2000 Seattle Mariners Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 19, 2000

  Signed Rickey Henderson as a free agent.

• June 5, 2000

  Drafted Jamal Strong in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.

  Drafted Jaime Bubela in the 7th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2000.

  Drafted Charlie Manning in the 9th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jason Hammel in the 23rd round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Nelson in the 39th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 23, 2000

  Selected Mark Watson off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• July 2, 2000

  Signed Emiliano Fruto as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jesús Guzmán as an amateur free agent.

  Signed José López as an amateur free agent.

• July 9, 2000

  Signed Wladimir Balentien as an amateur free agent.

• July 31, 2000

  Traded Tom Davey and John Mabry to the San Diego Padres. Received Al Martin.

• August 8, 2000

  Traded players to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Chris Widger. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Spencer (August 10, 2000) and Terrmel Sledge (September 28, 2000) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• August 14, 2000

  Signed Shin-Soo Choo as an amateur free agent.

• October 2, 2000

  Robert Machado granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2000

  Ken Cloude granted Free Agency.

  Jose Flores granted Free Agency.

  Dusty Wathan granted Free Agency.

• October 18, 2000

  Carlos Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Dámaso Marte granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2000

  Tom Lampkin granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2000

  Signed Travis Blackley as an amateur free agent.

• October 30, 2000

  Alex Rodriguez granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2000

  Rickey Henderson granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2000

  Joe Oliver granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2000

  José Mesa granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2000

  Signed Scott Podsednik as a free agent.

• November 8, 2000

  Signed Ken Cloude as a free agent.

• November 10, 2000

  Jay Buhner granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2000

  Brian Lesher granted Free Agency.

  Released Todd Williams.

• November 19, 2000

  Signed Ryan Rowland-Smith as an amateur free agent.

• November 30, 2000

  Purchased Ichiro Suzuki from Orix (Japan Pacific).

• December 4, 2000

  Signed Jeff Nelson as a free agent.

• December 7, 2000

  Signed Jay Buhner as a free agent.

• December 11, 2000

  Jermaine Clark drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2000 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jorge Sosa from the Colorado Rockies in the 2000 minor league draft.

• December 14, 2000

  Selected Mike Caruso off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• December 18, 2000

  Selected Jason Grabowski off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• December 19, 2000

  Signed Norm Charlton as a free agent.

• December 20, 2000

  Released Frankie Rodriguez.

• December 21, 2000

  Mike Caruso granted Free Agency.

  Raúl Ibañez granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 2000

  Signed Bret Boone as a free agent.

  Signed Tom Lampkin as a free agent.

• January 23, 2001

  Signed Carlos Baerga as a free agent.

• January 24, 2001

  Signed Brian Falkenborg as a free agent.

• February 18, 2001

  Signed Manny Alexander as a free agent.

• March 30, 2001

  Released Carlos Baerga.