2004 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 27, 2004

  Purchased Todd Erdos from the Minnesota Twins.

• April 29, 2004

  Released José De La Torre.

• June 1, 2004

  Purchased Jeff Farnsworth from Atlantic City (Atlantic).

• June 7, 2004

  Traded Jason Belcher (minors) and Jason Childers to the Montreal Expos. Received Peter Bergeron and Saúl Rivera.

  Drafted Mark Rogers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2004.

  Drafted Yovani Gallardo in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 7, 2004.

  Drafted Ángel Sálome in the 5th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Andrew Albers in the 12th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Lorenzo Cain in the 17th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed April 24, 2005.

  Drafted Darren Ford in the 18th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed May 15, 2005.

  Drafted Kanekoa Texeira in the 31st round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 14, 2004

  Released Scott Sheldon.

• July 6, 2004

  Released Craig Breslow.

• July 8, 2004

  Released Brian Bowles.

• July 11, 2004

  Sent Chris Michalak to the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.

• July 15, 2004

  Signed Gary Glover as a free agent.

• July 26, 2004

  Received Russell Branyan from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• August 13, 2004

  Matt Kinney selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• August 31, 2004

  Traded Ben Grieve to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Andy Pratt (September 3, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• September 2, 2004

  Traded Dave Burba to the San Francisco Giants. Received Josh Habel (minors).

• September 10, 2004

  Released Nick Neugebauer.

• September 24, 2004

  Selected Sam Narron off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• October 4, 2004

  Jeff Liefer granted Free Agency.

• October 7, 2004

  Mark Johnson granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2004

  Gary Bennett granted Free Agency.

  Selected Derrick Turnbow off waivers from the Anaheim Angels.

• October 15, 2004

  Peter Bergeron granted Free Agency.

  Matt Childers granted Free Agency.

  Chris Coste granted Free Agency.

  Alex Delgado granted Free Agency.

  Trent Durrington granted Free Agency.

  Todd Erdos granted Free Agency.

  Matt Erickson granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Farnsworth granted Free Agency.

  Luis Figueroa granted Free Agency.

  Ben Ford granted Free Agency.

  Adrián Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Jon Nunnally granted Free Agency.

  Travis Phelps granted Free Agency.

  Dan Reichert granted Free Agency.

  Saúl Rivera granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 2004

  Signed Matt Erickson as a free agent.

• October 29, 2004

  Craig Counsell granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2004

  Signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.

• November 17, 2004

  Signed Pat Borders as a free agent.

• November 30, 2004

  Signed Damian Miller as a free agent.

• December 2, 2004

  Signed Rigo Beltrán as a free agent.

  Signed Trent Durrington as a free agent.

• December 3, 2004

  Signed Kane Davis as a free agent.

• December 6, 2004

  Pedro Liriano selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• December 11, 2004

  Traded Danny Kolb to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later and José Capellán. The Atlanta Braves sent Alec Zumwalt (minors) (December 14, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• December 13, 2004

  Traded a player to be named later, Scott Podsednik and Luis Vizcaíno to the Chicago White Sox. Received Carlos Lee. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Travis Hinton (minors) (January 10, 2005) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

  Drafted Marcos Carvajal from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

  Marcos Carvajal player rights sold to the Colorado Rockies.

• December 14, 2004

  Drafted Juan Cerros from the Cincinnati Reds in the 2004 minor league draft.

• December 15, 2004

  Signed Kevin Orie as a free agent.

  Signed Tommy Phelps as a free agent.

• December 16, 2004

  Traded Keith Ginter to the Oakland Athletics. Received Nelson Cruz and Justin Lehr.

• December 21, 2004

  Signed Chad Paronto as a free agent.

  Chris Sáenz granted Free Agency.

  Signed Chris Sáenz as a free agent.

• December 23, 2004

  Signed Julio Santana as a free agent.

• January 10, 2005

  Signed Julio Mosquera as a free agent.

• January 14, 2005

  Signed Rick Helling as a free agent.

• January 19, 2005

  Signed Jason Ryan as a free agent.

• January 21, 2005

  Signed Ricky Bottalico as a free agent.

• January 25, 2005

  Signed Matt DeWitt as a free agent.

• February 7, 2005

  Signed Jeff Cirillo as a free agent.

• March 13, 2005

  Signed Jeff Farnsworth as a free agent.

• March 26, 2005

  Traded Mark Johnson to the Chicago Cubs. Received Travis Ezi (minors).

• March 29, 2005

  Released Brooks Kieschnick.