2017 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2016

  Conor Mullee selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• November 3, 2016

  Billy Butler granted Free Agency.

  Mark Teixeira granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2016

  Tyler Cloyd granted Free Agency.

  Jonathan Diaz granted Free Agency.

  César Puello granted Free Agency.

  Eddy Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2016

  Selected Joe Mantiply off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• November 17, 2016

  Traded Brian McCann and cash to the Houston Astros. Received Albert Abreu and Jorge Guzmán.

• November 18, 2016

  Released Dustin Ackley.

  Traded James Pazos to the Seattle Mariners. Received Zack Littell.

• November 23, 2016

  Released Nathan Eovaldi.

  Released Joe Mantiply.

  Released Nick Rumbelow.

• November 29, 2016

  Signed Joe Mantiply as a free agent.

• December 2, 2016

  Jacob Lindgren granted Free Agency.

• December 6, 2016

  Drafted Colten Brewer from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2016 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 2016

  Signed Matt Holliday as a free agent.

  Signed Donovan Solano as a free agent.

• December 8, 2016

  Tyler Webb drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2016 rule 5 draft.

  Caleb Smith drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2016 rule 5 draft.

  Luis Torrens drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2016 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 2016

  Signed Jason Gurka as a free agent.

• December 12, 2016

  Signed Rubén Tejada as a free agent.

• December 15, 2016

  Signed Aroldis Chapman as a free agent.

  Signed Nick Rumbelow as a free agent.

• December 20, 2016

  Traded Nick Goody to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Yoiber Marquina (minors) (May 5, 2017) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• December 21, 2016

  Signed Wilkin Castillo as a free agent.

• January 16, 2017

  Signed Jiman Choi as a free agent.

• February 16, 2017

  Signed Chris Carter as a free agent.

• February 20, 2017

  Signed Jon Niese as a free agent.

• February 21, 2017

  Traded Richard Bleier to the Baltimore Orioles. Received player to be named or cash.

• March 16, 2017

  Signed Ernesto Frieri as a free agent.

• March 26, 2017

  Released Jon Niese.

• March 28, 2017

  The Chicago Cubs returned Caleb Smith (earlier draft pick).

  Signed Jon Niese as a free agent.

• March 31, 2017

  The Pittsburgh Pirates returned Tyler Webb (earlier draft pick).

• April 3, 2017

  Signed Eddy Rodríguez as a free agent.

• April 17, 2017

  Traded Johnny Barbato to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Matt Frawley (minors) (June 14, 2017) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• April 30, 2017

  Pete Kozma selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• May 16, 2017

  Signed Kaleb Ort as a free agent.

• June 2, 2017

  Released Jason Gurka.

• June 4, 2017

  Rubén Tejada player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

  Released Ernesto Frieri.

• June 7, 2017

  Released Jon Niese.

• June 12, 2017

  Drafted Clarke Schmidt in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2017.

  Drafted Matt Sauer in the 2nd round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2017.

• June 13, 2017

  Drafted Trevor Stephan in the 3rd round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2017.

  Drafted Canaan Smith-Njigba in the 4th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2017.

  Drafted Glenn Otto in the 5th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2017.

• June 14, 2017

  Drafted Eric Wagaman in the 13th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2017.

  Drafted Garrett Whitlock in the 18th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 2017.

  Drafted Ron Marinaccio in the 19th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2017.

  Drafted Janson Junk in the 22nd round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2017.

  Drafted Tristan Beck in the 29th round of the 2017 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Alika Williams in the 32nd round of the 2017 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Andrew Abbott in the 36th round of the 2017 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Andrew Nardi in the 39th round of the 2017 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 2, 2017

  Signed Ezequiel Duran as a free agent.

  Signed Everson Pereira as a free agent.

  Traded Matt Wotherspoon to the Baltimore Orioles. Received international bonus slot money.

• July 5, 2017

  Purchased Jonathan Diaz from the Toronto Blue Jays.

