2005 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 29, 2005

  Released Jeff Farnsworth.

• May 19, 2005

  Pat Borders player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

  Purchased Mike Rivera from Atlantic City (Atlantic).

• May 23, 2005

  Signed Brian Wolfe as a free agent.

• May 27, 2005

  Released Tim Crabtree.

• May 29, 2005

  Released Matt Ford.

• June 7, 2005

  Drafted Ryan Braun in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2005.

  Drafted Mat Gamel in the 4th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2005.

  Drafted Michael Brantley in the 7th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2005.

  Drafted Jemile Weeks in the 8th round of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Steve Garrison in the 10th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2005.

  Drafted Zach Braddock in the 18th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed May 15, 2006.

  Drafted Taylor Green in the 25th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed May 31, 2006.

  Drafted Jake Arrieta in the 26th round of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 2005

  Traded Junior Spivey to the Washington Nationals. Received Tomo Ohka.

• June 13, 2005

  Signed Warren Morris as a free agent.

• June 17, 2005

  Released Kevin Orie.

  Released Chad Paronto.

• June 23, 2005

  Released Matt Erickson.

• July 19, 2005

  Purchased Joe Thatcher from River City (Frontier).

• July 27, 2005

  Released Ricky Bottalico.

• October 3, 2005

  Julio Mosquera granted Free Agency.

  Tommy Phelps granted Free Agency.

• October 7, 2005

  Julio Santana granted Free Agency.

• October 12, 2005

  Chris Magruder granted Free Agency.

• October 13, 2005

  Víctor Santos granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2005

  Trent Durrington granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2005

  Matt DeWitt granted Free Agency.

  Warren Morris granted Free Agency.

  Chris Sáenz granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2005

  Wes Helms granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2005

  Rick Helling granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2005

  Jeff Cirillo granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2005

  Signed Brian Dallimore as a free agent.

• November 17, 2005

  Released Gary Glover.

• November 21, 2005

  Signed Jeff Cirillo as a free agent.

  Selected Zach Sorensen off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

• November 26, 2005

  Signed Wily Peralta as an amateur free agent.

• November 28, 2005

  Signed Rick Helling as a free agent.

• December 1, 2005

  Signed Brent Abernathy as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Kershner as a free agent.

• December 7, 2005

  Traded Lyle Overbay and Ty Taubenheim to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Bush, Gabe Gross and Zach Jackson.

  Traded Wes Obermueller to the Atlanta Braves. Received Danny Kolb.

• December 8, 2005

  Ben Diggins drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2005 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 2005

  Signed Jared Fernández as a free agent.

• December 21, 2005

  Jeff Bennett granted Free Agency.

  Danny Kolb granted Free Agency.

  Traded Justin Barnes (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Chris Demaria.

• December 22, 2005

  Signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.

• January 1, 2006

  Signed Justin Thompson as a free agent.

• January 3, 2006

  Signed J.C. Boscán as a free agent.

• January 4, 2006

  Signed Danny Kolb as a free agent.

• January 6, 2006

  Released Russell Branyan.

  Traded Brian Wolfe to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Corey Koskie.

• January 10, 2006

  Signed Chris Sáenz as a free agent.

• January 11, 2006

  Signed Corey Thurman as a free agent.

• January 29, 2006

  Signed Joe Winkelsas as a free agent.

• February 1, 2006

  Signed Jermaine Clark as a free agent.

• February 24, 2006

  Brian Dallimore retired.

• February 27, 2006

  Signed Jason Romano as a free agent.

• March 19, 2006

  Signed Allan Simpson as a free agent.

  Signed Joel De La Cruz as an amateur free agent.

• March 28, 2006

  Released Jason Romano.

• March 29, 2006

  Released Kane Davis.