2009 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2008

  Keith Foulke granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2008

  José García granted Free Agency.

  Chris Gissell granted Free Agency.

  Jesús Guzmán granted Free Agency.

  Justin Knoedler granted Free Agency.

  Shane Komine granted Free Agency.

  Chris Michalak granted Free Agency.

  Bret Prinz granted Free Agency.

  Dan Meyer selected by the Florida Marlins off waivers.

• November 10, 2008

  Traded Carlos González, Greg Smith and Huston Street to the Colorado Rockies. Received Matt Holliday.

• November 19, 2008

  Signed Chris Schroder as a free agent.

• November 24, 2008

  Signed Kevin Cameron as a free agent.

• December 1, 2008

  Signed Matt Carson as a free agent.

  Signed Jerome Williams as a free agent.

• January 6, 2009

  Signed Jason Giambi as a free agent.

• January 22, 2009

  Signed Bobby Cramer as a free agent.

• January 29, 2009

  Signed Russ Springer as a free agent.

  Released Andrew Brown.

• February 2, 2009

  Traded Richie Robnett (minors) and Justin Sellers to the Chicago Cubs. Received Michael Wuertz.

• February 4, 2009

  Traded Matt Murton to the Colorado Rockies. Received Corey Wimberly (minors).

• February 9, 2009

  Signed Édgar González as a free agent.

• March 6, 2009

  Signed Orlando Cabrera as a free agent.

  Signed Nomar Garciaparra as a free agent.

• March 17, 2009

  Released Rob Bowen.

• March 27, 2009

  Signed Eric Munson as a free agent.

  Purchased Curtis Thigpen from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• April 2, 2009

  Traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Chad Reineke. The Oakland Athletics sent Danny Putnam (July 8, 2009) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• April 8, 2009

  Selected Dan Giese off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• April 23, 2009

  Signed Andrew Brown as a free agent.

• May 8, 2009

  Traded a player to be named later to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Adam Kennedy. The Oakland Athletics sent Joe Dillon (May 9, 2009) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• May 12, 2009

  Signed Justin Hampson as a free agent.

• May 20, 2009

  Selected Craig Breslow off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• June 9, 2009

  Drafted Grant Green in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.

  Drafted Justin Marks in the 3rd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed July 7, 2009.

  Drafted Max Stassi in the 4th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.

  Drafted Ian Krol in the 7th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.

  Drafted Sam Dyson in the 10th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Murphy Smith in the 13th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2009.

  Drafted Dan Straily in the 24th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2009.

  Drafted Mike Zunino in the 29th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Bolsinger in the 33rd round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 18, 2009

  Signed Shawn Chacón as a free agent.

• June 23, 2009

  Signed Daniel Barone as a free agent.

• July 5, 2009

  Traded a player to be named later, Craig Italiano (minors) and Ryan Webb to the San Diego Padres. Received Scott Hairston. The Oakland Athletics sent Sean Gallagher (July 28, 2009) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• July 9, 2009

  Signed Dewon Day as a free agent.

• July 11, 2009

  Traded Jack Hannahan to the Seattle Mariners. Received Justin Souza (minors).

• July 24, 2009

  Traded Matt Holliday to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Clayton Mortensen, Shane Peterson and Brett Wallace.

• July 31, 2009

  Traded Orlando Cabrera to the Minnesota Twins. Received Tyler Ladendorf.

• August 5, 2009

  Signed Brett Tomko as a free agent.

• August 7, 2009

  Released Jason Giambi.

• August 8, 2009

  Russ Springer selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.

• August 20, 2009

  Purchased Scott Patterson from the San Diego Padres.

• August 27, 2009

  Signed Chris Gissell as a free agent.

• September 2, 2009

  Selected Jon Meloan off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• October 5, 2009

  Chris Schroder granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2009

  Kevin Cameron granted Free Agency.

  Eric Munson granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 2009

  Dan Giese granted Free Agency.

  Édgar González granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2009

  Chad Reineke granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2009

  Bobby Crosby granted Free Agency.

  Justin Duchscherer granted Free Agency.

  Nomar Garciaparra granted Free Agency.

  Adam Kennedy granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2009

  Daniel Barone granted Free Agency.

  Andrew Brown granted Free Agency.

  Shawn Chacón granted Free Agency.

  Dewon Day granted Free Agency.

  Chris Denorfia granted Free Agency.

  Chris Gissell granted Free Agency.

  Justin Hampson granted Free Agency.

  Scott Patterson granted Free Agency.

  Jerome Williams granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2009

  Brett Tomko granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 2009

  Signed Dallas McPherson as a free agent.

• December 3, 2009

  Signed Fernando Hernández as a free agent.

  Traded Ronny Morla (minors), Matthew Spencer (minors) and Jeff Gray to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jake Fox and Aaron Miles.

• December 10, 2009

  Drafted Bobby Cassevah from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2009 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Cedrick Bowers as a free agent.

  Santiago Casilla granted Free Agency.

• December 12, 2009

  Signed Marcus McBeth as a free agent.

  Jack Cust granted Free Agency.

• December 16, 2009

  Traded Brett Wallace to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Michael Taylor.

• December 23, 2009

  Signed Coco Crisp as a free agent.

• December 24, 2009

  Signed Justin Duchscherer as a free agent.

• January 7, 2010

  Signed Jack Cust as a free agent.

  Signed Lenny DiNardo as a free agent.

• January 9, 2010

  Jay Marshall selected by the New York Mets off waivers.

• January 15, 2010

  Tommy Everidge selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• January 16, 2010

  Traded Aaron Cunningham and Scott Hairston to the San Diego Padres. Received Kevin Kouzmanoff and Eric Sogard.

• January 26, 2010

  Signed Ben Sheets as a free agent.

• January 27, 2010

  Signed Dan Giese as a free agent.

• January 31, 2010

  Signed Gabe Gross as a free agent.

• February 1, 2010

  Traded Aaron Miles and a player to be named to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Adam Rosales and Willy Taveras.

  Selected Steven Tolleson off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• February 7, 2010

  Dana Eveland player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• February 9, 2010

  Released Willy Taveras.

• February 11, 2010

  Signed Michael Feliz as an amateur free agent.

• February 28, 2010

  Signed Jason Jennings as a free agent.

  Signed Brett Tomko as a free agent.

• March 9, 2010

  Previous waiver selection of Jay Marshall by the New York Mets voided and player returned.

• March 10, 2010

  Released Jay Marshall.

• March 11, 2010

  Free agent signing of Michael Feliz voided.

• March 15, 2010

  Returned Bobby Cassevah (earlier draft pick) to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

• March 24, 2010

  Traded Gregorio Petit to the Texas Rangers. Received Edwar Ramírez.

• March 28, 2010

  Signed Chad Gaudin as a free agent.