  Released Tommy Layne.

• July 10, 2017

  Released Chris Carter.

• July 13, 2017

  Traded Tyler Webb to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Garrett Cooper.

• July 19, 2017

  Traded Ian Clarkin (minors), Tito Polo (minors), Tyler Clippard and Blake Rutherford to the Chicago White Sox. Received Todd Frazier, Tommy Kahnle and David Robertson.

• July 23, 2017

  Traded Rob Refsnyder to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Ryan McBroom.

• July 27, 2017

  Released Branden Pinder.

• July 30, 2017

  Traded Dietrich Enns and Zack Littell to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jaime García.

• July 31, 2017

  Yefry Ramírez player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

  Traded Dustin Fowler, James Kaprielian and Jorge Mateo to the Oakland Athletics. Received Sonny Gray and international bonus slot money.

• August 31, 2017

  Purchased Erik Kratz from the Cleveland Indians.

• October 13, 2017

  Jiman Choi granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2017

  Todd Frazier granted Free Agency.

  Jaime García granted Free Agency.

  Matt Holliday granted Free Agency.

  Erik Kratz granted Free Agency.

  Michael Pineda granted Free Agency.

  CC Sabathia granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2017

  Colten Brewer granted Free Agency.

  Daniel Camarena granted Free Agency.

  Wilkin Castillo granted Free Agency.

  Joe Mantiply granted Free Agency.

  Eddy Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Donovan Solano granted Free Agency.

  Mason Williams granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 2017

  Traded Nick Rumbelow to the Seattle Mariners. Received JP Sears and Juan Then.

• November 20, 2017

  Traded Ronald Herrera to the Texas Rangers. Received Reiver Sanmartin.

  Traded Garrett Cooper and Caleb Smith to the Miami Marlins. Received Michael King and international bonus slot money.

• December 7, 2017

  Signed Erik Kratz as a free agent.

• December 11, 2017

  Traded Starlin Castro, José Devers and Jorge Guzmán to the Miami Marlins. Received Giancarlo Stanton.

• December 12, 2017

  Traded Chase Headley, Bryan Mitchell and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Jabari Blash.

• December 14, 2017

  Nestor Cortes drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2017 rule 5 draft.

  Mike Ford drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2017 rule 5 draft.

• December 26, 2017

  Signed CC Sabathia as a free agent.

• January 2, 2018

  Signed Jace Peterson as a free agent.

• January 17, 2018

  Signed Wade LeBlanc as a free agent.

• January 23, 2018

  Released J.R. Graham.

• January 29, 2018

  Signed Danny Espinosa as a free agent.

• January 30, 2018

  Signed David Hale as a free agent.

• February 9, 2018

  Signed Shane Robinson as a free agent.

• February 20, 2018

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Nick Solak to the Tampa Bay Rays and Taylor Widener to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Brandon Drury from the Arizona Diamondbacks. In addition, the Tampa Bay Rays sent Steven Souza Jr. to the Arizona Diamondbacks; and the Arizona Diamondbacks sent players to be named later and Anthony Banda to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Sam McWilliams (minors) (May 1, 2018) and Colin Poche (May 1, 2018) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• February 21, 2018

  Traded Jabari Blash to the Los Angeles Angels. Received player to be named.

• March 2, 2018

  Signed Adam Lind as a free agent.

• March 12, 2018

  Signed Neil Walker as a free agent.

  Released Danny Espinosa.

• March 14, 2018

  Released Adam Lind.

• March 16, 2018

  Traded Jake Cave to the Minnesota Twins. Received Luis Gil.

• March 22, 2018

  Released Wade LeBlanc.

• March 24, 2018

  The Seattle Mariners returned Mike Ford (earlier draft pick).

• March 30, 2018

  Signed Óliver Pérez as a free agent.

• March 31, 2018

  Purchased Daniel Camarena from the Chicago Cubs.