2003 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 2003

  Signed Danny Kolb as a free agent.

  Signed Lee Stevens as a free agent.

  Released Jake Robbins.

• April 10, 2003

  Signed Dave Pember as a free agent.

  Released Jed Hansen.

• April 26, 2003

  Signed Ken Ray as a free agent.

• April 28, 2003

  Released Jamey Wright.

• May 2, 2003

  Purchased Nate Teut from the Chicago Cubs.

• May 6, 2003

  Signed Dave Burba as a free agent.

• May 10, 2003

  Signed Travis Miller as a free agent.

• May 15, 2003

  Signed Jim Rushford as a free agent.

  Released Scott Seabol.

• May 19, 2003

  Signed Ben Ford as a free agent.

• May 27, 2003

  Traded Alex Sánchez to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chad Petty (minors) and Noochie Varner (minors).

• June 3, 2003

  Drafted Rickie Weeks in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed August 7, 2003.

  Drafted Tony Gwynn in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2003.

  Drafted Carlos Corporán in the 12th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 2003.

  Drafted Mitch Stetter in the 16th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 2003.

  Drafted Ty Taubenheim in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003.

  Drafted Drew Anderson in the 24th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 2003.

• June 4, 2003

  Released Jeffrey Hammonds.

• June 5, 2003

  Released Joe Lawrence.

• June 6, 2003

  Mark Budzinski player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

  Purchased Alex Delgado from Camden (Atlantic).

• July 9, 2003

  Signed Alcides Escobar as an amateur free agent.

• July 10, 2003

  Traded Curt Leskanic to the Kansas City Royals. Received Alejandro Machado and Wes Obermueller.

• July 14, 2003

  Signed Doug Davis as a free agent.

• August 4, 2003

  Signed Derrin Ebert as a free agent.

• August 19, 2003

  Released David Manning.

  Traded Eric Young Sr. to the San Francisco Giants. Received Greg Bruso (minors).

• August 27, 2003

  Traded Mike DeJean to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Crudale (September 10, 2003) and John Novinsky (minors) (September 10, 2003) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• September 2, 2003

  Valerio De Los Santos player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• October 1, 2003

  Cody McKay granted Free Agency.

• October 7, 2003

  Mark Smith granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2003

  Mike Buddie granted Free Agency.

  Pasqual Coco granted Free Agency.

  Jason Conti granted Free Agency.

  Alex Delgado granted Free Agency.

  Derrin Ebert granted Free Agency.

  Travis Miller granted Free Agency.

  Dave Pember granted Free Agency.

  Rubén Quevedo granted Free Agency.

  Ken Ray granted Free Agency.

  Jim Rushford granted Free Agency.

  Nate Teut granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2003

  Royce Clayton granted Free Agency.

  Keith Osik granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2003

  Signed Travis Phelps as a free agent.

  Eddie Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Glendon Rusch granted Free Agency.

  John Vander Wal granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2003

  Dave Burba granted Free Agency.

  Todd Ritchie granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2003

  Signed Chris Coste as a free agent.

• November 16, 2003

  Signed Trent Durrington as a free agent.

• November 24, 2003

  Signed Scott Wiggins as a free agent.

• November 26, 2003

  Signed Chris Magruder as a free agent.

• November 30, 2003

  Signed Alex Delgado as a free agent.

• December 1, 2003

  Traded a player to be named later, Shane Nance and Richie Sexson to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Lyle Overbay, Jorge De La Rosa and Junior Spivey. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.

• December 2, 2003

  Signed Víctor Santos as a free agent.

• December 3, 2003

  Signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.

• December 7, 2003

  Signed Dave Burba as a free agent.

• December 10, 2003

  Signed Jon Nunnally as a free agent.

• December 12, 2003

  Signed Brian Bowles as a free agent.

• December 15, 2003

  Drafted Jeff Bennett from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  John Foster drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Peter Zoccolillo selected by the Texas Rangers in the 2003 minor league draft.

• December 21, 2003

  Jayson Durocher granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 2003

  Signed Gary Bennett as a free agent.

  Signed Matt Erickson as a free agent.

• December 23, 2003

  Signed Ben Grieve as a free agent.

• January 2, 2004

  Signed Adrián Hernández as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed Jeff Liefer as a free agent.

• January 12, 2004

  Signed Luis Figueroa as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Signed Matt Wise as a free agent.

• January 26, 2004

  Signed Scott Sheldon as a free agent.

• January 30, 2004

  Signed José De La Torre as an amateur free agent.

• February 19, 2004

  Signed Chris Michalak as a free agent.

• February 23, 2004

  Luis Martínez selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.

• February 25, 2004

  Signed Dan Reichert as a free agent.

• March 18, 2004

  Released Mike Crudale.

• March 29, 2004

  The Chicago Cubs returned John Foster (earlier draft pick).

  Traded Alejandro Machado to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Fernando Rijo (minors) (May, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• March 30, 2004

  Traded Leo Estrella and Wayne Franklin to the San Francisco Giants. Received Glenn Woolard (minors) and Carlos Villanueva.

• April, 2004

  Released John Foster.

• April 1, 2004

  Released Scott Wiggins.