2018 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2017

  Joaquín Benoit granted Free Agency.

  John Jaso granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2017

  Wade LeBlanc granted Free Agency.

  Chris Stewart granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2017

  Brandon Cumpton granted Free Agency.

  Danny Ortiz granted Free Agency.

  Dan Runzler granted Free Agency.

  Joey Terdoslavich granted Free Agency.

  Jackson Williams granted Free Agency.

  Selected Nik Turley off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• November 20, 2017

  Gift Ngoepe player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• November 27, 2017

  Released Ángel Sánchez.

  Selected Sam Moll off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• November 30, 2017

  Sam Moll selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• December 7, 2017

  Signed Todd Cunningham as a free agent.

  Signed Richard Rodríguez as a free agent.

• December 11, 2017

  Selected Engelb Vielma off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• December 14, 2017

  Drafted Damien Magnifico from the Los Angeles Angels in the 2017 rule 5 draft.

  Traded international bonus slot money to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Nick Burdi.

• December 22, 2017

  Signed Jackson Williams as a free agent.

• January 4, 2018

  Selected Shane Carle off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• January 5, 2018

  Signed Bo Schultz as a free agent.

• January 11, 2018

  Johnny Barbato selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• January 13, 2018

  Traded Gerrit Cole to the Houston Astros. Received Michael Feliz, Jason Martin, Colin Moran and Joe Musgrove.

• January 15, 2018

  Traded Andrew McCutchen and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Kyle Crick, Bryan Reynolds and international bonus slot money.

• January 17, 2018

  Traded Shane Carle to the Atlanta Braves. Received player to be named or cash.

• January 18, 2018

  Engelb Vielma selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• January 22, 2018

  Signed Ryan Lavarnway as a free agent.

• January 31, 2018

  Traded Daniel Zamora and cash to the New York Mets. Received Josh Smoker.

• February 9, 2018

  Signed Daniel Nava as a free agent.

• February 20, 2018

  Purchased Bryce Brentz from the Boston Red Sox.

• February 21, 2018

  Signed Michael Saunders as a free agent.

• February 22, 2018

  Traded Tristan Gray, Daniel Hudson and cash to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Corey Dickerson.

• February 23, 2018

  Released Michael Saunders.

• February 24, 2018

  Signed Kevin Siegrist as a free agent.

• March 20, 2018

  Released Daniel Nava.

• March 23, 2018

  Signed Daniel Nava as a free agent.

• March 26, 2018

  Signed Ji Hwan Bae as a free agent.

  Bryce Brentz selected by the New York Mets off waivers.

• March 27, 2018

  Jack Leathersich selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• April 14, 2018

  Selected Enny Romero off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

• April 27, 2018

  Traded Todd Cunningham to the Chicago White Sox. Received player to be named.

• May 28, 2018

  Released George Kontos.

• June 4, 2018

  Drafted Travis Swaggerty in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2018.

• June 5, 2018

  Drafted Connor Kaiser in the 3rd round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2018.

  Drafted Grant Koch in the 5th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2018.

• June 6, 2018

  Drafted Mike Burrows in the 11th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2018.

  Drafted Colin Selby and Colin Selby in the 16th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2018.

  Drafted Cam Alldred in the 24th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2018.

  Drafted Joe Jacques in the 33rd round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2018.

• June 25, 2018

  Released Johnny Hellweg.

• July 5, 2018

  Enny Romero selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• July 28, 2018

  Josh Smoker selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• July 31, 2018

  Traded a player to be named later and Taylor Hearn to the Texas Rangers. Received Keone Kela. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Sherten Apostel (August 17, 2018) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

  Traded a player to be named later, Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Chris Archer. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Shane Baz (August 14, 2018) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• August 6, 2018

  Traded Matt Seelinger (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Adeiny Hechavarría and cash.

• August 7, 2018

  Selected Buddy Boshers off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• August 12, 2018

  Christopher Bostick player rights sold to the Miami Marlins.

• August 22, 2018

  Signed Nick Mears as an amateur free agent.

• August 31, 2018

  Adeiny Hechavarría player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

  Traded David Freese to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jesus Valdez (minors).

• September 1, 2018

  Released Sean Rodríguez.

• September 30, 2018

  Jung Ho Kang granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2018

  Buddy Boshers granted Free Agency.

  Casey Sadler granted Free Agency.

  A.J. Schugel granted Free Agency.

  Released Kevin Siegrist.

• October 2, 2018

  Signed Luis Ortiz as a free agent.

• October 29, 2018

  Jordy Mercer granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2018

  Signed Patrick Kivlehan as a free agent.

• October 31, 2018

  Josh Harrison granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2018

  Ryan Lavarnway granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2018

  Damien Magnifico granted Free Agency.

  Wyatt Mathisen granted Free Agency.

  Daniel Nava granted Free Agency.

  Bo Schultz granted Free Agency.

  Jackson Williams granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2018

  Released Adam Oller.

• November 8, 2018

  Signed Jung Ho Kang as a free agent.

• November 14, 2018

  Traded Jordan Luplow and Max Moroff to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dante Mendoza (minors), Tahnaj Thomas (minors) and Erik González.

• November 20, 2018

  Traded Tanner Anderson to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Wilkin Ramos (minors) (December 1, 2018) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• November 27, 2018

  Signed Lonnie Chisenhall as a free agent.

• December 11, 2018

  Traded Iván Nova to the Chicago White Sox. Received Yordi Rosario (minors) and international bonus slot money.

• December 17, 2018

  Signed Jordan Lyles as a free agent.

• December 24, 2018

  Signed Tyler Lyons as a free agent.

• January 4, 2019

  Signed Steven Baron as a free agent.

  Signed Roberto Gómez as a free agent.

• January 11, 2019

  Selected Aaron Slegers off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• January 30, 2019

  Signed Vicente Campos as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Maurer as a free agent.

  Signed JB Shuck as a free agent.

• February 4, 2019

  Signed Francisco Liriano as a free agent.

• February 6, 2019

  Signed Nick Franklin as a free agent.

  Signed Tom Koehler as a free agent.

• February 11, 2019

  Signed Melky Cabrera as a free agent.

• February 18, 2019

  Signed Rookie Davis as a free agent.

• March 1, 2019

  Selected Jake Barrett off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• March 4, 2019

  Signed Robbie Ross as a free agent.

• March 16, 2019

  Signed Trayvon Robinson as a free agent.

• March 25, 2019

  Released Robbie Ross.

• March 28, 2019

  Purchased Jake Elmore from the Chicago White Sox.

• March 30, 2019

  Aaron Slegers player rights sold to the Tampa Bay Rays.