2007 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2006

  Jeff Suppan granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Weaver granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2006

  Preston Wilson granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2006

  Signed Randy Keisler as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Spiezio as a free agent.

• November 21, 2006

  Signed Brian Esposito as a free agent.

  Released Carmen Cali.

• November 23, 2006

  Signed Mike Smith as a free agent.

• November 28, 2006

  Signed Gary Bennett as a free agent.

  Signed Adam Kennedy as a free agent.

  Signed Eli Marrero as a free agent.

  Signed Kip Wells as a free agent.

• December 1, 2006

  Signed Ryan Ludwick as a free agent.

• December 8, 2006

  Signed Russ Springer as a free agent.

• December 12, 2006

  Rick Ankiel granted Free Agency.

  Jorge Sosa granted Free Agency.

• January 10, 2007

  Signed Rick Ankiel as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Mulder as a free agent.

• January 11, 2007

  Signed Jolbert Cabrera as a free agent.

• January 22, 2007

  Signed Ryan Franklin as a free agent.

• January 30, 2007

  Signed Edgar Gonzalez as a free agent.

• February 1, 2007

  Signed Preston Wilson as a free agent.

• February 12, 2007

  Signed Matt Ginter as a free agent.

• March 30, 2007

  Released Michel Hernández.

  Released Ricardo Rincón.

• April 5, 2007

  Purchased Fernando Salas from Saltillo (Mexican).

• April 27, 2007

  Signed Kelvin Jiménez as a free agent.

• May 15, 2007

  Selected Todd Wellemeyer off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• May 21, 2007

  Released Eli Marrero.

• June 2, 2007

  Purchased Kelly Stinnett from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• June 7, 2007

  Drafted Pete Kozma in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 2007.

  Drafted Clayton Mortensen in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2007.

  Drafted Jess Todd in the 2nd round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2007.

  Drafted Daniel Descalso in the 3rd round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2007.

  Drafted Michael Stutes in the 9th round of the 2007 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Steven Hill in the 13th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2007.

  Drafted C.J. Fick in the 15th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2007.

  Drafted Andrew Brown in the 18th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2007.

  Drafted Brian Broderick in the 21st round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2007.

  Drafted Sam Freeman in the 24th round of the 2007 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tony Cruz in the 26th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2007.

  Drafted Michael Blazek in the 35th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2007.

  Drafted Adron Chambers in the 38th round of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2007.

• June 8, 2007

  Signed Troy Percival as a free agent.

• June 19, 2007

  Signed Tomo Ohka as a free agent.

• June 22, 2007

  Traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Maroth. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Chris Lambert (August 30, 2007) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• July 4, 2007

  Sent John Nelson to the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.

  Released Tomo Ohka.

• July 31, 2007

  Traded Sean Danielson (minors) to the Boston Red Sox. Received Joel Piñeiro and cash.

• August 13, 2007

  Selected Brian Barden off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• August 14, 2007

  Signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.

  Released Jolbert Cabrera.

• August 17, 2007

  Released Matt Ginter.

• August 19, 2007

  Signed Miguel Cairo as a free agent.

• August 22, 2007

  Received Danny Ardoin from the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.

• August 31, 2007

  Received Russell Branyan from the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

• September 4, 2007

  Released Edgar Gonzalez.

• October 4, 2007

  Randy Keisler granted Free Agency.

• October 23, 2007

  Mike Maroth granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2007

  Danny Ardoin granted Free Agency.

  Gary Bennett granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Cairo granted Free Agency.

  Troy Cate granted Free Agency.

  David Eckstein granted Free Agency.

  Brian Esposito granted Free Agency.

  Chris Narveson granted Free Agency.

  Troy Percival granted Free Agency.

  Mike Smith granted Free Agency.

  Mike Venafro granted Free Agency.

  Rico Washington granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2007

  Russell Branyan granted Free Agency.

  Kelly Stinnett granted Free Agency.

  Kip Wells granted Free Agency.

  Preston Wilson granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2007

  So Taguchi granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 2007

  Signed Rico Washington as a free agent.

• November 19, 2007

  Released Brian Falkenborg.

• November 20, 2007

  Released Andy Cavazos.

• November 26, 2007

  Signed John Wasdin as a free agent.

• November 27, 2007

  Signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.

• November 29, 2007

  Signed Dewon Brazelton as a free agent.

• November 30, 2007

  Signed César Izturis as a free agent.

• December 1, 2007

  Released John Rodriguez.

• December 6, 2007

  Drafted Brian Barton from the Cleveland Indians in the 2007 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 2007

  Aaron Miles granted Free Agency.

• December 14, 2007

  Traded Jim Edmonds to the San Diego Padres. Received David Freese.

• December 19, 2007

  Signed D'Angelo Jimenez as a free agent.

  Signed Jason LaRue as a free agent.

• December 29, 2007

  Signed Cliff Politte as a free agent.

• January 3, 2008

  Signed Matt Clement as a free agent.

• January 4, 2008

  Signed Aaron Miles as a free agent.

• January 7, 2008

  Signed Ron Flores as a free agent.

• January 14, 2008

  Traded Scott Rolen to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Troy Glaus.

• January 16, 2008

  Signed Josh Phelps as a free agent.

• February 19, 2008

  Signed Ron Villone as a free agent.

• February 27, 2008

  Released Scott Spiezio.

• March 13, 2008

  Signed Kyle Lohse as a free agent.

• March 20, 2008

  Signed Audry Pérez as an amateur free agent.

• March 22, 2008

  Sent Mike McCoy to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• March 25, 2008

  Released Reid Gorecki.