2010 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 2009

  Traded Jesse Chavez to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Akinori Iwamura.

• November 9, 2009

  Chris Barnwell granted Free Agency.

  Jason Davis granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Giménez granted Free Agency.

  Eric Hacker granted Free Agency.

  Jorge Julio granted Free Agency.

  Steven Lerud granted Free Agency.

  Bobby Livingston granted Free Agency.

  Pedro López granted Free Agency.

  Juan Mateo granted Free Agency.

  Brian Myrow granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Jeremy Powell granted Free Agency.

  Jamie Romak granted Free Agency.

  Ty Taubenheim granted Free Agency.

  Virgil Vasquez granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2009

  Signed Wil Ledezma as a free agent.

• November 20, 2009

  Signed Virgil Vasquez as a free agent.

  Selected Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• November 21, 2009

  Signed Héctor Giménez as a free agent.

• November 30, 2009

  Robinzon Díaz granted Free Agency.

• December 7, 2009

  Luis Cruz selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• December 9, 2009

  Signed Bobby Crosby as a free agent.

  Signed José Osuna as an amateur free agent.

• December 10, 2009

  Drafted John Raynor from the Florida Marlins in the 2009 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Vinnie Chulk as a free agent.

• December 12, 2009

  Matt Capps granted Free Agency.

  Phil Dumatrait granted Free Agency.

• December 14, 2009

  Signed Jeremy Powell as a free agent.

• December 18, 2009

  Signed Javier López as a free agent.

  Signed Brian Myrow as a free agent.

• December 23, 2009

  Signed Jack Taschner as a free agent.

• December 30, 2009

  Signed Tyler Yates as a free agent.

• December 31, 2009

  Signed Brian Burres as a free agent.

  Signed Neal Cotts as a free agent.

• January 6, 2010

  Signed Luke Carlin as a free agent.

• January 11, 2010

  Signed Ryan Church as a free agent.

• January 12, 2010

  Signed Brian Bass as a free agent.

• January 16, 2010

  Signed Brendan Donnelly as a free agent.

• January 18, 2010

  Traded Brian Bixler to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jesus Brito (minors).

• January 19, 2010

  Selected Brandon Jones off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

• January 20, 2010

  Signed D.J. Carrasco as a free agent.

  Signed Octavio Dotel as a free agent.

• January 29, 2010

  Signed Doug Bernier as a free agent.

  Signed Kevin Melillo as a free agent.

• March 29, 2010

  Selected Hayden Penn off waivers from the Florida Marlins.

• April 2, 2010

  Traded Virgil Vasquez to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received player to be named.

• April 8, 2010

  Released Ramón Vázquez.

• April 24, 2010

  Traded Jonathan Van Every to the Boston Red Sox. Received player to be named.

• April 26, 2010

  Signed Willy García as an amateur free agent.

• May 4, 2010

  Returned John Raynor (earlier draft pick) to the Florida Marlins.

• May 31, 2010

  Traded Josue Peley (minors) to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jonathan Van Every.

• June 1, 2010

  Traded Ronald Uviedo (minors) to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dana Eveland.

• June 7, 2010

  Drafted Jameson Taillon in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 2010.

• June 8, 2010

  Drafted Nick Kingham in the 4th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 6, 2010.

  Drafted Jason Hursh in the 6th round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Brandon Cumpton in the 9th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 9, 2010.

  Drafted Zack Weiss in the 10th round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Drew Maggi in the 15th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 2010.

  Drafted Casey Sadler in the 25th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2010.

• June 9, 2010

  Drafted Kent Emanuel in the 19th round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Connor Sadzeck in the 45th round of the 2010 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 19, 2010

  Jack Taschner granted Free Agency.

• June 23, 2010

  Released Jimmy Barthmaier.

• July 7, 2010

  Purchased Sean Gallagher from the San Diego Padres.

• July 12, 2010

  Received Brian Bixler from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• July 22, 2010

  Released Vinnie Chulk.

