2004 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 2004

  Received Rigo Beltrán from the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.

• April 3, 2004

  Traded Josh McKinley (minors) and Chris Young to the Texas Rangers. Received Justin Echols (minors) and Einar Díaz.

• April 8, 2004

  Released Joe Vitiello.

• April 29, 2004

  Signed Jorge Toca as a free agent.

• May 5, 2004

  Signed Rob Stanifer as a free agent.

• May 7, 2004

  Traded Benji DeQuin (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Joe Horgan.

• May 12, 2004

  Signed Pedro Borbón as a free agent.

• June 1, 2004

  Released Pat Mahomes.

• June 7, 2004

  Traded Peter Bergeron and Saúl Rivera to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jason Belcher (minors) and Jason Childers.

  Drafted Bill Bray in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 2004.

  Drafted Ian Desmond in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Collin Balester in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 2004.

  Drafted Brett Campbell in the 34th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

• June 8, 2004

  Released Pedro Borbón.

• June 11, 2004

  Released Luis Lopez.

• June 16, 2004

  Traded Julius Matos to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received G.J. Raymundo (minors).

• July 14, 2004

  Released Andy Fox.

• July 18, 2004

  Traded Carl Everett to the Chicago White Sox. Received Gary Majewski and Jon Rauch.

• July 19, 2004

  Signed Scott Randall as a free agent.

• July 22, 2004

  Signed Matt Skrmetta as a free agent.

  Signed Corey Thurman as a free agent.

• July 23, 2004

  Traded Scott Randall to the Kansas City Royals. Received Rick Short.

• July 25, 2004

  Released Wilfredo Rodríguez.

• July 31, 2004

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

• August 3, 2004

  Traded Pierre-Luc Marceau (minors) to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jeriome Robertson.

• August 5, 2004

  Released Jorge Toca.

• August 6, 2004

  Signed Luis Ortiz as a free agent.

• August 11, 2004

  Released Paul Hoover.

  Released Corey Thurman.

• September 16, 2004

  Sent Alex Gonzalez to the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

• December 7, 2004

  Signed Juan Jaime as an amateur free agent.