Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- 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.
- April 4, 2012
Sent Cedric Hunter to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.
- April 19, 2012
Brandon Allen selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.
- April 20, 2012
Selected Rich Thompson off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
- April 22, 2012
Selected Luke Hughes off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
- April 30, 2012
Signed Brandon Inge as a free agent.
- May 15, 2012
Selected Travis Blackley off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
- May 28, 2012
Neil Wagner selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.
- June 2, 2012
Released Jeff Fiorentino.
- June 4, 2012
Jason Pridie granted Free Agency.
Drafted Addison Russell in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2012.
Drafted Daniel Robertson in the 1st round (34th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2012.
Drafted Matt Olson in the 1st round (47th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2012.
- June 5, 2012
Drafted Bruce Maxwell in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2012.
Drafted Max Muncy in the 5th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2012.
Drafted Dakota Bacus in the 9th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2012.
- June 6, 2012
Drafted Tyler Olson in the 17th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Boog Powell in the 20th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2012.
Drafted Ryan Dull in the 32nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2012.
- June 9, 2012
Selected Danny Farquhar off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
- June 15, 2012
Released Manny Ramirez.
- June 26, 2012
Danny Farquhar selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.
- July 3, 2012
Signed Luis Barrera as an amateur free agent.
- July 11, 2012
Released Brian Fuentes.
- July 13, 2012
Signed Chris Ray as a free agent.
- July 14, 2012
Released Erick Threets.
- July 17, 2012
Released Luke Hughes.
- July 26, 2012
Released Chris Ray.
- July 28, 2012
Traded Fautino De Los Santos to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received George Kottaras.
- August 3, 2012
Purchased Pat Neshek from the Baltimore Orioles.
Traded Kurt Suzuki and cash to the Washington Nationals. Received David Freitas.
- August 15, 2012
Signed Jeremy Accardo as a free agent.
- August 20, 2012
Traded Sean Jamieson (minors) to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Stephen Drew.
- August 21, 2012
Signed Jason Jaramillo as a free agent.
- August 24, 2012
Purchased Jesse Chavez from the Toronto Blue Jays.
- August 27, 2012
Traded Anthony Recker to the Chicago Cubs. Received Blake Lalli.
- October 18, 2012
Jeremy Accardo granted Free Agency.
- October 20, 2012
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Yordy Cabrera (minors) to the Miami Marlins and Cliff Pennington to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Chris Young and cash from the Arizona Diamondbacks. In addition, the Miami Marlins sent Heath Bell and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- October 27, 2012
Signed Garrett Olson as a free agent.
- October 29, 2012
Signed Mike Ekstrom as a free agent.
Bartolo Colón granted Free Agency.
Jonny Gomes granted Free Agency.
Brandon Inge granted Free Agency.
Brandon McCarthy granted Free Agency.
- October 30, 2012
Dallas Braden granted Free Agency.
Joey Devine granted Free Agency.
- November 3, 2012
Signed Bartolo Colón as a free agent.
Fabio Castro granted Free Agency.
Stephen Drew granted Free Agency.
Jason Jaramillo granted Free Agency.
Kila Ka'aihue granted Free Agency.
Blake Lalli granted Free Agency.
Rich Thompson granted Free Agency.
Merkin Valdez granted Free Agency.
- November 7, 2012
Signed Luke Montz as a free agent.
- November 15, 2012
Signed Justin Thomas as a free agent.
- November 16, 2012
Traded A.J. Kirby-Jones (minors) and Tyson Ross to the San Diego Padres. Received Andy Parrino and Andrew Werner.
- November 26, 2012
Brandon Hicks player rights sold to the New York Mets.
- November 28, 2012
Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Sandy Rosario. The Oakland Athletics sent Graham Godfrey (December 7, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
- November 29, 2012
Signed Scott Moore as a free agent.
- November 30, 2012
Traded Zack Thornton (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Chris Resop.
Jim Miller selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.
- December 10, 2012
Sandy Rosario selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.
- December 18, 2012
Traded Collin Cowgill to the New York Mets. Received Jefry Marte.
- December 22, 2012
Signed Brian Gordon as a free agent.
- January 16, 2013
As part of a 3-team trade, traded a player to be named later, A.J. Cole and Blake Treinen to the Washington Nationals. Received John Jaso from the Seattle Mariners. In addition, the Washington Nationals sent Mike Morse to the Seattle Mariners. The Oakland Athletics sent Ian Krol (March 20, 2013) to the Washington Nationals to complete the trade.
- January 25, 2013
Signed Pedro Viola as a free agent.
George Kottaras selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.
- January 28, 2013
Signed Carlos Fisher as a free agent.
- February 4, 2013
Traded Chris Carter, Brad Peacock and Max Stassi to the Houston Astros. Received Jed Lowrie and Fernando Rodriguez Jr..
- February 12, 2013
Signed Hideki Okajima as a free agent.
- March 16, 2013
Released Garrett Olson.
- March 23, 2013
Selected Nate Freiman off waivers from the Houston Astros.
- March 27, 2013
Selected Dan Otero off waivers from the New York Yankees.
- March 28, 2013
Signed Zach Neal as a free agent.
- March 29, 2013
Selected Josh Stinson off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
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