Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 1, 2004
Signed Mark Budzinski as a free agent.
Eric Milton granted Free Agency.
- November 9, 2004
Eric Junge granted Free Agency.
- November 15, 2004
Signed Clay Condrey as a free agent.
Signed Robert Ellis as a free agent.
Signed A.J. Hinch as a free agent.
Signed Aaron Myette as a free agent.
- November 17, 2004
Signed Cory Lidle as a free agent.
- November 18, 2004
Signed Mike Bacsik as a free agent.
- December 3, 2004
Traded Félix Rodríguez to the New York Yankees. Received Kenny Lofton.
- December 6, 2004
Selected Pedro Liriano off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
- December 7, 2004
Signed Rheal Cormier as a free agent.
Signed Todd Pratt as a free agent.
- December 8, 2004
Signed Jon Lieber as a free agent.
- December 13, 2004
Drafted Chris Gomez from the Baltimore Orioles in the 2004 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Shane Victorino from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2004 rule 5 draft.
Jean Machi selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2004 minor league draft.
Signed Yohan Flande as an amateur free agent.
- December 19, 2004
Signed Plácido Polanco as a free agent.
- December 20, 2004
Chris Gomez player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.
Aaron Myette player rights sold to Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (Japan Pacific).
- December 21, 2004
Lou Collier granted Free Agency.
Michel Hernández granted Free Agency.
Jorge Padilla granted Free Agency.
Geoff Geary granted Free Agency.
Amaury Telemaco granted Free Agency.
Signed Geoff Geary as a free agent.
Signed Amaury Telemaco as a free agent.
- December 29, 2004
Signed Jorge Padilla as a free agent.
- January 11, 2005
Signed Terry Adams as a free agent.
- January 19, 2005
Signed José Offerman as a free agent.
- January 20, 2005
Signed Alex Prieto as a free agent.
- January 21, 2005
Selected Edwin Moreno off waivers from the Texas Rangers.
- February 4, 2005
Signed Juan Sosa as a free agent.
- February 17, 2005
Signed Antonio Bastardo as an amateur free agent.
- March 30, 2005
Released Amaury Telemaco.
- April 1, 2005
Released Kevin Barker.
- April 2, 2005
Signed Mike Smith as a free agent.
- April 8, 2005
Signed Amaury Telemaco as a free agent.
- April 25, 2005
Sent Alex Prieto to the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.
- May 14, 2005
Traded Marlon Byrd to the Washington Nationals. Received Endy Chávez.
- May 20, 2005
Released José Offerman.
- May 24, 2005
Released Terry Adams.
- June 7, 2005
Drafted Mike Costanzo in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2005.
Drafted Matt Maloney in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2005.
Drafted Josh Outman in the 10th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2005.
Drafted Tuffy Gosewisch in the 11th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2005.
Drafted Mike Zagurski in the 12th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2005.
Drafted Vance Worley in the 20th round of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 8, 2005
Traded Plácido Polanco to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ramón Martínez and Ugueth Urbina.
- June 9, 2005
Released Amaury Telemaco.
- June 14, 2005
Signed Amaury Telemaco as a free agent.
- July 4, 2005
Released Amaury Telemaco.
- July 21, 2005
Traded Tim Worrell and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Matt Kata.
- August 1, 2005
Signed Jared Fernández as a free agent.
- August 2, 2005
Selected Aquilino López off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.
- August 10, 2005
Signed Brady Raggio as a free agent.
- August 27, 2005
Traded Kelvin Pichardo (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Michael Tucker.
- October 3, 2005
Clay Condrey granted Free Agency.
- October 11, 2005
A.J. Hinch granted Free Agency.
- October 15, 2005
Mike Bacsik granted Free Agency.
Mark Budzinski granted Free Agency.
Chris Coste granted Free Agency.
Robert Ellis granted Free Agency.
Jared Fernández granted Free Agency.
Edwin Moreno granted Free Agency.
Jorge Padilla granted Free Agency.
Brady Raggio granted Free Agency.
Randy Ruiz granted Free Agency.
Jim Rushford granted Free Agency.
- October 25, 2005
Mike Smith granted Free Agency.
- October 27, 2005
Ramón Martínez granted Free Agency.
Michael Tucker granted Free Agency.
Billy Wagner granted Free Agency.
- October 29, 2005
Signed Clay Condrey as a free agent.
- November 1, 2005
Todd Pratt granted Free Agency.
Ugueth Urbina granted Free Agency.
- November 2, 2005
Kenny Lofton granted Free Agency.
- November 15, 2005
Signed Chris Coste as a free agent.
- November 24, 2005
Signed Aaron Myette as a free agent.
- November 25, 2005
Traded Jim Thome and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later, Daniel Haigwood (minors) and Aaron Rowand. The Chicago White Sox sent Gio Gonzalez (December 8, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
- November 30, 2005
Signed Abraham Núñez as a free agent.
Signed Julio Santana as a free agent.
- December 1, 2005
Signed Sal Fasano as a free agent.
- December 2, 2005
Released Pedro Liriano.
- December 6, 2005
Signed Tom Gordon as a free agent.
- December 8, 2005
Purchased Chris Booker from the Detroit Tigers.
- December 12, 2005
Traded Vicente Padilla to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Ricardo Rodríguez (December 19, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
- December 20, 2005
Signed Peter Bergeron as a free agent.
- December 21, 2005
Endy Chávez granted Free Agency.
- January 6, 2006
Selected Josh Kroeger off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- January 10, 2006
Signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.
Signed Dusty Wathan as a free agent.
Signed Matt White as a free agent.
- January 13, 2006
Signed Ryan Franklin as a free agent.
- January 27, 2006
Traded Jason Michaels to the Cleveland Indians. Received Arthur Rhodes.
- January 28, 2006
Signed Joe Thurston as a free agent.
- March 1, 2006
Signed Alex Gonzalez as a free agent.
- March 15, 2006
Matt Kata selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.
- March 28, 2006
Traded Aquilino López to the San Diego Padres. Received Trey Johnston (minors) and Matt Thayer (minors).
- March 29, 2006
Signed Jim Rushford as a free agent.
Released Ricardo Rodríguez.
- March 31, 2006
Purchased Jim Crowell from the Washington Nationals.
- April 1, 2006
Released Tomás Pérez.
Traded Jake Blalock (minors) and Rob Tejeda to the Texas Rangers. Received David Dellucci.
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