2003 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 1, 2003

  Sent Mario Encarnación to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• May 3, 2003

  Traded Ben Washburn (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Joe Vitiello.

• May 5, 2003

  Released Damon Buford.

• May 8, 2003

  Signed Hansel Izquierdo as a free agent.

• June 2, 2003

  Signed Blake Stein as a free agent.

• June 3, 2003

  Drafted Chad Cordero in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 2003.

  Drafted Jerry Owens in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2003.

  Drafted Kory Casto in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2003.

  Drafted Josh Whitesell in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2003.

  Drafted Daryl Thompson in the 8th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2003.

  Drafted Luke Montz in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2003.

  Drafted Joe Bisenius in the 21st round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Henderson in the 26th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2003.

• June 6, 2003

  Jeff Liefer selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays off waivers.

• June 17, 2003

  Signed José Rodríguez as a free agent.

• June 18, 2003

  Released Troy Mattes.

• June 26, 2003

  Traded Pat Collins (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Kevin Joseph.

• July 10, 2003

  Signed Héctor Almonte as a free agent.

• July 11, 2003

  Bryan Hebson selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• July 28, 2003

  Signed Vic Darensbourg as a free agent.

• August 20, 2003

  Signed Todd Zeile as a free agent.

• September 2, 2003

  Signed José Mercedes as a free agent.

• October 7, 2003

  Tim Drew granted Free Agency.

  Eric Knott granted Free Agency.

• October 8, 2003

  Vic Darensbourg granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2003

  Jeff Bailey granted Free Agency.

  Luis Figueroa granted Free Agency.

  Edwards Guzmán granted Free Agency.

  Hansel Izquierdo granted Free Agency.

  Randy Knorr granted Free Agency.

  José Mercedes granted Free Agency.

  Luis Ortiz granted Free Agency.

  José Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Blake Stein granted Free Agency.

  Joe Vitiello granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 2003

  Wil Cordero granted Free Agency.

  Todd Zeile granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2003

  Vladimir Guerrero granted Free Agency.

  Fernando Tatís granted Free Agency.

• November 17, 2003

  Signed Christian Parker as a free agent.

• December 12, 2003

  Julio Mañón player rights sold to Kia Tigers (Korean).

• December 15, 2003

  Drafted Andy Fox from the Texas Rangers in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Michael Barrett to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Brett Price (minors) (December 19, 2003) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• December 16, 2003

  Traded Javier Vázquez to the New York Yankees. Received Randy Choate, Nick Johnson and Juan Rivera.

• December 19, 2003

  Signed Carl Everett as a free agent.

  Traded José Macias to the Chicago Cubs. Received Wilton Chavez (minors).

• December 20, 2003

  Signed Mike Judd as a free agent.

• December 21, 2003

  Signed Julius Matos as a free agent.

  Héctor Almonte granted Free Agency.

  Orlando Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Britt Reames granted Free Agency.

• December 26, 2003

  Signed Jeremy Fikac as a free agent.

• December 28, 2003

  Signed Jeff Farnsworth as a free agent.

• January 5, 2004

  Received Melvin Dorta from the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

  Traded Scott Stewart to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ryan Church and Maicer Izturis.

• January 6, 2004

  Signed Tony Batista as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed Paul Hoover as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Lopez as a free agent.

• January 13, 2004

  Signed Gregg Zaun as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Signed Randy Knorr as a free agent.

• January 23, 2004

  Signed Pasqual Coco as a free agent.

• January 29, 2004

  Signed Mike Johnson as a free agent.

• February 13, 2004

  Signed Atahualpa Severino as an amateur free agent.

• March 1, 2004

  Signed Pat Mahomes as a free agent.

  Signed Joe Vitiello as a free agent.

• March 8, 2004

  Released Gregg Zaun.

• March 27, 2004

  Traded Randy Choate to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received John Patterson.

• March 29, 2004

  Traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Alejandro Machado. The Montreal Expos sent Fernando Rijo (minors) (May, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• March 31, 2004

  Released Jeff Farnsworth.