1988 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• 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 Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst from the Oakland Athletics and Jack Savage from the Los Angeles Dodgers. In addition, the Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers; and the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Oakland Athletics.

• 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.

• May 2, 1988

  Signed Juan Castillo as an amateur free agent.

• June 1, 1988

  Drafted Doug Saunders in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kevin Baez in the 7th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1988.

  Drafted Mike Kelly in the 24th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe Vitko in the 38th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 11, 1988

  Traded Gene Walter to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ed Núñez.

• July 13, 1988

  Signed Bob McClure as a free agent.

• July 30, 1988

  Al Pardo player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• August 4, 1988

  Traded Tom McCarthy and Steve Springer to the Chicago White Sox. Received Vince Harris (minors) and Mike Maksudian.

• August 22, 1988

  Signed Héctor Ramírez as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1988

  Greg Olson granted Free Agency.

  Mickey Weston granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1988

  Released Bob McClure.

• November 20, 1988

  Traded Reggie Dobie (minors) to the Seattle Mariners. Received Chuck Carr.

• December 5, 1988

  Marcus Lawton drafted by the California Angels in the 1988 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1988

  Traded Mike Santiago (minors) and Wally Backman to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jeff Bumgarner (minors), Steve Gasser (minors) and Toby Nivens (minors).

• December 11, 1988

  Signed José Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• January 13, 1989

  Traded Rich Rodriguez to the San Diego Padres. Received Brad Pounders (minors) and Bill Stevenson (minors).

• February 20, 1989

  Signed Don Aase as a free agent.

• March 27, 1989

  The California Angels returned Marcus Lawton (earlier draft pick).

• March 28, 1989

  Released Ed Núñez.

  Traded Steve Frey to the Montreal Expos. Received Mark Bailey and Tom O'Malley.

• March 30, 1989

  Released Mike Maksudian.