2012 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2011

  Signed Tim Wood as a free agent.

• November 2, 2011

  José Ascanio granted Free Agency.

  Anthony Claggett granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Clement granted Free Agency.

  Nelson Figueroa granted Free Agency.

  Sean Gallagher granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Hart granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Heilman granted Free Agency.

  Steven Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Andy Marte granted Free Agency.

  Dan Meyer granted Free Agency.

  Garrett Olson granted Free Agency.

  Brett Sinkbeil granted Free Agency.

  Justin Thomas granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Thompson granted Free Agency.

  Donnie Veal granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Wood granted Free Agency.

  Tyler Yates granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2011

  Steve Pearce granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2011

  Signed Mike Ryan as a free agent.

• November 5, 2011

  Signed Wyatt Toregas as a free agent.

• November 10, 2011

  Signed Rod Barajas as a free agent.

  Signed Jumbo Díaz as a free agent.

• November 18, 2011

  Matt Pagnozzi granted Free Agency.

  Selected Jeremy Hefner off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• November 21, 2011

  Signed Clint Barmes as a free agent.

• November 22, 2011

  Signed Jake Fox as a free agent.

  Signed Shairon Martis as a free agent.

• November 23, 2011

  Signed Brandon Boggs as a free agent.

• November 28, 2011

  Released Xavier Paul.

• November 29, 2011

  Signed Nick Evans as a free agent.

• December 7, 2011

  Signed Érik Bédard as a free agent.

  Signed Nate McLouth as a free agent.

  Signed José Morales as a free agent.

  Traded Diego Goris (minors) and Brooks Pounders to the Kansas City Royals. Received Yamaico Navarro.

• December 8, 2011

  Drafted Aaron Poreda from the San Diego Padres in the 2011 rule 5 draft.

  Released Ross Ohlendorf.

• December 12, 2011

  Pedro Ciriaco granted Free Agency.

  Jason Jaramillo granted Free Agency.

  Traded José Veras to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Casey McGehee.

  Jeremy Hefner selected by the New York Mets off waivers.

• December 14, 2011

  Signed Kris Johnson as a free agent.

• December 20, 2011

  Signed Jeff Clement as a free agent.

  Signed Ryota Igarashi as a free agent.

• December 21, 2011

  Signed Anderson Hernández as a free agent.

• January 4, 2012

  Signed Logan Kensing as a free agent.

  Signed Jo-Jo Reyes as a free agent.

• January 11, 2012

  Signed Doug Slaten as a free agent.

• January 27, 2012

  Signed Daniel Cabrera as a free agent.

• February 1, 2012

  Signed Juan Cruz as a free agent.

• February 3, 2012

  Signed Brian Tallet as a free agent.

• February 19, 2012

  Traded Exicardo Cayones (minors) and Diego Moreno to the New York Yankees. Received A.J. Burnett and cash.

• March 27, 2012

  Released Joshua Rodriguez.

• March 30, 2012

  Sent Ryota Igarashi to the Toronto Blue Jays as part of a conditional deal.

• April 5, 2012

  Signed Pablo Reyes as an amateur free agent.

• April 8, 2012

  Sent Brian Tallet to the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

• April 9, 2012

  Signed Rick van den Hurk as a free agent.

• May 12, 2012

  Purchased Jeff Larish from the Boston Red Sox.

• May 20, 2012

  Purchased Drew Sutton from the Atlanta Braves.

• May 21, 2012

  Drew Sutton player rights sold to the Tampa Bay Rays.

• May 31, 2012

  Released Nate McLouth.

• June 4, 2012

  Drafted Mark Appel in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 5, 2012

  Drafted Wyatt Mathisen in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2012.

  Drafted Adrian Sampson in the 5th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2012.

  Drafted Jacob Stallings in the 7th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2012.

  Drafted Walker Buehler in the 14th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 2012

  Drafted Max Moroff in the 16th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2012.

  Drafted Michael Petersen in the 19th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Taylor Hearn in the 22nd round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Josh D. Smith in the 25th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2012.

  Drafted Jacob Waguespack in the 37th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 2012

  Signed Miguel Pérez as a free agent.

• June 24, 2012

  Selected Drew Sutton off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

• June 26, 2012

  Released Jake Fox.

• June 27, 2012

  Shairon Martis player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• July 1, 2012

  Signed Dario Agrazal as an amateur free agent.

