2014 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2013

  Kurt Suzuki granted Free Agency.

  Chris Young granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2013

  Bruce Billings granted Free Agency.

  Andrew Carignan granted Free Agency.

  Drew Carpenter granted Free Agency.

  Brian Gordon granted Free Agency.

  Pat Neshek granted Free Agency.

  Pedro Viola granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2013

  Signed Nick Punto as a free agent.

• November 18, 2013

  Signed Fernando Nieve as a free agent.

• November 20, 2013

  Signed Matt Buschmann as a free agent.

• November 21, 2013

  Scott Sizemore granted Free Agency.

• November 25, 2013

  Traded John Wooten (minors) to the Washington Nationals. Received Fernando Abad.

• December 2, 2013

  Traded a player to be named later and Jemile Weeks to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jim Johnson. The Oakland Athletics sent David Freitas (December 12, 2013) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

• December 3, 2013

  Traded Christopher Bostick and Michael Choice to the Texas Rangers. Received Craig Gentry and Josh Lindblom.

  Traded Seth Smith to the San Diego Padres. Received Luke Gregerson.

• December 4, 2013

  Signed Scott Kazmir as a free agent.

• December 10, 2013

  Traded Brett Anderson and cash to the Colorado Rockies. Received Chris Jensen (minors) and Drew Pomeranz.

• December 11, 2013

  Traded Jerry Blevins to the Washington Nationals. Received Billy Burns.

• December 19, 2013

  Purchased Corey Brown from the Washington Nationals.

• December 20, 2013

  Selected Chris Gimenez off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

• January 2, 2014

  Pedro Figueroa selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.

• January 22, 2014

  Signed Dusty Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Eric O'Flaherty as a free agent.

• January 31, 2014

  Corey Brown granted Free Agency.

• February 4, 2014

  Signed Sam Fuld as a free agent.

• February 17, 2014

  Selected Joe Savery off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• February 27, 2014

  Purchased Jake Elmore from the Chicago White Sox.

• March 3, 2014

  Andy Parrino selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• March 28, 2014

  Chris Gimenez selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• March 31, 2014

  Signed Joe Blanton as a free agent.

• April 10, 2014

  Signed Colin Walsh as a free agent.

• April 15, 2014

  Released Joe Blanton.

• April 16, 2014

  Selected Marcus Walden off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• April 20, 2014

  Sam Fuld selected by the Minnesota Twins off waivers.

• April 21, 2014

  Selected Andy Parrino off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• May 4, 2014

  Selected Nick Buss off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• May 15, 2014

  Traded a player to be named later and Jake Goebbert to the San Diego Padres. Received Kyle Blanks. The Oakland Athletics sent Ronald Herrera (May 28, 2014) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• May 18, 2014

  Selected Jeff Francis off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• June 5, 2014

  Drafted Matt Chapman in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2014.

  Drafted Daniel Gossett in the 2nd round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2014.

  Drafted Heath Fillmyer in the 5th round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2017.

• June 6, 2014

  Purchased Justin Marks from the Kansas City Royals.

  Drafted Brett Graves in the 3rd round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed July 4, 2014.

• June 7, 2014

  Drafted John Nogowski in the 34th round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2014.

• June 9, 2014

  Released Fernando Nieve.

• June 14, 2014

  Traded Michael Taylor to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jake Sanchez (minors).

• June 17, 2014

  Purchased Brad Mills from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• June 20, 2014

  Justin Marks selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• June 25, 2014

  Signed Luis Exposito as a free agent.

• July 5, 2014

  Traded Billy McKinney, Addison Russell, Dan Straily and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija.

• July 11, 2014

  Traded Jeff Francis and cash to the New York Yankees. Received player to be named.

• July 17, 2014

  Brad Mills selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• July 21, 2014

  Released Dusty Brown.

• July 25, 2014

  Purchased Deck McGuire from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• July 31, 2014

  Traded Yoenis Céspedes and 2015 competitive balance round B pick to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jonny Gomes, Jon Lester and cash.

