1997 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 1996

  Signed Juan Rincón as an amateur free agent.

• November 6, 1996

  Signed Jon Shave as a free agent.

• December 4, 1996

  Released Brian Raabe.

• December 5, 1996

  Signed Terry Steinbach as a free agent.

• December 9, 1996

  Drafted Travis Baptist from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 1996

  Traded Matt Walbeck to the Detroit Tigers. Received Brent Stentz (minors).

• December 12, 1996

  Signed Bob Tewksbury as a free agent.

• December 17, 1996

  Traded Pat Mahomes to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Brian Looney (December 17, 1996) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• December 18, 1996

  Signed Greg Swindell as a free agent.

• December 19, 1996

  Signed Eric Anthony as a free agent.

• December 20, 1996

  Signed Gregg Olson as a free agent.

• January 19, 1997

  Signed Grant Balfour as an amateur free agent.

• January 23, 1997

  Signed Kevin Baez as a free agent.

• January 24, 1997

  Signed Greg Colbrunn as a free agent.

• March 26, 1997

  Released Eric Anthony.

• April 8, 1997

  Sent Scott Klingenbeck to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.

• April 24, 1997

  Signed Darrin Jackson as a free agent.

• May 9, 1997

  Selected Kevin Jarvis off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• May 12, 1997

  Signed Brad Thomas as a free agent.

• May 16, 1997

  Released Gregg Olson.

• June 1, 1997

  Signed Luis Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• June 3, 1997

  Drafted Michael Cuddyer in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1997.

  Drafted Matt LeCroy in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 6, 1997.

  Drafted Michael Restovich in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 1997.

  Drafted Kevin Frederick in the 17th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted J.C. Romero in the 21st round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1997.

  Drafted Nick Punto in the 33rd round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 17, 1997

  Kevin Jarvis selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• July 31, 1997

  Dave Stevens selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• August 14, 1997

  Traded Greg Colbrunn to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later. The Atlanta Braves sent Marc Lewis (minors) (October 1, 1997) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• August 20, 1997

  Traded Roberto Kelly to the Seattle Mariners. Received players to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Joe Mays (October 9, 1997) and Jeromy Palki (minors) (October 9, 1997) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• August 30, 1997

  Traded Darrin Jackson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Mick Fieldbinder (minors) (September 4, 1997) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• September 5, 1997

  Traded Greg Myers to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later. The Atlanta Braves sent Steve Hacker (minors) (December 18, 1997) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• October 8, 1997

  Scott Aldred granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1997

  Rich Robertson granted Free Agency.

  Jon Shave granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 1997

  Kevin Baez granted Free Agency.

  José Parra granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1997

  Signed Luis Maza as an amateur free agent.

  Paul Molitor granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1997

  Signed Jon Shave as a free agent.

• November 18, 1997

  Brent Brede selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 25th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Damian Miller selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 47th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• December 5, 1997

  Signed Esteban Beltré as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Turner as a free agent.

• December 6, 1997

  Signed Paul Molitor as a free agent.

• December 11, 1997

  Signed Otis Nixon as a free agent.

• December 12, 1997

  Traded Rich Becker to the New York Mets. Received Alex Ochoa.

• December 16, 1997

  Signed Mike Morgan as a free agent.

• December 23, 1997

  Signed Brent Gates as a free agent.

• December 24, 1997

  Signed Micheal Nakamura as an amateur free agent.

• January 6, 1998

  Signed Ricky Bones as a free agent.

• January 14, 1998

  Signed Orlando Merced as a free agent.

• February 6, 1998

  Traded Chuck Knoblauch to the New York Yankees. Received Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzmán, Eric Milton, Danny Mota and cash.

• March 27, 1998

  Ryan Radmanovich selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• April 1, 1998

  Released Peter Moylan.