1999 Seattle Mariners Trades and Transactions

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

• November 9, 1998

  Traded Paul Spoljaric to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mark Leiter.

• November 13, 1998

  Signed José Mesa as a free agent.

• November 17, 1998

  Signed Melvin Bunch as a free agent.

• November 19, 1998

  Released Bob Wells.

  Selected Kerry Robinson off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• November 22, 1998

  Signed Butch Henry as a free agent.

• December 14, 1998

  Signed Tom Lampkin as a free agent.

  Released Paul Abbott.

  Traded Leslie Brea to the New York Mets. Received Butch Huskey.

• December 16, 1998

  Signed Marc Kroon as a free agent.

• December 17, 1998

  Signed Matt Mieske as a free agent.

• December 21, 1998

  Rob Ducey granted Free Agency.

• December 30, 1998

  Signed John Mabry as a free agent.

• January 4, 1999

  Signed Paul Abbott as a free agent.

• January 8, 1999

  Signed Bill Swift as a free agent.

• January 26, 1999

  Released Tarrik Brock.

• March 2, 1999

  Signed Chris Snelling as an amateur free agent.

• March 12, 1999

  Signed Ozzie Timmons as a free agent.

• April 2, 1999

  Selected Ryan Jackson off waivers from the Florida Marlins.

• April 3, 1999

  Traded Bobby Ayala to the Montreal Expos. Received Jason Turman (minors).

• April 11, 1999

  Signed Domingo Cedeño as a free agent.

• April 27, 1999

  Purchased Rafael Bournigal from the Texas Rangers.

• April 28, 1999

  Traded players to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Brian Hunter. The Seattle Mariners sent Andy Van Hekken (June 27, 1999) and Jerry Amador (minors) (August 26, 1999) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• May 26, 1999

  Selected Frankie Rodriguez off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• June 2, 1999

  Drafted Willie Bloomquist in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1999.

  Drafted Clint Nageotte in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 18, 1999.

  Drafted J.J. Putz in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1999.

  Drafted Terrmel Sledge in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1999.

  Drafted Steve Kent in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999.

  Drafted Justin Leone in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.

  Drafted Daniel Davidson in the 25th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rich Harden in the 38th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 18, 1999

  Traded a player to be named later and Mac Suzuki to the New York Mets. Received Allen Watson and cash. The Seattle Mariners sent Justin Dunning (minors) (September 14, 1999) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• June 19, 1999

  Traded Matt Mieske to the Houston Astros. Received Kevin Hodges.

• June 28, 1999

  Released Allen Watson.

• July 1, 1999

  Signed Dave Stevens as a free agent.

• July 7, 1999

  Traded Domingo Cedeño to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jose Flores.

• July 22, 1999

  Traded Kerry Robinson to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Todd Williams.

• July 26, 1999

  Traded Butch Huskey to the Boston Red Sox. Received Robert Ramsay.

• July 28, 1999

  Traded David Segui to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair.

• July 30, 1999

  Released Dave Stevens.

• August 27, 1999

  Traded Jeff Fassero to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Adrian Myers (minors) (September 22, 1999) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• August 28, 1999

  Signed Mike Blowers as a free agent.

• October 4, 1999

  Giomar Guevara granted Free Agency.

  Butch Henry granted Free Agency.

• October 8, 1999

  Eric Weaver granted Free Agency.

• October 11, 1999

  Ozzie Timmons granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1999

  Raúl Chávez granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1999

  Mike Blowers granted Free Agency.

  Mark Leiter granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1999

  Jay Buhner granted Free Agency.

• November 17, 1999

  Signed Rich Butler as a free agent.

  Signed Robert Machado as a free agent.

• December 6, 1999

  Signed Jay Buhner as a free agent.

  Released Melvin Bunch.

• December 13, 1999

  Drafted Aaron Taylor from the Atlanta Braves in the 1999 minor league draft.

• December 15, 1999

  Signed John Olerud as a free agent.

• December 18, 1999

  Signed Kazuhiro Sasaki as an amateur free agent.

• December 20, 1999

  Signed Stan Javier as a free agent.

  Signed Mark McLemore as a free agent.

• December 21, 1999

  Signed Arthur Rhodes as a free agent.

  Rafael Bournigal granted Free Agency.

  Rafael Carmona granted Free Agency.

  Russ Davis granted Free Agency.

  Released Ryan Jackson.

• January 3, 2000

  Released Brett Hinchliffe.

• January 10, 2000

  Signed Aaron Sele as a free agent.

• January 14, 2000

  Signed Brian Lesher as a free agent.

• January 19, 2000

  Signed Joe Oliver as a free agent.

• February 10, 2000

  Traded Ken Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jake Meyer (minors), Mike Cameron, Antonio Pérez and Brett Tomko.

• March 21, 2000

  Traded Carlos Maldonado to the Houston Astros. Received Carlos Hernández.

• March 22, 2000

  Released Marc Kroon.

• March 27, 2000

  Released Brian Hunter.

• March 31, 2000

  Selected Anthony Sanders off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.