• July 6, 2012

  Daniel Moskos selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• July 24, 2012

  Traded Colton Cain (minors), Robbie Grossman and Rudy Owens to the Houston Astros. Received Wandy Rodríguez.

• July 30, 2012

  Traded Brad Lincoln to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Travis Snider.

• July 31, 2012

  Traded Casey McGehee to the New York Yankees. Received Chad Qualls.

  Traded Gorkys Hernández to the Miami Marlins. Received Kyle Kaminska (minors) and Gaby Sánchez.

• August 14, 2012

  Signed Dallas McPherson as a free agent.

• August 15, 2012

  Sent Daniel Cabrera to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a conditional deal.

• August 23, 2012

  Released Juan Cruz.

• August 24, 2012

  Selected Hisanori Takahashi off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

• August 28, 2012

  Released Érik Bédard.

• August 31, 2012

  Signed Héctor Luna as a free agent.

• October 4, 2012

  Evan Meek granted Free Agency.

  Drew Sutton granted Free Agency.

• October 10, 2012

  Doug Slaten granted Free Agency.

• October 25, 2012

  Selected Chad Beck off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

  Selected Alí Solís off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• October 29, 2012

  Kevin Correia granted Free Agency.

  Eric Fryer granted Free Agency.

  Jason Grilli granted Free Agency.

  Chad Qualls granted Free Agency.

  Released Hisanori Takahashi.

• October 31, 2012

  Rod Barajas granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2012

  Brandon Boggs granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Clement granted Free Agency.

  Michael Crotta granted Free Agency.

  Jumbo Díaz granted Free Agency.

  Nick Evans granted Free Agency.

  Logan Kensing granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Larish granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Luna granted Free Agency.

  Daniel McCutchen granted Free Agency.

  Dallas McPherson granted Free Agency.

  José Morales granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Jo-Jo Reyes granted Free Agency.

  Tim Wood granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2012

  Signed Darren Ford as a free agent.

• November 8, 2012

  Signed Ryan Reid as a free agent.

• November 9, 2012

  Signed Jeff Larish as a free agent.

• November 12, 2012

  Signed Brooks Brown as a free agent.

• November 19, 2012

  Signed Félix Pie as a free agent.

• November 20, 2012

  Signed Erik Cordier as a free agent.

• November 28, 2012

  Traded Luis Rico (minors) and Luis Santos to the Kansas City Royals. Received Vin Mazzaro and Clint Robinson.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Zach Stewart. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Kyle Kaminska (minors) (December 6, 2012) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• November 30, 2012

  Signed Russell Martin as a free agent.

  Jeff Karstens granted Free Agency.

  Traded Chris Resop to the Oakland Athletics. Received Zack Thornton (minors).

  Traded Yamaico Navarro to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jhondaniel Medina (minors).

• December 1, 2012

  Signed Mike Zagurski as a free agent.

• December 5, 2012

  Traded Ramón Cabrera to the Detroit Tigers. Received Andy Oliver.

• December 12, 2012

  Signed Jason Grilli as a free agent.

• December 26, 2012

  Traded Joel Hanrahan and Brock Holt to the Boston Red Sox. Received Iván De Jesús, Mark Melancon, Stolmy Pimentel and Jerry Sands.

• January 4, 2013

  Signed Lucas May as a free agent.

  Released Rick van den Hurk.

  Chad Beck selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• January 9, 2013

  Traded Quincy Latimore (minors) to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jeanmar Gómez.

• January 11, 2013

  Signed Miguel Pérez as a free agent.

• January 17, 2013

  Signed Brad Hawpe as a free agent.

  Signed Jeff Karstens as a free agent.

• January 24, 2013

  Zach Stewart selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• January 29, 2013

  Signed Kyle Waldrop as a free agent.

• February 5, 2013

  Signed Brett Carroll as a free agent.

• February 6, 2013

  Signed Román Colón as a free agent.

  Signed Jonathan Sánchez as a free agent.

• February 8, 2013

  Signed Francisco Liriano as a free agent.

• February 13, 2013

  Signed Brandon Inge as a free agent.

• February 23, 2013

  Signed José Contreras as a free agent.

• March 6, 2013

  Signed Brian Esposito as a free agent.

  Released Aaron Poreda.

• March 20, 2013

  Received John McDonald from the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a conditional deal.

  Signed Jolbert Cabrera as a free agent.

• March 23, 2013

  Released Brad Hawpe.

• March 26, 2013

  Released José Contreras.

  Signed José Contreras as a free agent.

• March 29, 2013

  Clint Robinson selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.