2002 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 2001

  Signed Roger Bernadina as an amateur free agent.

• November 5, 2001

  Bob Scanlan granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2001

  Rob Ducey granted Free Agency.

  Randy Knorr granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2001

  Ryan Minor selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• December 7, 2001

  Signed Randy Knorr as a free agent.

• December 13, 2001

  Drafted Joe Valentine from the Chicago White Sox in the 2001 rule 5 draft.

  Joe Valentine player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• December 21, 2001

  Signed Mark Smith as a free agent.

  Mike Thurman granted Free Agency.

• January 8, 2002

  Signed Dan Smith as a free agent.

• January 11, 2002

  Signed Iván Cruz as a free agent.

  Signed Joe Davenport as a free agent.

  Signed Lyle Mouton as a free agent.

• January 17, 2002

  Signed Scott Winchester as a free agent.

• January 23, 2002

  Signed Joe Vitiello as a free agent.

• February 13, 2002

  Released Mark Smith.

• February 17, 2002

  Signed Sandy Martínez as a free agent.

• February 19, 2002

  Signed Ed Vosberg as a free agent.

• February 21, 2002

  Signed Glen Barker as a free agent.

  Signed José Canseco as a free agent.

• February 22, 2002

  Selected Endy Chávez off waivers from the New York Mets.

• February 23, 2002

  Signed Osvaldo Fernández as a free agent.

• February 24, 2002

  Released Lyle Mouton.

• March 7, 2002

  Signed Andrés Galarraga as a free agent.

  Signed Alan Mills as a free agent.

• March 12, 2002

  Traded Geoff Blum to the Houston Astros. Received Chris Truby.

• March 14, 2002

  Signed Trace Coquillette as a free agent.

• March 20, 2002

  Released Iván Cruz.

• March 23, 2002

  Traded Guillermo Mota and Wilkin Ruan to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jorge Nuñez (minors) and Matt Herges.

• March 24, 2002

  Traded Jason Bay and Jimmy Serrano to the New York Mets. Received Lou Collier.

• March 26, 2002

  Sent Trace Coquillette to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

• March 27, 2002

  Signed James Mouton as a free agent.

  Released José Canseco.

  Andy Tracy selected by the New York Mets off waivers.

• March 28, 2002

  Signed Troy O'Leary as a free agent.

  Signed Henry Rodríguez as a free agent.

  Purchased Jeff Bailey from the Florida Marlins.

• March 29, 2002

  Wilson Valdez selected by the Florida Marlins off waivers.

• March 31, 2002

  Released Glen Barker.

• April 5, 2002

  Traded Phil Seibel, Scott Strickland and Matt Watson to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later, Bruce Chen, Luis Figueroa and Dicky Gonzalez. The New York Mets sent Saúl Rivera (July 16, 2002) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• April 10, 2002

  Released Alan Mills.

• April 15, 2002

  Tomás de la Rosa selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

• April 18, 2002

  Released Ed Vosberg.

• May 3, 2002

  Signed Todd Williams as a free agent.

• May 11, 2002

  Signed Wil Cordero as a free agent.

• May 16, 2002

  Released Henry Rodríguez.

  Traded Chris Truby to the Detroit Tigers. Received José Macias.

• May 28, 2002

  Released James Mouton.

• June 4, 2002

  Drafted Darrell Rasner in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2002.

  Drafted Mike O'Connor in the 7th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2002.

  Drafted Jason Bergmann in the 11th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2002.

  Drafted Sean White in the 35th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 2002

  Released Scott Winchester.

• June 14, 2002

  Traded Bruce Chen to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim Brower.

• June 16, 2002

  Signed Mike Buddie as a free agent.

• June 27, 2002

  Traded Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew.

• July 1, 2002

  Released Osvaldo Fernández.

• July 7, 2002

  Released Darwin Cubillán.

• July 11, 2002

  Traded a player to be named later, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano and Justin Wayne to the Florida Marlins. Received Cliff Floyd, Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Don Levinski (minors) (August 5, 2002) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• July 19, 2002

  Released Sean Spencer.

• July 30, 2002

  Traded Cliff Floyd to the Boston Red Sox. Received Seung Song (minors) and Sun-Woo Kim.

• August 13, 2002

  Purchased Luis Ayala from Saltillo (Mexican).

• September 30, 2002

  Released Lou Collier.

• October 10, 2002

  Released Wilton Guerrero.

• October 15, 2002

  Luis Ayala granted Free Agency.

  Brent Billingsley granted Free Agency.

  Mike Buddie granted Free Agency.

  Randy Knorr granted Free Agency.

  Sandy Martínez granted Free Agency.

  Troy Mattes granted Free Agency.

  Luis Ortiz granted Free Agency.

  Joe Vitiello granted Free Agency.

  Todd Williams granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2002

  Wil Cordero granted Free Agency.

  Andrés Galarraga granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2002

  Troy O'Leary granted Free Agency.

• November 25, 2002

  Signed Luis Ortiz as a free agent.

• December 1, 2002

  Signed Randy Knorr as a free agent.

• December 7, 2002

  Signed Wil Cordero as a free agent.

• December 16, 2002

  Drafted Luis Ayala from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

• December 20, 2002

  Traded Matt Herges to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jon Searles (minors) and Chris Young.

• January 15, 2003

  Traded Jorge Nuñez (minors) and Bartolo Colón to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rocky Biddle, Orlando Hernández, Jeff Liefer and cash.

• January 23, 2003

  Signed Eric Knott as a free agent.

  Released Randy Knorr.

• January 24, 2003

  Signed Randy Knorr as a free agent.

  Signed Troy Mattes as a free agent.

• January 29, 2003

  Signed Trace Coquillette as a free agent.

• January 31, 2003

  Signed Mario Encarnación as a free agent.

• February 12, 2003

  Signed Wilfredo Rodríguez as a free agent.

• February 18, 2003

  Signed Damon Buford as a free agent.

• February 26, 2003

  Signed José Offerman as a free agent.

• March 24, 2003

  Traded a player to be named later and Jim Brower to the San Francisco Giants. Received Edwards Guzmán, Liván Hernández and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Matt Blank (April 30, 2003) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• March 28, 2003

  Released Trace Coquillette.

  Dicky Gonzalez selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• April 1, 2003

  Released José Offerman.