2008 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 12, 2008

  Released Stu Pomeranz.

• June 5, 2008

  Drafted Brett Wallace in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2008.

  Drafted Lance Lynn in the 1st round (39th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2008.

  Drafted Shane Peterson in the 2nd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2008.

  Drafted Jermaine Curtis in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2008.

  Drafted Eric Fornataro in the 6th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2008.

  Drafted Alex Castellanos in the 10th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2008.

  Drafted Mitch Harris in the 13th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed March 2, 2009.

  Drafted Xavier Scruggs in the 19th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2008.

  Drafted Sam Freeman in the 32nd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2008.

  Drafted Kevin Siegrist in the 41st round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2008.

• June 26, 2008

  Signed Ildemaro Vargas as an amateur free agent.

• July 26, 2008

  Traded Anthony Reyes to the Cleveland Indians. Received Luis Perdomo.

• August 2, 2008

  Released Matt Clement.

• August 5, 2008

  Signed Felipe López as a free agent.

• October 1, 2008

  Rico Washington granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2008

  Selected Charlie Manning off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

• October 16, 2008

  Josh Phelps granted Free Agency.

• October 20, 2008

  Mark Mulder granted Free Agency.

• October 22, 2008

  Mark Johnson granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2008

  César Izturis granted Free Agency.

  Jason LaRue granted Free Agency.

  Braden Looper granted Free Agency.

  Felipe López granted Free Agency.

  Russ Springer granted Free Agency.

  Ron Villone granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2008

  Signed Jason LaRue as a free agent.

• November 1, 2008

  Jason Isringhausen granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2008

  Ron Flores granted Free Agency.

  D'Angelo Jimenez granted Free Agency.

  Cliff Politte granted Free Agency.

  John Wasdin granted Free Agency.

  Kelvin Jiménez selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• November 10, 2008

  Juan Encarnación granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 2008

  Signed Oscar Taveras as an amateur free agent.

• December 1, 2008

  Signed Justin Knoedler as a free agent.

• December 3, 2008

  Signed Trever Miller as a free agent.

• December 4, 2008

  Traded a player to be named later and Mark Worrell to the San Diego Padres. Received Khalil Greene. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luke Gregerson (March 23, 2009) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• December 11, 2008

  Luis Perdomo drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2008 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 2008

  Randy Flores granted Free Agency.

  Tyler Johnson granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Miles granted Free Agency.

• December 17, 2008

  Signed Joe Thurston as a free agent.

• January 6, 2009

  Signed Royce Ring as a free agent.

• February 9, 2009

  Released Adam Kennedy.

• March 5, 2009

  Signed Dennys Reyes as a free agent.

• April 1, 2009

  Released Justin Knoedler.