1982 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• December 8, 1981

  Dave Smith selected by the California Angels in the 1981 minor league draft.

• December 11, 1981

  Traded Frank Taveras to the Montreal Expos. Received Steve Ratzer and cash.

  Traded Dan Boitano and Doug Flynn to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Kern.

• December 14, 1981

  Traded Ed Glynn to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Matt Bullinger (minors) (December 14, 1981) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• January 8, 1982

  Traded Ray Searage to the Cleveland Indians. Received Tom Veryzer.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Luis Medina in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kal Daniels in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 10, 1982

  Traded Greg Harris, Jim Kern and Alex Treviño to the Cincinnati Reds. Received George Foster.

• April 1, 1982

  Traded Lee Mazzilli to the Texas Rangers. Received Ron Darling and Walt Terrell.

• April 5, 1982

  Released Mike Cubbage.

• May 10, 1982

  Signed Manuel Lee as an amateur free agent.

• May 21, 1982

  Rick Sweet player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• June 7, 1982

  Drafted Dwight Gooden in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982.

  Drafted Randy Myers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 8, 1982.

  Drafted Floyd Youmans in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Roger McDowell in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982.

  Drafted Tracy Jones in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gerald Young in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Greg Olson in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rafael Palmeiro in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe Redfield in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mickey Weston in the 12th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Barry Lyons in the 15th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Doug Henry in the 16th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Richardson in the 19th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Steve Springer in the 20th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Wes Gardner in the 22nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

• August 4, 1982

  Traded Joel Youngblood to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Tom Gorman (August 16, 1982) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• September 10, 1982

  Traded Tom Hausman to the Atlanta Braves. Received Carlos Diaz.

• September 15, 1982

  Released Paul Wilmet.

• October 22, 1982

  Dave Von Ohlen granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1982

  Released Randy Jones.

• November 10, 1982

  Pete Falcone granted Free Agency.

  Ron Hodges granted Free Agency.

  Ellis Valentine granted Free Agency.

• December 10, 1982

  Traded Mike Scott to the Houston Astros. Received Danny Heep.

• December 16, 1982

  Traded Jason Felice (minors), Lloyd McClendon and Charlie Puleo to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Seaver.

• December 28, 1982

  Traded Pat Zachry to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jorge Orta.

• January 10, 1983

  Signed Mike Bishop as a free agent.

• January 11, 1983

  Drafted Jeff McKnight in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 13, 1983

  Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mike Torrez. The New York Mets sent Mike Davis (minors) (February 15, 1983) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• January 21, 1983

  Released Bruce Bochy.

• January 31, 1983

  Traded Tom Dixon to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Baldrick (minors).

• February 3, 1983

  Signed Ed Hearn as a free agent.

• February 4, 1983

  Traded Jorge Orta to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Steve Senteney.

• February 6, 1983

  Signed Ron Hodges as a free agent.

• March 29, 1983

  Traded Jody Johnston (minors), Steve Walker (minors) and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mark Bradley.