• July 23, 2010

  Released Hayden Penn.

• July 27, 2010

  Signed Travis Chick as a free agent.

• July 29, 2010

  Signed Dilson Herrera as an amateur free agent.

  Released Brendan Donnelly.

• July 30, 2010

  Purchased Mitch Jones from the Atlanta Braves.

• July 31, 2010

  Traded D.J. Carrasco, Ryan Church and Bobby Crosby to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Pedro Ciriaco, Chris Snyder and cash.

  Traded Javier López to the San Francisco Giants. Received John Bowker and Joe Martinez.

  Traded Octavio Dotel and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Andrew Lambo and James McDonald.

• August 2, 2010

  Sent Brandon Jones to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

• August 4, 2010

  Selected Chan Ho Park off waivers from the New York Yankees.

  Selected Chris Resop off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

• August 7, 2010

  Brian Bixler player rights sold to the Washington Nationals.

• August 10, 2010

  Sent Luke Carlin to the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• August 13, 2010

  Sent Travis Chick to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

• September 10, 2010

  Released Akinori Iwamura.

• September 13, 2010

  Selected Chris Leroux off waivers from the Florida Marlins.

• September 17, 2010

  Released Neal Cotts.

• October 5, 2010

  Brian Bass granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2010

  Chan Ho Park granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2010

  Steven Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Moss granted Free Agency.

  Justin Thomas granted Free Agency.

  Released Chris Jakubauskas.

• November 6, 2010

  Doug Bernier granted Free Agency.

  Dana Eveland granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Giménez granted Free Agency.

  Mitch Jones granted Free Agency.

  Erik Kratz granted Free Agency.

  Jean Machi granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Melillo granted Free Agency.

  Dustin Molleken granted Free Agency.

  Brian Myrow granted Free Agency.

  Jeremy Powell granted Free Agency.

  Jonathan Van Every granted Free Agency.

  Tyler Yates granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2010

  Signed Justin Thomas as a free agent.

• November 24, 2010

  Traded Zach Duke to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received a player to be named later. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent César Valdez (December 9, 2010) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• November 29, 2010

  Andy LaRoche granted Free Agency.

  Delwyn Young granted Free Agency.

• December 1, 2010

  Signed Dusty Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Andy Marte as a free agent.

  Signed Fernando Nieve as a free agent.

• December 2, 2010

  Brian Burres granted Free Agency.

  Argenis Díaz granted Free Agency.

  Lastings Milledge granted Free Agency.

  Donnie Veal granted Free Agency.

• December 9, 2010

  Nathan Adcock drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2010 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Joshua Rodriguez from the Cleveland Indians in the 2010 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 2010

  Signed Scott Olsen as a free agent.

  Signed Donnie Veal as a free agent.

• December 14, 2010

  Signed Matt Diaz as a free agent.

  Signed Lyle Overbay as a free agent.

• December 17, 2010

  Signed Kevin Correia as a free agent.

• December 20, 2010

  Signed Josh Fields as a free agent.

  Signed Tyler Yates as a free agent.

• December 23, 2010

  Traded Ryan Kelly to the Oakland Athletics. Received Corey Wimberly (minors).

  Selected Aaron Thompson off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

• January 3, 2011

  Signed Brian Burres as a free agent.

• January 4, 2011

  Joe Martinez player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• January 5, 2011

  Signed Garrett Atkins as a free agent.

  Wil Ledezma selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• January 10, 2011

  Signed Jorge Julio as a free agent.

• January 16, 2011

  Signed José Veras as a free agent.

• January 18, 2011

  Signed Wyatt Toregas as a free agent.

• January 28, 2011

  Signed Joe Beimel as a free agent.

• March 18, 2011

  Selected Garrett Olson off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• March 21, 2011

  Released Garrett Atkins.

• March 22, 2011

  Released Fernando Nieve.

• March 28, 2011

  Josh Fields player rights sold to the Colorado Rockies.

• April 1, 2011

  Signed Tim Wood as a free agent.