1987 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

  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.

• 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.

• April 10, 1987

  Signed Rich Bordi as a free agent.

  Signed Al Holland as a free agent.

• April 19, 1987

  Released Mike Armstrong.

• May 1, 1987

  Signed Ron Guidry as a free agent.

• May 15, 1987

  Signed Rafael Quirico as an amateur free agent.

• May 18, 1987

  Released Rich Thompson.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Dave Eiland in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987.

  Drafted Gerald Williams in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987.

  Drafted Terry Bradshaw in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted James Mouton in the 42nd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Brad Ausmus in the 48th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

• June 5, 1987

  Released Bob Shirley.

• June 7, 1987

  Traded Joe Niekro to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mark Salas.

• June 10, 1987

  Traded Keith Hughes and Shane Turner to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mike Easler.

• July 13, 1987

  Traded Rich Scheid, Bob Tewksbury and Dean Wilkins to the Chicago Cubs. Received Steve Trout.

• July 31, 1987

  Signed Bob Shirley as a free agent.

• August 26, 1987

  Traded Dennis Rasmussen to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bill Gullickson.

  Traded a player to be named later and Ken Patterson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Soper (minors) and Jerry Royster. The New York Yankees sent Jeff Pries (minors) (September 19, 1987) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• September 4, 1987

  Signed Neil Allen as a free agent.

• September 17, 1987

  Signed Orlando Miller as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Sherman Obando as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1987

  Released Paul Zuvella.

• November 2, 1987

  Released Juan Bonilla.

  Released Al Holland.

  Released Lenn Sakata.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Don Slaught. The New York Yankees sent Brad Arnsberg (November 10, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• November 9, 1987

  Bill Gullickson granted Free Agency.

  Tommy John granted Free Agency.

  Dave Righetti granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1987

  Signed Steve Shields as a free agent.

• November 12, 1987

  Traded Dan Pasqua, Steve Rosenberg and Mark Salas to the Chicago White Sox. Received Richard Dotson and Scott Nielsen.

• November 17, 1987

  Signed Álvaro Espinoza as a free agent.

• December 11, 1987

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

• December 18, 1987

  Released Rich Bordi.

• December 21, 1987

  Signed Tommy John as a free agent.

  Released Mike Easler.

  Released Ron Kittle.

• December 22, 1987

  Traded Henry Cotto and Steve Trout to the Seattle Mariners. Received Lee Guetterman, Clay Parker and Wade Taylor.

• December 23, 1987

  Signed Dave Righetti as a free agent.

• January 6, 1988

  Signed Jack Clark as a free agent.

• January 15, 1988

  Signed John Candelaria as a free agent.

• February 25, 1988

  Signed José Cruz as a free agent.

• March 29, 1988

  Released Pete Filson.

• March 30, 1988

  Traded Orestes Destrade to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Hipólito Peña.