2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 2013

  Hunter Strickland selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• April 17, 2013

  Chris Leroux granted Free Agency.

• April 24, 2013

  Román Colón player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

• May 2, 2013

  Released Jolbert Cabrera.

• May 8, 2013

  Released Jonathan Sánchez.

• May 16, 2013

  Traded Brian Jeroloman (minors) to the Washington Nationals. Received a player to be named later. The Washington Nationals sent Brian Bocock (July 10, 2013) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• May 31, 2013

  Purchased Graham Godfrey from the Boston Red Sox.

  Purchased Atahualpa Severino from the Kansas City Royals.

• June 6, 2013

  Drafted Austin Meadows in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2013.

  Drafted Reese McGuire in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2013.

  Drafted Blake Taylor in the 2nd round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2013.

• June 7, 2013

  Drafted JaCoby Jones in the 3rd round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2013.

  Drafted Adam Frazier in the 6th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2013.

  Drafted Chad Kuhl in the 9th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2013.

  Drafted Shane Carle in the 10th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2013.

• June 8, 2013

  Drafted Justin Topa in the 17th round of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2013.

  Drafted Bryan Baker in the 40th round of the 2013 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 2013

  Sent John McDonald to the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• June 13, 2013

  Released José Contreras.

• June 17, 2013

  Signed José Contreras as a free agent.

• June 19, 2013

  Mike Zagurski granted Free Agency.

• July 8, 2013

  Signed Luis Escobar as an amateur free agent.

• July 12, 2013

  Traded Tim Alderson (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Russ Canzler.

• July 18, 2013

  Released José Contreras.

• July 31, 2013

  Traded player to be named to the Seattle Mariners. Received Robert Andino.

• August 1, 2013

  Released Brandon Inge.

• August 12, 2013

  Signed Kelly Shoppach as a free agent.

• August 16, 2013

  Signed Kyle Farnsworth as a free agent.

• August 18, 2013

  Purchased Doug Mathis from the Miami Marlins.

• August 27, 2013

  Traded a player to be named later and Dilson Herrera to the New York Mets. Received John Buck, Marlon Byrd and cash. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Vic Black (August 29, 2013) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• August 28, 2013

  Released Kelly Shoppach.

• August 31, 2013

  Traded a player to be named later and Alex Presley to the Minnesota Twins. Received Justin Morneau. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Duke Welker (October 5, 2013) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• September 13, 2013

  James McDonald granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2013

  Robert Andino granted Free Agency.

• October 12, 2013

  Signed Edgar Santana as an amateur free agent.

• October 31, 2013

  Clint Barmes granted Free Agency.

  John Buck granted Free Agency.

  A.J. Burnett granted Free Agency.

  Marlon Byrd granted Free Agency.

  Kyle Farnsworth granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Karstens granted Free Agency.

  Justin Morneau granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2013

  Félix Pie granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2013

  Brian Bocock granted Free Agency.

  Brooks Brown granted Free Agency.

  Russ Canzler granted Free Agency.

  Brett Carroll granted Free Agency.

  Erik Cordier granted Free Agency.

  Iván De Jesús granted Free Agency.

  Darren Ford granted Free Agency.

  Graham Godfrey granted Free Agency.

  Doug Mathis granted Free Agency.

  Lucas May granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Atahualpa Severino granted Free Agency.

  Alí Solís granted Free Agency.

  Kyle Waldrop granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 2013

  Signed Jay Jackson as a free agent.

  Traded Kris Johnson to the Minnesota Twins. Received Duke Welker.

• November 19, 2013

  Signed Miguel Pérez as a free agent.

• November 20, 2013

  Signed Collin Balester as a free agent.

  Signed Jake Brigham as a free agent.

  Signed Josh Kinney as a free agent.

  Signed Seth McClung as a free agent.

• November 25, 2013

  Traded Alex Dickerson to the San Diego Padres. Received Jaff Decker and Miles Mikolas.

• November 26, 2013

  Signed Cody Eppley as a free agent.

• November 29, 2013

  Signed Nevin Ashley as a free agent.

• December 2, 2013

  Signed Brandon Mann as a free agent.

  Garrett Jones granted Free Agency.

  Michael McKenry granted Free Agency.

  Kyle McPherson granted Free Agency.

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Chris Stewart. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Kyle Haynes (minors) (December 11, 2013) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• December 12, 2013

  Drafted A.J. Morris from the Chicago Cubs in the 2013 rule 5 draft.

  Wei-Chung Wang drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2013 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Clint Barmes as a free agent.

• December 13, 2013

  Signed Travis Ishikawa as a free agent.

  Signed Edinson Vólquez as a free agent.

• December 18, 2013

  Signed Michael Martínez as a free agent.

  Signed Kyle McPherson as a free agent.

  Signed Elvin Ramírez as a free agent.

  Signed Daniel Schlereth as a free agent.

  Signed Adam Wilk as a free agent.

• December 23, 2013

  Ryan Reid selected by the New York Mets off waivers.

  Jerry Sands selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.

• December 30, 2013

  Traded Miles Mikolas to the Texas Rangers. Received Chris McGuiness.

• January 6, 2014

  Signed Chris Dickerson as a free agent.

• January 7, 2014

  Signed Robert Andino as a free agent.

• January 25, 2014

  Signed Blake Davis as a free agent.

• February 7, 2014

  Signed Omir Santos as a free agent.

• February 24, 2014

  Selected Brent Morel off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• March 19, 2014

  Released Seth McClung.

• March 22, 2014

  Released Elvin Ramírez.

• March 25, 2014

  Purchased Vance Worley from the Minnesota Twins.

• March 26, 2014

  Purchased Keon Broxton from the Arizona Diamondbacks.