2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2002

  Signed Chad Mottola as a free agent.

• November 4, 2002

  Signed Chris Peters as a free agent.

• November 6, 2002

  Signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Ryan Jackson as a free agent.

  Signed Sandy Martínez as a free agent.

• November 7, 2002

  Signed Ángel Peña as a free agent.

• November 15, 2002

  Signed Cedrick Bowers as a free agent.

• November 20, 2002

  Signed Geremi González as a free agent.

• November 27, 2002

  Steve Kent selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

  Ryan Rupe selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• December 5, 2002

  Signed Erik Sabel as a free agent.

• December 10, 2002

  Steve Cox player rights sold to Yokohama Bay Stars (Japan Central).

• December 12, 2002

  Signed Charlie Greene as a free agent.

• December 15, 2002

  Traded players to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Rey Ordóñez. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Russ Johnson (December 16, 2002) and Josh Pressley (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 16, 2002

  Adrian Brown drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Héctor Luna from the Cleveland Indians in the 2002 minor league draft.

  Signed Iván Cruz as a free agent.

• December 17, 2002

  Signed Blake Stein as a free agent.

• December 18, 2002

  Signed Brian Lesher as a free agent.

  Signed Brian O'Connor as a free agent.

  Signed Héctor Ortiz as a free agent.

• December 19, 2002

  Signed John Frascatore as a free agent.

• December 21, 2002

  Paul Wilson granted Free Agency.

  Esteban Yan granted Free Agency.

  Tanyon Sturtze granted Free Agency.

• December 23, 2002

  Signed Todd Williams as a free agent.

• December 27, 2002

  Signed Raúl Casanova as a free agent.

• January 6, 2003

  Signed Chris Truby as a free agent.

• January 16, 2003

  Signed Marlon Anderson as a free agent.

  Signed Steve Parris as a free agent.

• January 17, 2003

  Signed Ryan Thompson as a free agent.

• January 20, 2003

  Signed Jim Parque as a free agent.

• January 21, 2003

  Signed Jorge Fábregas as a free agent.

  Signed Lee Stevens as a free agent.

• January 29, 2003

  Signed Carlos Reyes as a free agent.

• February 6, 2003

  Signed Travis Lee as a free agent.

• February 8, 2003

  Signed Lee Gardner as a free agent.

• February 14, 2003

  Signed Wayne Gomes as a free agent.

• February 27, 2003

  Signed José Paniagua as a free agent.

• March 10, 2003

  Released Wayne Gomes.

• March 12, 2003

  Released Dan Reichert.

• March 17, 2003

  Signed Rob Bell as a free agent.

• March 18, 2003

  Released Lee Stevens.

• March 22, 2003

  Released Brian Lesher.

  Released Blake Stein.

  Released Greg Vaughn.

• March 24, 2003

  Traded Jason Conti to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Javier Valentín.

• March 25, 2003

  Released José Paniagua.

• March 26, 2003

  The Boston Red Sox returned Adrian Brown (earlier draft pick).

  Released Travis Phelps.

• March 28, 2003

  Signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.

  Selected George Lombard off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

  Released Adrian Brown.

• March 29, 2003

  Signed Al Martin as a free agent.

  Signed Terry Shumpert as a free agent.

• March 30, 2003

  Released Sandy Martínez.

  Released Erik Sabel.

• April 2, 2003

  Returned Héctor Luna (earlier draft pick) to the Cleveland Indians.

  Signed Damion Easley as a free agent.

  Signed Al Levine as a free agent.

• April 4, 2003

  Brent Abernathy selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• April 10, 2003

  Signed John Rocker as a free agent.

• April 17, 2003

  Released Ryan Thompson.

• April 18, 2003

  Signed Bobby Cramer as an amateur free agent.

• April 25, 2003

  Luis de los Santos granted Free Agency.

• May 6, 2003

  Signed Mark Quinn as a free agent.

• May 13, 2003

  Released Kevin McGlinchy.

• May 15, 2003

  Signed Julio Lugo as a free agent.

• May 17, 2003

  Released Brian O'Connor.

• May 19, 2003

  Félix Escalona selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• May 27, 2003

  Released Mark Quinn.

• June 3, 2003

  Drafted Delmon Young in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed September 8, 2003.

  Drafted James Houser in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2003.

  Drafted Andrew Miller in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Travis Schlichting in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2003.

  Drafted Billy Buckner in the 9th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Jaso in the 12th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2003.

  Drafted Chad Orvella in the 13th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2003.

  Drafted Jared Hughes in the 16th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Josh Geer in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Wade LeBlanc in the 36th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 4, 2003

  Released Damion Easley.

• June 6, 2003

  Selected Jeff Liefer off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

• June 7, 2003

  Released Jay Canizaro.

