1988 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1987

  Signed Eric Bullock as a free agent.

• November 9, 1987

  Juan Berenguer granted Free Agency.

  George Frazier granted Free Agency.

  Gary Gaetti granted Free Agency.

  Tim Laudner granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1987

  Released Jeff Bittiger.

• December, 1987

  Signed Francisco Oliveras as a free agent.

• December 7, 1987

  Signed T.R. Bryden as a free agent.

  Signed Bryan Clark as a free agent.

  Signed Don Schulze as a free agent.

• December 18, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Don Baylor. The Minnesota Twins sent Enrique Rios (minors) (December 18, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• December 21, 1987

  Released Don Baylor.

  Released Sal Butera.

  Released Steve Carlton.

  Released Dan Schatzeder.

  Released Mike Smithson.

• December 22, 1987

  Signed Juan Berenguer as a free agent.

• December 29, 1987

  Signed Rich Garcés as an amateur free agent.

• January, 1988

  Signed Victor Rodriguez as a free agent.

• January 4, 1988

  Signed Brian Harper as a free agent.

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Sal Butera as a free agent.

• January 7, 1988

  Signed Gary Gaetti as a free agent.

• January 18, 1988

  Signed Kelvin Torve as a free agent.

• January 22, 1988

  Joe Niekro granted Free Agency.

• January 29, 1988

  Signed Steve Carlton as a free agent.

• February 3, 1988

  Signed Tim Laudner as a free agent.

• February 4, 1988

  Signed Charlie Lea as a free agent.

• February 5, 1988

  Traded Chris Calvert (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Freddie Toliver.

• February 9, 1988

  Signed Joe Niekro as a free agent.

• February 24, 1988

  Traded Julius McDougal (minors) to the Detroit Tigers. Received Doug Baker.

• March, 1988

  Released Bryan Clark.

• March 18, 1988

  Released Sal Butera.

• March 24, 1988

  Traded Billy Beane to the Detroit Tigers. Received Balvino Gálvez.

• March 28, 1988

  Traded Don Schulze to the Detroit Tigers. Received Karl Best.

• March 31, 1988

  Signed Bernardo Brito as a free agent.

  Traded Joe Klink to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Russ Kibler (minors) (June 25, 1988) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• April 4, 1988

  Signed Tippy Martinez as a free agent.

• April 5, 1988

  Signed John Moses as a free agent.

  Signed Jim Winn as a free agent.

• April 6, 1988

  Signed Tom Gilles as a free agent.

• April 10, 1988

  Signed Mike Mason as a free agent.

• April 21, 1988

  Released Tippy Martinez.

• April 22, 1988

  Traded Tom Brunansky to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tom Herr.

• April 28, 1988

  Released Steve Carlton.

• May 4, 1988

  Released Joe Niekro.

• May 28, 1988

  Signed John Christensen as a free agent.

• June 1, 1988

  Drafted Alan Newman in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1988.

  Drafted Steve Dunn in the 4th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Pat Mahomes in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1988.

  Drafted Doug Simons in the 9th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted J.T. Bruett in the 11th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Aaron Sele in the 37th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 27, 1988

  Signed Dan Schatzeder as a free agent.

• July 20, 1988

  Signed Mike Misuraca as an amateur free agent.

• August 16, 1988

  Traded Karl Best to the San Francisco Giants. Received Alan Cockrell.

• August 29, 1988

  Traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jim Dwyer. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Kline (minors) (August 31, 1988) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1988

  Dwight Lowry granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1988

  Traded Eric Bullock, Tom Herr and Tom Nieto to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Shane Rawley and cash.

• November 3, 1988

  Traded Kevin Trudeau (minors) and Bert Blyleven to the California Angels. Received Rob Wassenaar (minors), Mike Cook and Paul Sorrento.

• November 4, 1988

  Randy Bush granted Free Agency.

  Jim Dwyer granted Free Agency.

  Tim Laudner granted Free Agency.

  Charlie Lea granted Free Agency.

  Dan Schatzeder granted Free Agency.

• November 23, 1988

  Signed Manny Hernández as a free agent.

• November 30, 1988

  Signed Greg Olson as a free agent.

• December 4, 1988

  Traded Mark Portugal to the Houston Astros. Received a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Todd McClure (minors) (December 7, 1988) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• December 5, 1988

  Drafted Gary Wayne from the Montreal Expos in the 1988 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1988

  Tom Gilles selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1988 minor league draft.

  Signed Jim Dwyer as a free agent.

• December 7, 1988

  Traded Jeff Bumgarner (minors), Steve Gasser (minors) and Toby Nivens (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Mike Santiago (minors) and Wally Backman.

• December 12, 1988

  Signed Randy Bush as a free agent.

• December 19, 1988

  Signed Tim Laudner as a free agent.

• December 21, 1988

  Released John Christensen.

• December 30, 1988

  Signed Orlando Mercado as a free agent.

• February 13, 1989

  Signed Lee Tunnell as a free agent.

• February 28, 1989

  Signed Carlos Pulido as an amateur free agent.

• March 20, 1989

  Traded Balvino Gálvez to the New York Yankees. Received Steve Shields.

• March 21, 1989

  Traded Steve Lombardozzi to the Houston Astros. Received players to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Ramon Cedeno (minors) (September 16, 1989) and Gordon Farmer (minors) (September 16, 1989) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• March 26, 1989

  Traded Keith Atherton to the Cleveland Indians. Received Carmelo Castillo.

• April 1, 1989

  Signed Randy St. Claire as a free agent.