1986 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1985

  Butch Wynegar granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1985

  Signed Bob Geren as a free agent.

• November 12, 1985

  Marty Bystrom granted Free Agency.

  Joe Niekro granted Free Agency.

  Phil Niekro granted Free Agency.

  Released Don Cooper.

  Released John Montefusco.

  Released Matt Winters.

• November 13, 1985

  Signed Marty Bystrom as a free agent.

• December 6, 1985

  Traded Billy Sample to the Atlanta Braves. Received Miguel Sosa (minors).

• December 11, 1985

  Released Juan Bonilla.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mike Fischlin. The New York Yankees sent Kevin Trudeau (minors) (April 11, 1986) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 12, 1985

  Traded Joe Cowley and Ron Hassey to the Chicago White Sox. Received Glenn Braxton (minors), Mike Soper (minors) and Britt Burns.

  Traded Rich Bordi and Rex Hudler to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later and Gary Roenicke. The Baltimore Orioles sent Leo Hernández (December 16, 1985) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• Before 1986 Season

  Released Lorenzo Gray.

• January 8, 1986

  Signed Joe Niekro as a free agent.

  Signed Phil Niekro as a free agent.

  Signed Butch Wynegar as a free agent.

• January 11, 1986

  Traded players to be named later and Jim Deshaies to the Houston Astros. Received Joe Niekro. The New York Yankees sent Neder Horta (minors) (September 24, 1985) and Dody Rather (minors) (January 11, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Dean Wilkins in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Darrin Chapin in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January).

• February 6, 1986

  Signed Al Holland as a free agent.

• February 13, 1986

  Traded Glenn Braxton (minors), Neil Allen, Scott Bradley and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received Chris Alvarez (minors), Eric Schmidt (minors), Ron Hassey and Matt Winters.

• March 17, 1986

  Signed John Montefusco as a free agent.

• March 25, 1986

  Released Tom Gilles.

• March 28, 1986

  Released Phil Niekro.

  Traded Don Baylor to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mike Easler.

• April 4, 1986

  Released Al Holland.

• April 10, 1986

  Signed Al Holland as a free agent.

• May 1, 1986

  Signed Iván de Jesús as a free agent.

• May 2, 1986

  Signed Tommy John as a free agent.

• June, 1986

  Released Clay Christiansen.

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Rich Scheid in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tim Layana in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Rosenberg in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Ramos in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Hal Morris in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1986.

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

  Drafted Scott Kamieniecki in the 14th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 1986.

  Drafted Steve Adkins in the 15th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Turner Ward in the 18th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1986.

  Drafted Kevin Maas in the 22nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 1986.

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

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

• June 16, 1986

  Signed Chris Howard as an amateur free agent.

• June 24, 1986

  Released Iván de Jesús.

• June 30, 1986

  Traded Ken Griffey and Andre Robertson to the Atlanta Braves. Received Claudell Washington and Paul Zuvella.

• July 2, 1986

  Purchased Bryan Little from the Chicago White Sox.

• July 4, 1986

  Released Ozzie Canseco.

• July 9, 1986

  Traded Ed Whitson to the San Diego Padres. Received Tim Stoddard.

• July 27, 1986

  Released Dale Berra.

• July 30, 1986

  Traded a player to be named later, Ron Hassey and Carlos Martínez to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ron Kittle, Joel Skinner and Wayne Tolleson. The New York Yankees sent Bill Lindsey (December 24, 1986) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• August 8, 1986

  Released Al Holland.

• October 15, 1986

  Matt Winters granted Free Agency.

  Released Leo Hernández.

  Released Bryan Little.

• November 2, 1986

  Gary Roenicke granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1986

  Mike Fischlin granted Free Agency.

  Ron Guidry granted Free Agency.

  Tommy John granted Free Agency.

  Willie Randolph granted Free Agency.

  Claudell Washington granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1986

  Signed Jeff Moronko as a free agent.

• November 22, 1986

  Rod Scurry granted Free Agency.

• November 26, 1986

  Traded Doug Drabek, Logan Easley and Brian Fisher to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Pat Clements, Cecilio Guante and Rick Rhoden.

• December 6, 1986

  Signed Rod Scurry as a free agent.

• December 7, 1986

  Signed Claudell Washington as a free agent.

• December 11, 1986

  Traded Tommy Barrett and Mike Easler to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jeff Knox (minors) and Charles Hudson.

• December 17, 1986

  Signed Lenn Sakata as a free agent.

• December 19, 1986

  Traded Butch Wynegar to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Ron Romanick. The California Angels sent Alan Mills (June 22, 1987) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• December 20, 1986

  Released Bob Shirley.

• December 22, 1986

  Released Mike Armstrong.

• December 24, 1986

  Signed Gary Ward as a free agent.

• Before 1987 Season

  Signed Mike Armstrong as a free agent.

• January 5, 1987

  Traded Mike Soper (minors) and Scott Nielsen to the Chicago White Sox. Received Pete Filson and Randy Velarde.

• January 8, 1987

  Signed Juan Bonilla as a free agent.

  Signed Tommy John as a free agent.

  Signed Willie Randolph as a free agent.

• January 28, 1987

  Signed Bob Shirley as a free agent.

• February 13, 1987

  Signed Rick Cerone as a free agent.

• March 17, 1987

  Signed Rich Thompson as a free agent.

• March 20, 1987

  Purchased Carlos Rodríguez from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

• March 27, 1987

  Released Rod Scurry.