1987 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 7, 1987

  Signed Bob Gibson as a free agent.

• April 15, 1987

  Signed Alberto Castillo as an amateur free agent.

• May 5, 1987

  Traded Mike Westbrook (minors) to the Cleveland Indians. Received José Román.

• May 10, 1987

  Traded Jason Felice (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bill Latham.

• May 11, 1987

  Traded Ricky Nelson to the Cleveland Indians. Received Don Schulze.

• May 29, 1987

  Traded Scott Little and Al Pedrique to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bill Almon.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Chris Donnels in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.

  Drafted Todd Hundley in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1987.

  Drafted Pete Schourek in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1987.

  Drafted Tim Bogar in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987.

  Drafted Pat Howell in the 9th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1987.

  Drafted Terry Bross in the 13th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.

  Drafted Eric Hillman in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987.

  Drafted Denny Harriger in the 18th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1987.

  Drafted John Johnstone in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.

  Drafted Dan Wilson in the 26th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Anthony Young in the 38th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.

• July 24, 1987

  Signed Al Pardo as a free agent.

• September 2, 1987

  Signed Tito Navarro as an amateur free agent.

• September 15, 1987

  Traded Shane Young (minors) and Jeff Richardson to the California Angels. Received John Candelaria.

• October 15, 1987

  Bob Buchanan granted Free Agency.

  Bob Gibson granted Free Agency.

  Don Schulze granted Free Agency.

  DeWayne Vaughn granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1987

  Bill Almon granted Free Agency.

  John Candelaria granted Free Agency.

  Lee Mazzilli granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1987

  Traded Terry Blocker to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later. The Atlanta Braves sent Kevin Brown (December 8, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 7, 1987

  José Bautista drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1987

  Traded Doug Sisk to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later and Blaine Beatty. The Baltimore Orioles sent Greg Talamantez (minors) (December 11, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 11, 1987

  Signed Ken Dowell as a free agent.

  Traded Victor Garcia (minors) and Rafael Santana to the New York Yankees. Received Steve Frey, Phil Lombardi and Darren Reed.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Jesse Orosco to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jack Savage from the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst from the Oakland Athletics. In addition, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Oakland Athletics; and the Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• December 17, 1987

  Signed Lee Mazzilli as a free agent.

• January 8, 1988

  Signed Bill Almon as a free agent.

• March 20, 1988

  Signed Héctor Carrasco as an amateur free agent.

• March 21, 1988

  Traded Bill Almon to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Vladimir Perez (minors) and Shawn Barton.

• March 26, 1988

  Traded Scott Henion (minors) and Randy Milligan to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tim Drummond and Mackey Sasser.

• April 1, 1988

  Traded John Gibbons to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Craig Shipley.