1986 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1985

  Larry Bowa granted Free Agency.

  Rusty Staub granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1985

  Released Kelvin Chapman.

  Released Brent Gaff.

  Released Tom Paciorek.

  Traded John Christensen, Wes Gardner, Calvin Schiraldi and La Schelle Tarver to the Boston Red Sox. Received Chris Bayer (minors), Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Bob Ojeda.

• December 10, 1985

  Clint Hurdle drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

• Before 1986 Season

  Signed Doug Gwosdz as a free agent.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Terry McDaniel in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Dean Hartgraves in the 12th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 16, 1986

  Traded Jeff Bittiger and Ronn Reynolds to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Rodger Cole (minors) and Ron Gideon (minors).

  Traded Billy Beane, Joe Klink and Bill Latham to the Minnesota Twins. Received Pat Crosby (minors) and Tim Teufel.

• February 7, 1986

  Released Ross Jones.

• March 4, 1986

  Signed Tim Corcoran as a free agent.

• March 6, 1986

  Signed Julio Valera as an amateur free agent.

• April 1, 1986

  Released Tom Gorman.

  Traded Angel Salazar to the Kansas City Royals. Received Tony Ferreira.

• April 2, 1986

  Traded Ed Olwine to the Atlanta Braves. Received Mike Santiago (minors).

• April 5, 1986

  Traded Rodger Cole (minors) and Joe Graves (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Doug Frobel.

• April 25, 1986

  Traded Joe Redfield to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Rick Lockwood (minors).

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Kip Gross in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1986.

  Drafted Eddie Zosky in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jerry Nielsen in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Curtis Pride in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1986.

  Drafted Archie Corbin in the 16th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1986.

  Drafted Cal Eldred in the 26th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Olerud in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ever Magallanes in the 31st round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Scott Erickson in the 36th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Todd Jones in the 41st round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 1986

  Released Tim Corcoran.

• June 30, 1986

  Traded Ed Lynch to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dave Lenderman (minors) and Dave Liddell.

• August 3, 1986

  Signed Lee Mazzilli as a free agent.

• August 7, 1986

  Released George Foster.

• August 24, 1986

  Signed Alex Diaz as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1986

  Doug Frobel granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1986

  Danny Heep granted Free Agency.

  Ray Knight granted Free Agency.

  Randy Niemann granted Free Agency.

  Traded Ron Gardenhire to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Donnie Iasparro (minors) (April 4, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• November 24, 1986

  Signed Bob Buchanan as a free agent.

• December 9, 1986

  Heathcliff Slocumb selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 1986 minor league draft.

• December 11, 1986

  Traded Kevin Armstrong (minors), Kevin Brown (minors), Shawn Abner, Stan Jefferson and Kevin Mitchell to the San Diego Padres. Received Adam Ging (minors), Kevin McReynolds and Gene Walter.

• December 17, 1986

  Traded Doug Gwosdz to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ricky Nelson.

• Before 1987 Season

  Released Bruce Berenyi.

• February 9, 1987

  Signed Clint Hurdle as a free agent.

• February 20, 1987

  Signed Andre David as a free agent.

• February 27, 1987

  Signed Chris Green as a free agent.

• March 27, 1987

  Traded Rick Anderson, Mauro Gozzo and Ed Hearn to the Kansas City Royals. Received David Cone and Chris Jelic.

• April, 1987

  Released Chris Green.