2011 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2010

  Justin Duchscherer granted Free Agency.

  Ben Sheets granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2010

  Boof Bonser granted Free Agency.

  Justin James selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• November 3, 2010

  Eric Chavez granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2010

  Signed Willie Eyre as a free agent.

• November 6, 2010

  Lenny DiNardo granted Free Agency.

  Tommy Everidge granted Free Agency.

  Fernando Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Jason Jennings granted Free Agency.

  Val Majewski granted Free Agency.

  Marcus McBeth granted Free Agency.

  Dallas McPherson granted Free Agency.

  Edwar Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  Brett Tomko granted Free Agency.

  Matt Watson granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2010

  Traded Justin Marks and Vin Mazzaro to the Kansas City Royals. Received David DeJesus.

• November 12, 2010

  Selected Edwin Encarnación off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• November 16, 2010

  Signed Anthony Lerew as a free agent.

• November 17, 2010

  Signed Jai Miller as a free agent.

  Traded Rajai Davis to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Danny Farquhar and Trystan Magnuson.

• December 2, 2010

  Travis Buck granted Free Agency.

  Jack Cust granted Free Agency.

  Edwin Encarnación granted Free Agency.

• December 10, 2010

  Released Jeff Baisley.

• December 14, 2010

  Signed Hideki Matsui as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon McCarthy as a free agent.

  Released Travis Blackley.

• December 15, 2010

  Signed Vinnie Chulk as a free agent.

• December 16, 2010

  Traded Corey Brown and Henry Rodríguez to the Washington Nationals. Received Josh Willingham.

• December 17, 2010

  Signed Fernando Cabrera as a free agent.

  Selected Philip Humber off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• December 21, 2010

  Signed Rich Harden as a free agent.

• December 23, 2010

  Released Anthony Lerew.

  Traded Corey Wimberly (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Ryan Kelly.

• January 8, 2011

  Traded Ryan Kelly to the Texas Rangers. Received Guillermo Moscoso.

• January 18, 2011

  Signed Grant Balfour as a free agent.

  Philip Humber selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• January 19, 2011

  Signed Brian Fuentes as a free agent.

• January 24, 2011

  Signed Andy LaRoche as a free agent.

  Traded Clayton Mortensen to the Colorado Rockies. Received Ethan Hollingsworth (minors).

• April 18, 2011

  Traded Danny Farquhar to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received David Purcey.

• April 26, 2011

  Released Bo Schultz.

• May 21, 2011

  Signed Lenny DiNardo as a free agent.

• May 27, 2011

  Traded David Purcey to the Detroit Tigers. Received Scott Sizemore.

• May 29, 2011

  Steven Tolleson player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• June 1, 2011

  Signed Jason Bergmann as a free agent.

• June 6, 2011

  Drafted Sonny Gray in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2011.

• June 7, 2011

  Drafted Beau Taylor in the 5th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2011.

  Drafted Blake Treinen in the 7th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2011.

  Drafted Jace Fry in the 9th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 8, 2011

  Drafted Alex Blandino in the 38th round of the 2011 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Christopher Bostick in the 44th round of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2011.

• June 17, 2011

  Signed Doug Mathis as a free agent.

• June 30, 2011

  Sent Mickey Storey to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.

  Traded Mark Ellis to the Colorado Rockies. Received a player to be named later and Bruce Billings. The Colorado Rockies sent Eliezer Mesa (minors) (September 30, 2011) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• July 11, 2011

  Released Bobby Cramer.

• July 14, 2011

  Released Doug Mathis.

• July 31, 2011

  Willie Eyre granted Free Agency.

  Traded Brad Ziegler to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Brandon Allen and Jordan Norberto.

• August 1, 2011

  Matt Carson player rights sold to the Tampa Bay Rays.

• August 23, 2011

  Sent Kevin Kouzmanoff to the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.

• August 31, 2011

  Traded Conor Jackson and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jason Rice (minors).

• September 27, 2011

  Traded Ethan Hollingsworth (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Kila Ka'aihue.

• September 29, 2011

  Andy LaRoche granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2011

  Released Jon Meloan.

• October 25, 2011

  Released Michael Wuertz.

  Selected Cedric Hunter off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

  Selected Evan Scribner off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• October 30, 2011

  Coco Crisp granted Free Agency.

  David DeJesus granted Free Agency.

  Rich Harden granted Free Agency.

  Hideki Matsui granted Free Agency.

  Josh Willingham granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2011

  Jason Bergmann granted Free Agency.

  Fernando Cabrera granted Free Agency.

  Vinnie Chulk granted Free Agency.

  Lenny DiNardo granted Free Agency.

  Brad Kilby granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2011

  Signed Édgar González as a free agent.

  Trystan Magnuson player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• November 9, 2011

  Signed Jeff Fiorentino as a free agent.

• November 11, 2011

  Signed Jim Miller as a free agent.

• November 18, 2011

  Signed Jason Pridie as a free agent.

• December 1, 2011

  Signed Brandon Moss as a free agent.

• December 9, 2011

  Signed Erick Threets as a free agent.

  Traded Craig Breslow, Trevor Cahill and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Ryan Cook, Collin Cowgill and Jarrod Parker.

• December 11, 2011

  Signed Ronald Herrera as an amateur free agent.

• December 23, 2011

  Traded Robert Gilliam (minors) and Gio Gonzalez to the Washington Nationals. Received A.J. Cole, Tommy Milone, Derek Norris and Brad Peacock.

• December 28, 2011

  Traded Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney to the Boston Red Sox. Received Miles Head (minors), Raúl Alcántara and Josh Reddick.

• January 3, 2012

  Jai Miller player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• January 4, 2012

  Signed Fabio Castro as a free agent.

  Signed Travis Schlichting as a free agent.

  Signed Merkin Valdez as a free agent.

• January 5, 2012

  Signed Coco Crisp as a free agent.

• January 16, 2012

  Traded Guillermo Moscoso and Josh Outman to the Colorado Rockies. Received Seth Smith.

• January 24, 2012

  Signed Bartolo Colón as a free agent.

• January 26, 2012

  Signed Jonny Gomes as a free agent.

• January 27, 2012

  Signed Yairo Muñoz as an amateur free agent.

• February 6, 2012

  Adrian Cardenas selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• February 13, 2012

  Signed Yoenis Céspedes as an amateur free agent.

• February 20, 2012

  Signed Manny Ramirez as a free agent.

• March 9, 2012

  Released Landon Powell.

• March 13, 2012

  Selected Brandon Hicks off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

• March 30, 2012

  Released Édgar González.