2012 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2011

  Jeff Bailey granted Free Agency.

  Dusty Hughes granted Free Agency.

  Chuck James granted Free Agency.

  Yangervis Solarte granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2011

  Signed Fernando Romero as an amateur free agent.

• November 10, 2011

  Signed Brian Dinkelman as a free agent.

• November 11, 2011

  Signed Jared Burton as a free agent.

• November 16, 2011

  Signed Jamey Carroll as a free agent.

• November 17, 2011

  Signed Matt Carson as a free agent.

  Signed Sam Deduno as a free agent.

  Signed Wilkin Ramírez as a free agent.

• November 18, 2011

  Signed Jason Bulger as a free agent.

• November 22, 2011

  Signed Phil Dumatrait as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Perdomo as a free agent.

  Signed Daryl Thompson as a free agent.

• November 23, 2011

  Signed Ryan Doumit as a free agent.

• December 5, 2011

  Selected Pedro Florimón off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• December 6, 2011

  Signed Matt Capps as a free agent.

  Traded Kevin Slowey to the Colorado Rockies. Received a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Daniel Turpen (minors) (December 8, 2011) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• December 12, 2011

  José Mijares granted Free Agency.

  Jim Hoey selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• December 13, 2011

  Signed René Rivera as a free agent.

• December 14, 2011

  Signed Sean Burroughs as a free agent.

  Signed P.J. Walters as a free agent.

• December 15, 2011

  Signed Steve Pearce as a free agent.

  Signed Aaron Thompson as a free agent.

  Signed J.R. Towles as a free agent.

  Signed Josh Willingham as a free agent.

• December 22, 2011

  Signed Jason Marquis as a free agent.

• January 3, 2012

  Signed Casey Fien as a free agent.

• January 18, 2012

  Signed Joel Zumaya as a free agent.

• January 27, 2012

  Signed Luke French as a free agent.

• February 2, 2012

  Signed Chris Colabello as a free agent.

• February 9, 2012

  Selected Darin Mastroianni off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• March 27, 2012

  Released Jason Bulger.

  Released Steve Pearce.

• March 28, 2012

  Released Joel Zumaya.

• April 14, 2012

  Selected Clete Thomas off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• April 22, 2012

  Luke Hughes selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• April 25, 2012

  Signed Joe Thurston as a free agent.

• May 4, 2012

  Selected Erik Komatsu off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• May 15, 2012

  Released Aaron Bates.

  Released Joe Thurston.

• May 28, 2012

  Jason Marquis granted Free Agency.

• May 29, 2012

  Returned Erik Komatsu (earlier draft pick) to the Washington Nationals.

  Phil Dumatrait voluntarily retired.

• June 1, 2012

  Released Daryl Thompson.

• June 4, 2012

  Drafted Byron Buxton in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2012.

  Drafted José Berríos in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2012.

  Drafted Luke Bard in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2012.

• June 5, 2012

  Drafted JT Chargois in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2012.

  Drafted Tyler Duffey in the 5th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2012.

  Drafted Taylor Rogers in the 11th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2012.

• June 6, 2012

  Drafted James Marvel in the 37th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 27, 2012

  Purchased Shairon Martis from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• July 12, 2012

  Signed Lewis Thorpe as an amateur free agent.

• July 24, 2012

  Signed Eric Hurley as a free agent.

• July 28, 2012

  Traded Francisco Liriano to the Chicago White Sox. Received Eduardo Escobar and Pedro Hernández.

• August 3, 2012

  Signed Chih-Wei Hu as an amateur free agent.

• August 5, 2012

  Traded Danny Valencia to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jeremias Pineda (minors).

• August 11, 2012

  Released Eric Hurley.

• September 10, 2012

  Signed Johan Quezada as an amateur free agent.

• September 28, 2012

  Released Tsuyoshi Nishioka.

• October 4, 2012

  Sean Burroughs granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2012

  P.J. Walters granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2012

  Signed P.J. Walters as a free agent.

  Scott Baker granted Free Agency.

  Matt Capps granted Free Agency.

  Carl Pavano granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2012

  Matt Carson granted Free Agency.

  Alexi Casilla selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

  Selected Thomas Field off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

  Selected Josh Roenicke off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• November 3, 2012

  James Beresford granted Free Agency.

  Luke French granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Gray granted Free Agency.

  Michael Hollimon granted Free Agency.

  Matt Maloney granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Manship granted Free Agency.

  René Rivera granted Free Agency.

  Clete Thomas granted Free Agency.

  Rene Tosoni granted Free Agency.

  J.R. Towles granted Free Agency.

  Kyle Waldrop granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2012

  Signed Eric Fryer as a free agent.

  Signed Tim Wood as a free agent.

• November 14, 2012

  Signed James Beresford as a free agent.

• November 26, 2012

  Signed Jeff Clement as a free agent.

• November 28, 2012

  Signed Jason Lane as a free agent.

• November 29, 2012

  Traded Denard Span to the Washington Nationals. Received Alex Meyer.

  Thomas Field selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim off waivers.

• November 30, 2012

  Lester Oliveros granted Free Agency.

• December 1, 2012

  Signed Lester Oliveros as a free agent.

• December 6, 2012

  Drafted Ryan Pressly from the Boston Red Sox in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Ben Revere to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Trevor May and Vance Worley.

• December 7, 2012

  Signed Bryan Augenstein as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Boggs as a free agent.

• December 9, 2012

  Signed Mike O'Connor as a free agent.

  Signed Ray Olmedo as a free agent.

• December 11, 2012

  Signed Scott Elarton as a free agent.

  Signed Clete Thomas as a free agent.

  Signed Virgil Vasquez as a free agent.

• December 13, 2012

  Signed Kevin Correia as a free agent.

• December 20, 2012

  Signed Mike Pelfrey as a free agent.

• December 21, 2012

  Signed Rich Harden as a free agent.

• February 1, 2013

  Signed Doug Bernier as a free agent.

  Signed Antoan Richardson as a free agent.

• February 14, 2013

  Signed Rafael Pérez as a free agent.

• February 19, 2013

  Signed Kyle Davies as a free agent.

• March 26, 2013

  Released Scott Elarton.

• March 27, 2013

  Released Jason Lane.

• March 29, 2013

  Alex Burnett selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• March 30, 2013

  Signed Eric Farris as a free agent.