
- January 29, 2002
Signed Takahito Nomura as a free agent.
- February 1, 2002
Allen Levrault selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.
- February 8, 2002
Signed Israel Alcántara as a free agent.
Signed Midre Cummings as a free agent.
- February 14, 2002
Signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.
- March 4, 2002
Signed Tim Harikkala as a free agent.
- March 18, 2002
Jorge Sosa selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays off waivers.
- March 20, 2002
Traded Henry Blanco to the Atlanta Braves. Received Paul Bako and José Cabrera.
- March 24, 2002
Traded Jesús Peña to the Texas Rangers. Received Luis Vizcaíno.
Traded Kevin Barker to the San Diego Padres. Received Dusty Wathan.
- March 26, 2002
Signed Hernán Iribarren as an amateur free agent.
- April 3, 2002
Selected Nelson Figueroa off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.
- April 5, 2002
Marco Scutaro selected by the New York Mets off waivers.
- April 15, 2002
Signed Joe Strong as a free agent.
- May 4, 2002
Released Mark Johnson.
- May 11, 2002
Released Dusty Wathan.
- May 26, 2002
Released Robert Pérez.
- May 28, 2002
Signed Bob Smith as a free agent.
- June 4, 2002
Mike Buddie granted Free Agency.
Drafted Prince Fielder in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2002.
Drafted Tom Wilhelmsen in the 7th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 2002.
Drafted Callix Crabbe in the 12th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2002.
Drafted Dana Eveland in the 16th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed May 26, 2003.
Drafted Craig Breslow in the 26th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2002.
Drafted Tim Dillard in the 34th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed May 27, 2003.
Drafted Hunter Pence in the 40th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 6, 2002
- June 9, 2002
Traded Jackson Melian (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Robert Machado.
- June 15, 2002
Released Bucky Jacobsen.
- July 3, 2002
Released Derrick Gibson.
- July 23, 2002
Traded a player to be named later and Tyler Houston to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ben Diggins and Shane Nance. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Brian Mallette (October 16, 2002) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
- July 31, 2002
Traded Sal Fasano and Alex Ochoa to the Anaheim Angels. Received players to be named later and Jorge Fábregas. The Anaheim Angels sent Johnny Raburn (minors) (August 14, 2002) and Pedro Liriano (September 20, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
- August 10, 2002
Purchased Manny Alexander from Cordoba (Mexican).
- August 29, 2002
Traded Jamey Wright and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and Chris Morris (minors). The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Matthews (September 11, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
- August 31, 2002
Traded Mark Loretta and cash to the Houston Astros. Received players to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Wayne Franklin (September 3, 2002) and Keith Ginter (September 5, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
- September 3, 2002
Released Raúl Casanova.
- September 30, 2002
- October 1, 2002
Marcus Jensen granted Free Agency.
- October 11, 2002
Andrew Lorraine granted Free Agency.
Released Nelson Figueroa.
Selected Scott Podsednik off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
- October 15, 2002
Eliézer Alfonzo granted Free Agency.
Midre Cummings granted Free Agency.
Derrin Ebert granted Free Agency.
Gus Gandarillas granted Free Agency.
Tim Harikkala granted Free Agency.
Takahito Nomura granted Free Agency.
Elvis Peña granted Free Agency.
Rob Sasser granted Free Agency.
Bob Smith granted Free Agency.
Ryan Thompson granted Free Agency.
Released Ryan Christenson.
Released Chad Fox.
- October 28, 2002
Lenny Harris granted Free Agency.
José Hernández granted Free Agency.
Matt Stairs granted Free Agency.
- October 29, 2002
Jorge Fábregas granted Free Agency.
- November 5, 2002
Signed Brooks Kieschnick as a free agent.
- November 7, 2002
Signed Cody McKay as a free agent.
- November 13, 2002
Signed Scott Seabol as a free agent.
- November 15, 2002
Traded Jerry Oakes (minors) and Matt Yeatman (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received Matt Kinney and Javier Valentín.
- November 25, 2002
Signed Mark Budzinski as a free agent.
Signed Jed Hansen as a free agent.
- November 26, 2002
Traded Paul Bako to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Ryan Gripp (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
- December 11, 2002
Signed Royce Clayton as a free agent.
Signed Joe Lawrence as a free agent.
- December 16, 2002
Drafted Enrique Cruz from the New York Mets in the 2002 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Matt Ford from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2002 rule 5 draft.
Drafted David Manning from the Minnesota Twins in the 2002 rule 5 draft.
Traded Ray King to the Atlanta Braves. Received John Foster and Wes Helms.
- December 21, 2002
Ronnie Belliard granted Free Agency.
José Cabrera granted Free Agency.
Jim Rushford granted Free Agency.
- January 10, 2003
Signed Mike Buddie as a free agent.
- January 13, 2003
Released Paul Rigdon.
- January 14, 2003
Signed Keith Osik as a free agent.
Signed Todd Ritchie as a free agent.
- January 17, 2003
Signed Chuck Smith as a free agent.
- January 21, 2003
Chuck Smith granted Free Agency.
Selected Brady Clark off waivers from the New York Mets.
- January 27, 2003
Signed Eddie Pérez as a free agent.
Signed Jake Robbins as a free agent.
- January 29, 2003
Signed Mark Smith as a free agent.
- January 31, 2003
Signed John Vander Wal as a free agent.
- February 3, 2003
Signed Vinny Rottino as an amateur free agent.
- February 13, 2003
Signed Tim Crabtree as a free agent.
- February 15, 2003
Signed Leo Estrella as a free agent.
- March 12, 2003
Signed Pasqual Coco as a free agent.
- March 24, 2003
Manny Alexander player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.
Traded Javier Valentín to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Jason Conti.
- March 25, 2003
Released Dave Pember.
- March 26, 2003
Signed Jamey Wright as a free agent.
Released Robert Machado.
Mike Matthews selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.
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