1990 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 13, 1989

  Wally Backman granted Free Agency.

  Carmelo Castillo granted Free Agency.

  Kent Hrbek granted Free Agency.

  Shane Rawley granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Reardon granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 1989

  Drafted Shane Mack from the San Diego Padres in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1989

  Signed Kent Hrbek as a free agent.

• December 29, 1989

  Signed Rich Yett as a free agent.

• January 3, 1990

  Released Jeff Bronkey.

• January 8, 1990

  Signed Carmelo Castillo as a free agent.

• January 12, 1990

  Traded Jim Davins (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Jim Dwyer.

• February 28, 1990

  Signed John Candelaria as a free agent.

• April 4, 1990

  Traded Mike Pomeranz (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Orlando Lind (minors) and Junior Ortiz.

• April 7, 1990

  Signed Terry Leach as a free agent.

• April 13, 1990

  Traded Jeff Satzinger (minors) and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Fred Manrique.

• April 17, 1990

  Traded Alan Cockrell to the Cleveland Indians. Received Charlie Scott (minors).

• May 30, 1990

  Traded Francisco Oliveras to the San Francisco Giants. Received a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Ed Gustafson (minors) (September 26, 1990) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• June 4, 1990

  Drafted Todd Ritchie in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1990.

  Drafted Midre Cummings in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.

  Drafted Jayhawk Owens in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.

  Drafted Rich Becker in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990.

  Drafted Brent Brede in the 5th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.

  Drafted James Mouton in the 8th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Pat Meares in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1990.

  Drafted Jeff Granger in the 14th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Damian Miller in the 20th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1990.

  Drafted Eddie Guardado in the 21st round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed May 23, 1991.

  Drafted Brian Raabe in the 41st round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1990.

• June 22, 1990

  Released Jim Dwyer.

• July 27, 1990

  Traded John Candelaria to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Nelson Liriano and Pedro Muñoz.

• August 8, 1990

  Released Fred Manrique.

• August 25, 1990

  Signed Cory Lidle as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1990

  Doug Baker granted Free Agency.

  Alonzo Powell granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1990

  Randy Bush granted Free Agency.

  John Moses granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1990

  Gary Gaetti granted Free Agency.

• December 2, 1990

  Released Roy Smith.

• December 3, 1990

  Drafted Pat Howell from the New York Mets in the 1990 rule 5 draft.

  Doug Simons drafted by the New York Mets in the 1990 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1990

  Traded a player to be named later and Johnny Ard (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Steve Bedrosian. The Minnesota Twins sent Jimmy Williams (minors) (December 18, 1990) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• December 7, 1990

  Juan Berenguer granted Free Agency.

• December 12, 1990

  Signed Carl Willis as a free agent.

• December 18, 1990

  Signed Randy Bush as a free agent.

• December 20, 1990

  Signed Danny Sheaffer as a free agent.

• Before 1991 Season

  Signed Joey Meyer as a free agent.

• January 14, 1991

  Signed Tom Edens as a free agent.

• January 25, 1991

  Signed Mike Pagliarulo as a free agent.

• January 29, 1991

  Signed Chili Davis as a free agent.

• February 5, 1991

  Signed Jack Morris as a free agent.