1998 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

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

• November 6, 1997

  Craig Shipley granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1997

  Signed Archie Corbin as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Reyes as a free agent.

• November 12, 1997

  Signed Carlos Hernández as a free agent.

  Signed Alan Newman as a free agent.

• November 18, 1997

  Traded John Flaherty to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Brian Boehringer and Andy Sheets.

  Gabe Alvarez selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 5th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Todd Erdos selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 41st pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• November 19, 1997

  Traded Trey Beamon and Tim Worrell to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ryan Balfe (minors), Dan Miceli and Donne Wall.

• November 20, 1997

  Signed Creighton Gubanich as a free agent.

  Traded Chris Clark (minors) to the Florida Marlins. Received Ed Vosberg.

• November 25, 1997

  Signed Greg Myers as a free agent.

  Released Rich Batchelor.

• November 26, 1997

  Traded Doug Bochtler and Jorge Velandia to the Oakland Athletics. Received David Newhan and Don Wengert.

• December 15, 1997

  Sean Runyan drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Steve Hoff (minors), Derrek Lee and Rafael Medina to the Florida Marlins. Received Kevin Brown.

• December 16, 1997

  Signed Pete Smith as a free agent.

• December 29, 1997

  Signed Stan Spencer as a free agent.

• January 7, 1998

  Signed Mark Langston as a free agent.

• January 13, 1998

  Signed Eddie Williams as a free agent.

• January 14, 1998

  Traded Sean Bergman to the Houston Astros. Received James Mouton.

• April 8, 1998

  Traded Marc Kroon to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Buddy Carlyle.

• April 23, 1998

  Signed Roberto Ramírez as a free agent.

• May 5, 1998

  Traded Don Wengert to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ben Van Ryn.

• May 6, 1998

  Released Archie Corbin.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Scott Sanders. The San Diego Padres sent Rod Lindsey (June 1, 1998) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• May 29, 1998

  Ben Van Ryn selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• June 2, 1998

  Drafted Sean Burroughs in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed September 2, 1998.

  Drafted Steve Watkins in the 16th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1998.

  Drafted Brian Lawrence in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1998.

  Drafted Jeremy Fikac in the 19th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1998.

  Drafted Cliff Bartosh in the 29th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1998.

  Drafted Éric Cyr in the 30th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed May 31, 1999.

  Drafted Trey Hodges in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Alex Pelaez in the 42nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1998.

• June 9, 1998

  Signed Mike Devereaux as a free agent.

  Traded Pete Smith to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Eric Estes (minors).

• June 20, 1998

  Traded Carlos Reyes, Mandy Romero and Darío Veras to the Boston Red Sox. Received Ethan Faggett (minors) and Jim Leyritz.

• June 29, 1998

  Signed Clay Condrey as an amateur free agent.

• July 23, 1998

  Traded Widd Workman (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jim Bruske.

• August 6, 1998

  Traded Brian Loyd (minors) to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Randy Myers.

• August 23, 1998

  Traded Brad Kaufman (minors) and Jim Bruske to the New York Yankees. Received Shea Morenz (minors) and Ray Ricken (minors).

• August 31, 1998

  Traded a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies. Received John Vander Wal. The San Diego Padres sent Kevin Burford (minors) (October 29, 1998) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

• September 11, 1998

  Released Eddie Williams.

• October 15, 1998

  Alan Newman granted Free Agency.

  Roberto Ramírez granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1998

  Wiki González granted Free Agency.

  Creighton Gubanich granted Free Agency.

• October 23, 1998

  Signed Wiki González as a free agent.

  Ken Caminiti granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Hernández granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 1998

  Kevin Brown granted Free Agency.

  Steve Finley granted Free Agency.

  John Vander Wal granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1998

  Mark Langston granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1998

  Signed Mark Langston as a free agent.

• November 13, 1998

  Signed John Vander Wal as a free agent.

• November 16, 1998

  Signed Matt Whiteside as a free agent.

• November 17, 1998

  Released Archi Cianfrocco.

  Released Scott Sanders.

• November 23, 1998

  Signed Dean Hartgraves as a free agent.

  Signed Roberto Rivera as a free agent.

• December 2, 1998

  Signed Carlos Hernández as a free agent.

• December 5, 1998

  Signed Graham Koonce as a free agent.

• December 10, 1998

  Signed Eric Owens as a free agent.

• December 12, 1998

  Traded Joey Hamilton to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Pete Tucci (minors), Carlos Almánzar and Woody Williams.

• December 18, 1998

  Signed Frank Charles as a free agent.

  Signed Shane Mack as a free agent.

• December 21, 1998

  Signed Dave Magadan as a free agent.

  James Mouton granted Free Agency.

• December 27, 1998

  Signed Carlos García as a free agent.

• February 1, 1999

  Signed Chris Jones as a free agent.

• February 2, 1999

  Traded Mark Sweeney and Greg Vaughn to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Josh Harris (minors), Damian Jackson and Reggie Sanders.

• February 4, 1999

  Signed Carlos Reyes as a free agent.

• March 4, 1999

  Signed Óliver Pérez as an amateur free agent.

• March 19, 1999

  Signed José Mercedes as a free agent.

• March 29, 1999

  Released Chris Jones.

  Traded Gus Kennedy (minors) and Andy Sheets to the Anaheim Angels. Received Keith Volkman (minors) and Phil Nevin.

• March 31, 1999

  Released Mark Langston.