2009 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 20, 2009

  Traded Brian Barton to the Atlanta Braves. Received Blaine Boyer.

• April 25, 2009

  Received Evan MacLane from the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a conditional deal.

• May 5, 2009

  Released David Peralta.

• June 8, 2009

  Blaine Boyer selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks off waivers.

• June 9, 2009

  Drafted Shelby Miller in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.

  Drafted Robert Stock in the 2nd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2009.

  Drafted Joe Kelly in the 3rd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2009.

  Drafted Ryan Jackson in the 5th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2009.

  Drafted Matt Carpenter in the 13th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2009.

  Drafted David Washington in the 15th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2009.

  Drafted Travis Tartamella in the 19th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2009.

  Drafted Trevor Rosenthal in the 21st round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 2009.

  Drafted Matt Adams in the 23rd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2009.

  Drafted Keith Butler in the 24th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2009.

• June 27, 2009

  Traded a player to be named later and Chris Perez to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mark DeRosa. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jess Todd (July 26, 2009) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• July 22, 2009

  Traded Chris Duncan to the Boston Red Sox. Received Julio Lugo.

• July 24, 2009

  Traded Clayton Mortensen, Shane Peterson and Brett Wallace to the Oakland Athletics. Received Matt Holliday.

• August 19, 2009

  Signed John Smoltz as a free agent.

• October 5, 2009

  Brian Barden granted Free Agency.

  Royce Ring granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2009

  Jarrett Hoffpauir selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• November 4, 2009

  Released Brad Thompson.

• November 5, 2009

  Rick Ankiel granted Free Agency.

  Mark DeRosa granted Free Agency.

  Troy Glaus granted Free Agency.

  Khalil Greene granted Free Agency.

  Matt Holliday granted Free Agency.

  Jason LaRue granted Free Agency.

  John Smoltz granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2009

  Joel Piñeiro granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2009

  Evan MacLane granted Free Agency.

  Charlie Manning granted Free Agency.

  Todd Wellemeyer granted Free Agency.

• November 30, 2009

  Signed Rúben Gotay as a free agent.

  Signed Jason LaRue as a free agent.

• December 7, 2009

  Signed Brad Penny as a free agent.

• December 10, 2009

  Mike Parisi drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2009 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 2009

  Joe Thurston granted Free Agency.

• January 4, 2010

  Signed Evan MacLane as a free agent.

• January 5, 2010

  Signed Matt Holliday as a free agent.

• January 13, 2010

  Signed Charlie Zink as a free agent.

• January 26, 2010

  Signed Rich Hill as a free agent.

  Signed Rich Rundles as a free agent.

• February 27, 2010

  Signed Felipe López as a free agent.

• March 25, 2010

  Signed Edubray Ramos as an amateur free agent.

• March 26, 2010

  Released Charlie Zink.

• April 1, 2010

  Sent Julio Lugo to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.