  Released Charlie Greene.

• June 8, 2003

  Released Chad Mottola.

• June 9, 2003

  Signed Jesús Feliciano as a free agent.

• June 11, 2003

  Nick Bierbrodt selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• June 18, 2003

  Released Steve Parris.

• June 24, 2003

  Released Jorge Fábregas.

• June 27, 2003

  Released John Rocker.

• June 30, 2003

  Released Mike Venafro.

• July 1, 2003

  Signed Todd Belitz as a free agent.

  Released Matt Perisho.

• July 28, 2003

  Released Raúl Casanova.

• July 31, 2003

  Al Levine player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• August 19, 2003

  Selected Adam Piatt off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• September 12, 2003

  Released Jim Parque.

• September 29, 2003

  Jeff Liefer granted Free Agency.

• September 30, 2003

  George Lombard granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2003

  Chris Truby granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2003

  Carlos Reyes granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2003

  Todd Belitz granted Free Agency.

  Cedrick Bowers granted Free Agency.

  Jesús Feliciano granted Free Agency.

  Lee Gardner granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Delvin James granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Ortiz granted Free Agency.

  Javier Valentín granted Free Agency.

  Todd Williams granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 2003

  Jason Smith granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 2003

  Al Martin granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2003

  Signed Ken Cloude as a free agent.

  Released Terry Shumpert.

• October 28, 2003

  Ben Grieve granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2003

  Rey Ordóñez granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2003

  Travis Lee granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2003

  Signed Jason Maxwell as a free agent.

• November 14, 2003

  Signed Paul Abbott as a free agent.

  Signed John Halama as a free agent.

• November 18, 2003

  Signed Dicky Gonzalez as a free agent.

• November 19, 2003

  Signed Edwards Guzmán as a free agent.

• November 20, 2003

  Signed Jesús Feliciano as a free agent.

  Released Adam Piatt.

• November 21, 2003

  Traded a player to be named later and Evan Rust (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tino Martinez. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent John-Paul Davis (minors) (December 16, 2003) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• November 25, 2003

  Signed Alex Hernández as a free agent.

• December 4, 2003

  Signed Robinson Cancel as a free agent.

• December 8, 2003

  Mark Malaska selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

  Jason Tyner selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• December 11, 2003

  Signed Eduardo Pérez as a free agent.

• December 14, 2003

  Traded Brandon Backe to the Houston Astros. Received Geoff Blum.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Joe Kennedy to the Colorado Rockies. Received Mark Hendrickson from the Toronto Blue Jays. In addition, the Toronto Blue Jays sent a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies; and the Colorado Rockies sent Justin Speier to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sandy Nin (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

• December 15, 2003

  Edgar Gonzalez drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Tim Corcoran from the Baltimore Orioles in the 2003 minor league draft.

• December 16, 2003

  Signed Rob Stanifer as a free agent.

• December 17, 2003

  Signed José Cruz as a free agent.

• December 18, 2003

  Signed Rich Loiselle as a free agent.

• December 19, 2003

  Signed Rey Sánchez as a free agent.

• December 20, 2003

  Marlon Anderson granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 2003

  Jared Sandberg granted Free Agency.

• January 5, 2004

  Signed Mike Holtz as a free agent.

  Signed Alberto Reyes as a free agent.

• January 6, 2004

  Signed Danys Báez as a free agent.

  Signed Fernando Tatís as a free agent.

• January 7, 2004

  Signed Deivi Cruz as a free agent.

  Signed Brook Fordyce as a free agent.

  Signed Trever Miller as a free agent.

  Signed Jared Sandberg as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed Carlos Reyes as a free agent.

• January 9, 2004

  Signed Robert Fick as a free agent.

• January 12, 2004

  Signed Todd Jones as a free agent.

  Signed Mitch Meluskey as a free agent.

• January 13, 2004

  Signed Mike Williams as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Signed Damian Moss as a free agent.

  Signed Todd Ritchie as a free agent.

• February 4, 2004

  Signed Franklin Núñez as a free agent.

• February 9, 2004

  Signed Charles Gipson as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Ordaz as a free agent.

• February 10, 2004

  Signed Midre Cummings as a free agent.

• February 16, 2004

  Signed Alan Mills as a free agent.

• February 24, 2004

  Selected John Webb off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• March 1, 2004

  Signed Robin Jennings as a free agent.

• March 17, 2004

  Released Alan Mills.

• March 23, 2004

  Signed Fred McGriff as a free agent.

• March 24, 2004

  Released Deivi Cruz.

  Released Todd Jones.

  Released Fernando Tatís.

• March 30, 2004

  Released Robin Jennings.