  Traded Tommy Milone to the Minnesota Twins. Received Sam Fuld.

• August 1, 2014

  Released Jim Johnson.

• August 2, 2014

  Jake Elmore selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.

• August 3, 2014

  Signed Luis Martinez as a free agent.

  Released Luis Exposito.

• August 8, 2014

  Purchased Ángel Castro from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• August 24, 2014

  Purchased Bryan Anderson from the Cincinnati Reds.

  Purchased Geovany Soto from the Texas Rangers.

• August 31, 2014

  Traded Nolan Sanburn (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Adam Dunn and cash.

• October 1, 2014

  Daric Barton granted Free Agency.

• October 9, 2014

  Released Adam Dunn.

  Selected Jorge De León off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• October 17, 2014

  Signed Brad Mills as a free agent.

• October 28, 2014

  Signed Kevin Whelan as a free agent.

• October 30, 2014

  Alberto Callaspo granted Free Agency.

  Jonny Gomes granted Free Agency.

  Luke Gregerson granted Free Agency.

  Jason Hammel granted Free Agency.

  Jon Lester granted Free Agency.

  Jed Lowrie granted Free Agency.

  Geovany Soto granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2014

  Selected Andrew Brown off waivers from the New York Mets.

• November 4, 2014

  Matt Buschmann granted Free Agency.

  Nick Buss granted Free Agency.

  Dusty Coleman granted Free Agency.

  Philip Humber granted Free Agency.

  Jefry Marte granted Free Agency.

  Luis Martinez granted Free Agency.

  Luke Montz granted Free Agency.

  Joe Savery granted Free Agency.

  Selected Taylor Thompson off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• November 8, 2014

  Marcus Walden granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 2014

  Signed Carson Blair as a free agent.

  Signed Rudy Owens as a free agent.

• November 17, 2014

  Selected Alex Hassan off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• November 18, 2014

  Signed Pat Venditte as a free agent.

• November 19, 2014

  Signed Billy Butler as a free agent.

• November 20, 2014

  Signed Ryan Verdugo as a free agent.

  Alex Hassan selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• November 23, 2014

  Purchased Ike Davis from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• November 24, 2014

  Signed Matt Buschmann as a free agent.

• November 26, 2014

  Signed Niuman Romero as a free agent.

• November 28, 2014

  Traded Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Franklin Barreto, Kendall Graveman, Brett Lawrie and Sean Nolin.

• December 2, 2014

  Kyle Blanks granted Free Agency.

  Andrew Brown granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 2014

  Traded Brandon Moss to the Cleveland Indians. Received Joey Wendle.

  Josh Lindblom selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

• December 9, 2014

  Traded Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa to the Chicago White Sox. Received Chris Bassitt, Josh Phegley, Rangel Ravelo and Marcus Semien.

• December 11, 2014

  Traded Austin House (minors) and cash to the Colorado Rockies. Received Mark Canha.

• December 17, 2014

  Released Jorge De León.

• December 18, 2014

  Purchased Eury De La Rosa from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

  Traded Seth Streich (minors), Derek Norris and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received R.J. Alvarez and Jesse Hahn.

• December 19, 2014

  Released Nick Punto.

  Shane Peterson selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• December 23, 2014

  Signed Jason Pridie as a free agent.

• January 10, 2015

  Traded John Jaso, Boog Powell, Daniel Robertson and cash to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Yunel Escobar and Ben Zobrist.

• January 14, 2015

  Traded Yunel Escobar to the Washington Nationals. Received Tyler Clippard.

• January 22, 2015

  Signed Luke Carlin as a free agent.

• February 17, 2015

  Signed Barry Zito as a free agent.

• February 26, 2015

  Selected Chad Smith off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• February 27, 2015

  Selected Alex Hassan off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• March 30, 2015

  Released Deck McGuire.

• April 1, 2015

  Released Murphy Smith.