2006 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2005

  Signed Matt Whiteside as a free agent.

• November 4, 2005

  Signed Travis Chapman as a free agent.

• November 8, 2005

  Signed Carlos Maldonado as a free agent.

• November 9, 2005

  Signed Jason Alfaro as a free agent.

• November 10, 2005

  Signed Jason Roach as a free agent.

• November 15, 2005

  Signed Britt Reames as a free agent.

• November 18, 2005

  Released Michael Restovich.

• November 20, 2005

  Signed Scott Strickland as a free agent.

• November 21, 2005

  Traded Bobby Hill to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Clayton Hamilton (minors) (December 8, 2005) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• November 28, 2005

  Tike Redman player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• December 7, 2005

  Traded Mark Redman to the Kansas City Royals. Received Chad Blackwell (minors) and Jonah Bayliss.

• December 8, 2005

  Drafted Víctor Santos from the Kansas City Royals in the 2005 rule 5 draft.

  Released Ty Wigginton.

  Traded David Williams to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Sean Casey and cash.

• December 13, 2005

  Traded Rob Mackowiak to the Chicago White Sox. Received Dámaso Marte.

• December 15, 2005

  Signed Roberto Hernández as a free agent.

• December 21, 2005

  Josh Fogg granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 2005

  Signed Nerio Rodríguez as a free agent.

• December 28, 2005

  Signed Giovanni Carrara as a free agent.

• December 30, 2005

  Signed Travis Dawkins as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Edwards as a free agent.

• January 3, 2006

  Signed Joe Randa as a free agent.

• January 5, 2006

  Signed Brandon Duckworth as a free agent.

  Signed Marty McLeary as a free agent.

  Signed C.J. Nitkowski as a free agent.

• January 9, 2006

  Signed Jeromy Burnitz as a free agent.

• January 18, 2006

  Signed Terry Adams as a free agent.

  Signed Jorge Vásquez as a free agent.

• January 27, 2006

  Signed José Hernández as a free agent.

• February 2, 2006

  Signed Brandon Knight as a free agent.

  Released Todd Ritchie.

• March 11, 2006

  Signed Raúl González as a free agent.

• March 31, 2006

  Released Giovanni Carrara.

• April 13, 2006

  Signed Jason Conti as a free agent.

• April 26, 2006

  Signed Chris Richard as a free agent.

• May 13, 2006

  Sent Jason Conti to the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

• May 22, 2006

  Signed Blaine Neal as a free agent.

• June 5, 2006

  Signed Chris Truby as a free agent.

• June 6, 2006

  Released Jason Alfaro.

  Drafted Brad Lincoln in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2006.

  Drafted Jared Hughes in the 4th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2006.

  Drafted Alex Presley in the 8th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2006.

  Drafted Lonnie Chisenhall in the 11th round of the 2006 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Michael Crotta in the 17th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2006.

  Drafted Preston Claiborne in the 23rd round of the 2006 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ryan Kelly in the 26th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed May 30, 2007.

  Drafted Rudy Owens in the 28th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed May 30, 2007.

• June 11, 2006

  Brandon Duckworth player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• July 9, 2006

  Signed Matt Ginter as a free agent.

• July 31, 2006

  Traded Craig Wilson to the New York Yankees. Received Shawn Chacón.

  Traded Roberto Hernández and Óliver Pérez to the New York Mets. Received Xavier Nady.

  Traded Sean Casey to the Detroit Tigers. Received Brian Rogers.

  Traded Kip Wells to the Texas Rangers. Received Jesse Chavez.

• August 21, 2006

  Signed Diego Moreno as an amateur free agent.

• August 22, 2006

  José Hernández player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• August 23, 2006

  Selected Juan Pérez off waivers from the New York Mets.

• October 2, 2006

  Britt Reames granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Vogelsong granted Free Agency.

• October 4, 2006

  Víctor Santos granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2006

  Terry Adams granted Free Agency.

  Travis Chapman granted Free Agency.

  Travis Dawkins granted Free Agency.

  Mike Edwards granted Free Agency.

  J.J. Furmaniak granted Free Agency.

  Matt Ginter granted Free Agency.

  Raúl González granted Free Agency.

  Mike Johnston granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Knight granted Free Agency.

  Blaine Neal granted Free Agency.

  C.J. Nitkowski granted Free Agency.

  Chris Richard granted Free Agency.

  Jason Roach granted Free Agency.

  Nerio Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Ray Sadler granted Free Agency.

  Scott Strickland granted Free Agency.

  Rich Thompson granted Free Agency.

  Chris Truby granted Free Agency.

  Jorge Vásquez granted Free Agency.

  Matt Whiteside granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2006

  Jeromy Burnitz granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2006

  Signed Mike Ryan as a free agent.

  Joe Randa granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2006

  Signed Allan Simpson as a free agent.

• November 9, 2006

  Signed Ronald Belisario as a free agent.

• November 22, 2006

  Signed Chris Aguila as a free agent.

• November 24, 2006

  Signed Eddy Garabito as a free agent.

• November 25, 2006

  Signed John Wasdin as a free agent.

• November 29, 2006

  Signed Mike Edwards as a free agent.

• December 7, 2006

  Drafted Sean White from the Atlanta Braves in the 2006 rule 5 draft.

  Sean White player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• December 8, 2006

  Signed Jim Brower as a free agent.

• December 12, 2006

  Signed Don Kelly as a free agent.

  Selected Franquelis Osoria off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• December 18, 2006

  Signed Jason Roach as a free agent.

• December 19, 2006

  Signed Masumi Kuwata as an amateur free agent.

• December 20, 2006

  Signed Einar Díaz as a free agent.

  Craig Stansberry selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

• January 4, 2007

  Signed Starling Marte as an amateur free agent.

• January 7, 2007

  Signed Kevin Gryboski as a free agent.

• January 15, 2007

  Signed José Hernández as a free agent.

• January 18, 2007

  Signed Nick Green as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Matos as a free agent.

• January 19, 2007

  Traded Mike Gonzalez and Brent Lillibridge to the Atlanta Braves. Received Adam LaRoche and Jamie Romak.

• January 20, 2007

  Signed Randy Ruiz as a free agent.

• February 1, 2007

  Signed Tony Armas as a free agent.

• February 2, 2007

  Signed Brandon Puffer as a free agent.

• February 4, 2007

  Signed Michael Tejera as a free agent.

• February 7, 2007

  Signed Mark Corey as a free agent.

• February 10, 2007

  Signed Chris Truby as a free agent.

• February 11, 2007

  Signed Danny Kolb as a free agent.

• March 6, 2007

  Signed Yoslán Herrera as an amateur free agent.

• March 8, 2007

  Signed Luis Ordaz as a free agent.

  Released Jody Gerut.

• March 20, 2007

  Signed Alay Soler as a free agent.

  Released Brandon Puffer.

• March 28, 2007

  Received Russ Johnson from the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.

• March 30, 2007

  Released Allan Simpson.