2000 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 1999

  Donovan Osborne granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1999

  Thomas Howard granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1999

  Willie McGee granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1999

  Heathcliff Slocumb granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1999

  Traded Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric.

• November 12, 1999

  Signed Marc Ronan as a free agent.

• November 16, 1999

  Traded Manny Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore and José Jiménez to the Colorado Rockies. Received Luther Hackman, Darryl Kile and Dave Veres.

• November 24, 1999

  Signed Heathcliff Slocumb as a free agent.

• December 8, 1999

  Signed Larry Sutton as a free agent.

• December 15, 1999

  Signed Mike Matheny as a free agent.

  Traded Luis Ordaz to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Dante Powell.

• December 16, 1999

  Released Darren Bragg.

• December 20, 1999

  Traded players to be named later and Juan Acevedo to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Fernando Viña. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Eliézer Alfonzo (June 13, 2000) and Matt Parker (minors) (June 13, 2000) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• December 21, 1999

  Ricky Bottalico granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 1999

  Signed Thomas Howard as a free agent.

• January 5, 2000

  Signed Ernie Young as a free agent.

• January 7, 2000

  Signed Andy Benes as a free agent.

• January 19, 2000

  Signed Jim Dougherty as a free agent.

  Signed John Hudek as a free agent.

  Signed Dave Wainhouse as a free agent.

• February 3, 2000

  Signed Shawon Dunston as a free agent.

  Signed Eduardo Pérez as a free agent.

  Signed Rick Wilkins as a free agent.

• March 18, 2000

  Traded Joe McEwing to the New York Mets. Received Jesse Orosco.

• March 23, 2000

  Traded Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy to the Anaheim Angels. Received Jim Edmonds.

• March 29, 2000

  Released Paul Spoljaric.

• May 4, 2000

  Signed Darren Holmes as a free agent.

• June 5, 2000

  Released Mike Mohler.

  Drafted Chris Narveson in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 2000.

  Drafted Yadier Molina in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 6, 2000.

  Drafted Carmen Cali in the 10th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2000.

  Drafted John Gall in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2000.

  Drafted Tyler Johnson in the 34th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 15, 2001.

• June 27, 2000

  Signed Allen McDill as a free agent.

• June 28, 2000

  Sent Darren Holmes to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• July 11, 2000

  Signed Brian Johnson as a free agent.

• July 22, 2000

  Signed Jim Crowell as a free agent.

• July 29, 2000

  Traded Mark Nussbeck (minors) and Chris Richard to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mike Timlin and cash.

  Traded Jack Wilson to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jason Christiansen.

• July 31, 2000

  Traded José León to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Will Clark and cash.

  Traded Ben Johnson and Heathcliff Slocumb to the San Diego Padres. Received Nate Tebbs (minors) and Carlos Hernández.

• August 4, 2000

  Released Brian Johnson.

• October 3, 2000

  Dave Wainhouse granted Free Agency.

• October 12, 2000

  Released Jim Crowell.

• October 15, 2000

  Ernie Young granted Free Agency.

• October 18, 2000

  Mark Little granted Free Agency.

  Allen McDill granted Free Agency.

  Dante Powell granted Free Agency.

• October 19, 2000

  Mark Thompson granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2000

  Shawon Dunston granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2000

  Jesse Orosco granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2000

  Pat Hentgen granted Free Agency.

  Scott Radinsky granted Free Agency.

  Rick Wilkins granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2000

  Eric Davis granted Free Agency.

  Thomas Howard granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2000

  Signed Jim Crowell as a free agent.

• December 7, 2000

  Signed Kerry Robinson as a free agent.

• December 14, 2000

  Traded Britt Reames and Fernando Tatís to the Montreal Expos. Received Dustin Hermanson and Steve Kline.

• December 20, 2000

  Eduardo Pérez player rights sold to Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).

• December 22, 2000

  Signed Quinton McCracken as a free agent.

• January 5, 2001

  Signed Shane Andrews as a free agent.

  Signed Bobby Bonilla as a free agent.

  Signed Bernard Gilkey as a free agent.

  Signed John Mabry as a free agent.

• January 12, 2001

  Signed Jim Bullinger as a free agent.

• February 6, 2001

  Signed Jeff Tabaka as a free agent.

• March 28, 2001

  Released Quinton McCracken.

• March 30, 2001

  Released Jim Crowell.