1997 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• November 19, 1996

  Signed Alex Diaz as a free agent.

• November 21, 1996

  Signed Steve Bieser as a free agent.

  Signed Matt Franco as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Hardtke as a free agent.

  Signed Andy Tomberlin as a free agent.

• November 25, 1996

  Signed John Habyan as a free agent.

  Signed Gary Thurman as a free agent.

  Mike Fyhrie player rights sold to Chiba Lotte Marines (Japan Pacific).

  Released Doug Henry.

  Traded a player to be named later and Paul Byrd to the Atlanta Braves. Received Greg McMichael. The New York Mets sent Andy Zwirchitz (minors) (May 25, 1997) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• November 27, 1996

  Traded Rico Brogna to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Toby Borland and Ricardo Jordan.

  Traded Jerry Dipoto to the Colorado Rockies. Received Armando Reynoso.

• December 2, 1996

  Signed Rico Rossy as a free agent.

• December 7, 1996

  Brent Mayne granted Free Agency.

• December 9, 1996

  Terrell Lowery drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Ramón Tatís drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Guillermo Mota selected by the Montreal Expos in the 1996 minor league draft.

• December 18, 1996

  Signed Brian Bohanon as a free agent.

• December 20, 1996

  Signed Darrin Winston as a free agent.

  Traded Robert Person to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received John Olerud and cash.

• December 23, 1996

  Signed Todd Pratt as a free agent.

• January 14, 1997

  Signed Rudy Seánez as a free agent.

• February 25, 1997

  Purchased Scott Stewart from St Paul (Northern).

• March 11, 1997

  Signed Jim Dougherty as a free agent.

• March 22, 1997

  Traded Héctor Ramírez to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Manny Alexander and Scott McClain.

• March 25, 1997

  Released Jarrod Patterson.

• March 26, 1997

  Released Álvaro Espinoza.

• March 28, 1997

  Purchased Barry Manuel from the Montreal Expos.

  Released Rico Rossy.

• March 31, 1997

  Released Darrin Winston.

  Traded Tim Bogar to the Houston Astros. Received Luis López.

  Selected Yorkis Pérez off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

• April 3, 1997

  Purchased Takashi Kashiwada from Yomiura Giants (Japan Central).

• April 13, 1997

  Released Alex Diaz.

• April 18, 1997

  Signed Kevin Tolar as a free agent.

• April 30, 1997

  Traded John Carter (minors) and Erick Ojeda (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Ramon Espinosa (minors) and Wes Chamberlain.

• May 12, 1997

  Traded Toby Borland to the Boston Red Sox. Received Ricky Trlicek.

• May 30, 1997

  Sent Rudy Seánez to the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.

• June 2, 1997

  Released Gary Thurman.

• June 3, 1997

  Drafted Tyler Walker in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 1997.

  Drafted César Crespo in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed September 2, 1997.

  Drafted Garrett Atkins in the 10th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Eric Cammack in the 13th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1997.

  Drafted Jeremy Guthrie in the 15th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jason Roach in the 20th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.

  Drafted Jason Phillips in the 24th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1997.

  Drafted Randy Keisler in the 40th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted David DeJesus in the 43rd round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• August 8, 1997

  Traded players to be named later and Lance Johnson to the Chicago Cubs. Received Brian McRae, Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell. The New York Mets sent Mark Clark (August 11, 1997) and Manny Alexander (August 14, 1997) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• August 31, 1997

  Traded Pete Harnisch to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Donnie Moore (minors).

• September 11, 1997

  Charlie Greene selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• October 10, 1997

  Released Takashi Kashiwada.

• October 15, 1997

  Steve Bieser granted Free Agency.

  Jim Dougherty granted Free Agency.

  Shawn Gilbert granted Free Agency.

  Ricardo Jordan granted Free Agency.

  Barry Manuel granted Free Agency.

  Scott McClain granted Free Agency.

  Yorkis Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Andy Tomberlin granted Free Agency.

  Ricky Trlicek granted Free Agency.

  Jason Hardtke selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• October 17, 1997

  Rafael Roque granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1997

  John Olerud granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1997

  Cory Lidle selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 13th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Carlos Mendoza selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 52nd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• November 24, 1997

  Signed John Olerud as a free agent.

• December 6, 1997

  Signed Mike Fyhrie as a free agent.

  Signed Todd Haney as a free agent.

• December 12, 1997

  Traded Alex Ochoa to the Minnesota Twins. Received Rich Becker.

• December 15, 1997

  Brian Edmondson drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Mike Welch to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Héctor Mercado.

• December 18, 1997

  Traded Fletcher Bates (minors) and Scott Comer (minors) to the Florida Marlins. Received Dennis Cook.

• December 19, 1997

  Signed Shawn Gilbert as a free agent.

  Signed Ricky Trlicek as a free agent.

• December 22, 1997

  Traded Carl Everett to the Houston Astros. Received John Hudek.

• December 23, 1997

  Signed Craig Paquette as a free agent.

• December 26, 1997

  Signed Jim Tatum as a free agent.

• December 27, 1997

  Kevin Tolar granted Free Agency.

• January 6, 1998

  Signed Jae Weong Seo as an amateur free agent.

• January 8, 1998

  Signed Tim Spehr as a free agent.

  Released Joe Crawford.

• January 13, 1998

  Signed Masato Yoshii as a free agent.

• January 24, 1998

  Signed Efrain Valdez as a free agent.

• February 5, 1998

  Traded Roberto Petagine to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Yuri Sanchez (minors).

• February 6, 1998

  Traded Rob Stratton (minors), A.J. Burnett and Jesús Sánchez to the Florida Marlins. Received Al Leiter and Ralph Milliard.

• February 10, 1998

  Traded Joe Lisio (minors) to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Mike Bell.

• February 17, 1998

  Signed Nelson Cruz as an amateur free agent.

• March 14, 1998

  Signed Chad Fonville as a free agent.

• March 20, 1998

  Traded a player to be named later and Brandon Villafuerte to the Florida Marlins. Received Rob Stratton (minors). The New York Mets sent César Crespo (September 12, 1998) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• March 26, 1998

  Chad Fonville granted Free Agency.

• March 28, 1998

  Traded Juan Acevedo to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Rigo Beltrán.