2002 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2001

  Signed Juan Melo as a free agent.

• November 5, 2001

  Jason Schmidt granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2001

  Jason Christiansen granted Free Agency.

  Eric Davis granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2001

  Andrés Galarraga granted Free Agency.

  Benito Santiago granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 2001

  Mark Gardner granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2001

  Selected Rubén Rivera off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• November 28, 2001

  Released Wayne Gomes.

  Released Dante Powell.

• December 3, 2001

  Released Jalal Leach.

• December 5, 2001

  Signed Jason Christiansen as a free agent.

• December 7, 2001

  Signed Benito Santiago as a free agent.

• December 13, 2001

  Drafted Félix Escalona from the Houston Astros in the 2001 rule 5 draft.

  Traded John Vander Wal to the New York Yankees. Received Jay Witasick.

• December 16, 2001

  Traded Shawn Estes to the New York Mets. Received Desi Relaford and Tsuyoshi Shinjo.

• December 18, 2001

  Signed Jason Schmidt as a free agent.

• December 21, 2001

  Brian Boehringer granted Free Agency.

  Rubén Rivera granted Free Agency.

• January 8, 2002

  Signed Reggie Sanders as a free agent.

• January 10, 2002

  Signed Ángel Peña as a free agent.

• January 16, 2002

  Signed Scott Servais as a free agent.

• January 25, 2002

  Traded Desi Relaford and cash to the Seattle Mariners. Received David Bell.

• February 2, 2002

  Signed Alejandro Freire as a free agent.

• February 5, 2002

  Signed Manny Aybar as a free agent.

• February 6, 2002

  Signed Osiris Matos as an amateur free agent.

• March 4, 2002

  Signed Carlos Villanueva as an amateur free agent.

• March 27, 2002

  Félix Escalona selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays off waivers.

• March 28, 2002

  Signed Troy Brohawn as a free agent.

• March 29, 2002

  Signed Brian Simmons as a free agent.

• April 14, 2002

  Released Scott Servais.

• April 17, 2002

  Signed Tom Goodwin as a free agent.

• April 22, 2002

  Calvin Murray player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• May 16, 2002

  Signed Dante Powell as a free agent.

• May 27, 2002

  Signed Jason Dickson as a free agent.

• May 31, 2002

  Released Jason Dickson.

• June 4, 2002

  Signed Kevin Jordan as a free agent.

  Drafted Matt Cain in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2002.

  Drafted Fred Lewis in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2002.

  Drafted Daniel Ortmeier in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2002.

  Drafted Kevin Correia in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2002.

  Drafted Jesse English in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2002.

  Drafted Clay Hensley in the 8th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2002.

  Drafted Travis Ishikawa in the 21st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 2002.

  Drafted Alex Hinshaw in the 29th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Matt Palmer in the 31st round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2002.

• June 10, 2002

  Selected Jason Pearson off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• June 25, 2002

  Released Dante Powell.

• July 1, 2002

  Released Ángel Peña.

• July 5, 2002

  Signed Osvaldo Fernández as a free agent.

• July 28, 2002

  Traded Ryan Meaux (minors) and Félix Díaz to the Chicago White Sox. Received Kenny Lofton.

• August 8, 2002

  Selected Scott Eyre off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• September 4, 2002

  Traded Jeff Verplancke (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bill Mueller and cash.

• October 15, 2002

  Troy Brohawn granted Free Agency.

  Osvaldo Fernández granted Free Agency.

  Alejandro Freire granted Free Agency.

  Joe Horgan granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Jordan granted Free Agency.

  Juan Melo granted Free Agency.

  Jason Pearson granted Free Agency.

  Guillermo Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Brian Simmons granted Free Agency.

• October 23, 2002

  Signed Guillermo Rodríguez as a free agent.

• October 28, 2002

  Bill Mueller granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2002

  Jeff Kent granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2002

  David Bell granted Free Agency.

  Reggie Sanders granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2002

  Kenny Lofton granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2002

  Tom Goodwin granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 2002

  Signed Joe Horgan as a free agent.

• November 15, 2002

  Released Tsuyoshi Shinjo.

• November 25, 2002

  Selected Neifi Pérez off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• November 27, 2002

  Signed Brian Simmons as a free agent.

• December 7, 2002

  Signed Ray Durham as a free agent.

  Signed Marquis Grissom as a free agent.

• December 15, 2002

  Signed Edgardo Alfonzo as a free agent.

• December 16, 2002

  Drafted Mike Cervenak from the New York Yankees in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Brian Dallimore as a free agent.

• December 17, 2002

  Traded Russ Ortiz to the Atlanta Braves. Received Damian Moss and Merkin Valdez.

• December 21, 2002

  Manny Aybar granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Fultz granted Free Agency.

  Ramón Martínez granted Free Agency.

  Neifi Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Jay Witasick granted Free Agency.

• December 26, 2002

  Signed Kevin Pickford as a free agent.

• December 28, 2002

  Signed Brian Powell as a free agent.

• December 31, 2002

  Signed Neifi Pérez as a free agent.

• January 14, 2003

  Signed Joe Vitiello as a free agent.

• January 24, 2003

  Signed Rubén Rivera as a free agent.

• January 27, 2003

  Signed Mike Johnson as a free agent.

• January 28, 2003

  Signed José Cruz as a free agent.

• February 5, 2003

  Signed Andrés Galarraga as a free agent.

• February 12, 2003

  Signed Lorenzo Barceló as a free agent.

• March 12, 2003

  Signed Alejandro Freire as a free agent.

• March 14, 2003

  Signed Alberto Castillo as a free agent.

• March 18, 2003

  Signed Clay Bellinger as a free agent.

• March 24, 2003

  Traded Edwards Guzmán, Liván Hernández and cash to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later and Jim Brower. The Montreal Expos sent Matt Blank (April 30, 2003) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• March 25, 2003

  Signed Manny Aybar as a free agent.