2004 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 2003

  Signed Seth Greisinger as a free agent.

• November 14, 2003

  Traded A.J. Pierzynski and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano and Joe Nathan.

• November 20, 2003

  Selected Matt Guerrier off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• November 21, 2003

  Signed Chris Heintz as a free agent.

  Signed Greg Halman as an amateur free agent.

• November 24, 2003

  Selected Augie Ojeda off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• November 26, 2003

  Signed Peter Munro as a free agent.

• December 2, 2003

  Signed Joe Roa as a free agent.

• December 3, 2003

  Traded Eric Milton to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later, Nick Punto and Carlos Silva. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Bobby Korecky (December 17, 2003) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• December 7, 2003

  Signed Shannon Stewart as a free agent.

• December 15, 2003

  Traded Bobby Kielty to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later and Shannon Stewart. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Dave Gassner (December 15, 2003) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

  Traded Dustan Mohr to the San Francisco Giants. Received a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent J.T. Thomas (minors) (December 17, 2003) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• December 18, 2003

  Signed Henry Blanco as a free agent.

• December 21, 2003

  Augie Ojeda granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 2003

  Signed Augie Ojeda as a free agent.

• December 28, 2003

  Rick Reed granted Free Agency.

• January 2, 2004

  Signed Kevin Tolar as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed Aaron Fultz as a free agent.

• January 19, 2004

  Signed Juan Díaz as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Signed Rick Helling as a free agent.

  Signed Brian Simmons as a free agent.

• February 6, 2004

  Signed José Offerman as a free agent.

• February 19, 2004

  Signed Andrew Lorraine as a free agent.

• March 31, 2004

  Sean Douglass selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• April 1, 2004

  Sent Kevin Tolar to the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.

  Free agent signing of Greg Halman voided.

  Released Andrew Lorraine.

• April 2, 2004

  Purchased Terry Mulholland from the Seattle Mariners.

• April 9, 2004

  Micheal Nakamura selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• April 11, 2004

  Signed Joe Beimel as a free agent.

• April 21, 2004

  Brad Thomas player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• April 27, 2004

  Todd Erdos player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• May 12, 2004

  Signed Yohan Pino as an amateur free agent.

• May 26, 2004

  Signed Todd Dunwoody as a free agent.

• May 31, 2004

  Released Peter Munro.

• June 2, 2004

  Released Rick Helling.

• June 7, 2004

  Signed Gary Glover as a free agent.

  Drafted Trevor Plouffe in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Glen Perkins in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2004.

  Drafted Kyle Waldrop in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Matt Fox in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2004.

  Drafted Anthony Swarzak in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2004.

  Drafted Matt Tolbert in the 16th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Rene Tosoni in the 34th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 1, 2004

  Released Gary Glover.

• July 7, 2004

  Signed Wilson Ramos as an amateur free agent.

• July 15, 2004

  Released Brian Simmons.

• July 31, 2004

  As part of a 4-team trade, traded Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox. Received Justin Jones (minors) from the Chicago Cubs. In addition, the Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox; ; and the Chicago Cubs sent Francis Beltrán, Alex Gonzalez and Brendan Harris to the Montreal Expos.

• August 31, 2004

  Traded B.J. Garbe (minors) to the Seattle Mariners. Received Pat Borders.

• October 4, 2004

  Selected Corky Miller off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• October 6, 2004

  Alex Prieto granted Free Agency.

• October 8, 2004

  Joe Roa granted Free Agency.

• October 9, 2004

  Joe Beimel granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2004

  Aaron Fultz selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• October 15, 2004

  Pat Borders granted Free Agency.

  Juan Díaz granted Free Agency.

  José Offerman granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Pulido granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2004

  Henry Blanco granted Free Agency.

  Brad Radke granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2004

  Cristian Guzmán granted Free Agency.

  Terry Mulholland granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2004

  Corey Koskie granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 2004

  Released Seth Greisinger.

• November 15, 2004

  Signed Jason Tyner as a free agent.

  Signed Gil Velazquez as a free agent.

• November 23, 2004

  Signed Juan Castro as a free agent.

• November 24, 2004

  Signed Mike Redmond as a free agent.

• December 7, 2004

  Signed Brad Radke as a free agent.

• December 13, 2004

  Drafted Ryan Rowland-Smith from the Seattle Mariners in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Armando Gabino from the Cleveland Indians in the 2004 minor league draft.

• December 14, 2004

  Signed Bud Smith as a free agent.

  Signed Glenn Williams as a free agent.

• December 15, 2004

  Signed Terry Mulholland as a free agent.

• December 16, 2004

  Signed Trey Hodges as a free agent.

• December 17, 2004

  Signed Luis Jiménez as a free agent.

• December 21, 2004

  Signed Pat Strange as a free agent.

• January 3, 2005

  Signed Brent Abernathy as a free agent.

• January 4, 2005

  Signed Andy Fox as a free agent.

• January 18, 2005

  Signed Eric Munson as a free agent.

• January 24, 2005

  Signed C.J. Nitkowski as a free agent.

  Released Adam Johnson.

• January 27, 2005

  Signed Armando Ríos as a free agent.

• March 25, 2005

  Returned Ryan Rowland-Smith (earlier draft pick) to the Seattle Mariners.

• March 27, 2005

  Released Andy Fox.

  Released Eric Munson.

• March 31, 2005

  Released C.J. Nitkowski.

  Michael Restovich selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays off waivers.