1986 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• December 12, 1985

  Traded Mike Stenhouse to the Boston Red Sox. Received Charlie Mitchell.

• December 20, 1985

  Released Ed Hodge.

  Released Rick Lysander.

  Released Dave Meier.

• January 7, 1986

  Traded Bryan Oelkers and Ken Schrom to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ramón Romero and Roy Smith.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Jarvis Brown in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 23, 1986.

  Drafted Mike Dyer in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 15, 1986.

  Drafted Mike Schwabe in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 16, 1986

  Traded Dave Engle to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sánchez.

  Traded Pat Crosby (minors) and Tim Teufel to the New York Mets. Received Billy Beane, Joe Klink and Bill Latham.

• March 23, 1986

  Signed Roy Lee Jackson as a free agent.

• March 31, 1986

  Traded Mike Hart to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later, Ben Bianchi (minors) and Steve Padia (minors). The Baltimore Orioles sent Jeff Hubbard (minors) (April 23, 1986) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• April 8, 1986

  Released Houston Jiménez.

• April 24, 1986

  Signed Frank Pastore as a free agent.

• April 30, 1986

  Purchased Juan Agosto from the Chicago White Sox.

• May 20, 1986

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Keith Atherton. The Minnesota Twins sent Eric Broersma (minors) (May 23, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Derek Parks in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Bronkey in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Schwabe in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bryan Hickerson in the 7th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Reboulet in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1986.

  Drafted Scott Leius in the 13th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1986.

• June 20, 1986

  Traded John Butcher to the Cleveland Indians. Received Neal Heaton.

• July, 1986

  Signed Clay Christiansen as a free agent.

• August 13, 1986

  Traded Dewayne Coleman (minors) and Ron Davis to the Chicago Cubs. Received Julius McDougal (minors), Ray Fontenot and George Frazier.

• September 3, 1986

  Traded Pete Filson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Kurt Walker (minors).

• October 2, 1986

  Jim Eisenreich selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• October 15, 1986

  Andre David granted Free Agency.

  Alejandro Sánchez granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1986

  Roy Lee Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Frank Pastore granted Free Agency.

  Al Woods granted Free Agency.

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Ron Gardenhire. The Minnesota Twins sent Donnie Iasparro (minors) (April 4, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 19, 1986

  Released Ray Fontenot.

• December 20, 1986

  Released Juan Agosto.

  Released Roy Smith.

• December 29, 1986

  Signed Germán González as an amateur free agent.

• Before 1987 Season

  Signed John Butcher as a free agent.

  Signed Ron Musselman as a free agent.

• January 9, 1987

  Signed Juan Berenguer as a free agent.

• January 16, 1987

  Signed Randy Niemann as a free agent.

• February 3, 1987

  Traded Al Cardwood (minors), Neal Heaton, Yorkis Pérez and Jeff Reed to the Montreal Expos. Received Tom Nieto and Jeff Reardon.

• February 20, 1987

  Traded Mike Shade (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Al Newman.

• February 24, 1987

  Signed Billy Sample as a free agent.

  Signed Roy Smith as a free agent.

• March 27, 1987

  Released John Butcher.

• March 30, 1987

  Released Ron Washington.

• March 31, 1987

  Released Mickey Hatcher.

  Traded a player to be named later, Jose Dominguez (minors) and Ray Velasquez (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dave Blakley (minors) and Dan Gladden. The Minnesota Twins sent Bryan Hickerson (June 15, 1987) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.