2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 2005

  Signed Ruddy Lugo as a free agent.

• November 21, 2005

  Signed Chad Harville as a free agent.

  Released Joe Beimel.

• December 2, 2005

  Pete LaForest selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

• December 7, 2005

  Traded Dewon Brazelton to the San Diego Padres. Received Sean Burroughs.

• December 8, 2005

  Jason Pridie drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2005 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Steve Andrade from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2005 rule 5 draft.

  Steve Andrade player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• December 9, 2005

  Signed Travis Driskill as a free agent.

• December 19, 2005

  Signed Bart Miadich as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Ordaz as a free agent.

  Released Joe Borowski.

  Traded Travis Schlichting to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received Josh Paul.

• December 20, 2005

  Lance Carter granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 2005

  Signed Lance Carter as a free agent.

  Trever Miller granted Free Agency.

  Mike Rose granted Free Agency.

• January 4, 2006

  Signed Darnell McDonald as a free agent.

• January 10, 2006

  Signed Ty Wigginton as a free agent.

• January 11, 2006

  Signed Jason Childers as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Malaska as a free agent.

  Signed Dan Miceli as a free agent.

  Signed Justin Miller as a free agent.

  Signed Greg Norton as a free agent.

  Signed Kevin Witt as a free agent.

  Released Franklin Núñez.

• January 13, 2006

  Signed Michael Coleman as a free agent.

• January 14, 2006

  Traded Danys Báez and Lance Carter to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Chuck Tiffany (minors) and Edwin Jackson.

• January 15, 2006

  Signed Mike Rose as a free agent.

• January 17, 2006

  Signed Shawn Camp as a free agent.

• January 18, 2006

  Signed Luis Rivas as a free agent.

• January 24, 2006

  Signed Wayne Franklin as a free agent.

• January 31, 2006

  Signed Russell Branyan as a free agent.

• February 11, 2006

  Signed Travis Lee as a free agent.

• March 19, 2006

  Signed Alberto Reyes as a free agent.

• March 29, 2006

  The Minnesota Twins returned Jason Pridie (earlier draft pick).

• March 31, 2006

  Released Mark Malaska.

• April 1, 2006

  Signed Brian Meadows as a free agent.

• April 2, 2006

  Released Travis Driskill.

  Released Wayne Franklin.

• April 5, 2006

  Selected Scott Dunn off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

• April 6, 2006

  Signed Tomás Pérez as a free agent.

  Released Jesús Colomé.

  Traded Jose De La Cruz (minors) to the Seattle Mariners. Received Marcos Carvajal.

• April 20, 2006

  Released Justin Miller.

• April 28, 2006

  Traded Carlos Hines (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tyler Walker.

• May 24, 2006

  Nick Green player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• May 25, 2006

  Released Mike Rose.

• June 6, 2006

  Drafted Evan Longoria in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2006.

  Drafted Josh Butler in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2006.

  Drafted Alex Cobb in the 4th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2006.

  Drafted Shawn O'Malley in the 5th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2006.

  Drafted Nevin Ashley in the 6th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2006.

  Drafted Ryan Reid in the 7th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2006.

  Drafted Desmond Jennings in the 10th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2006.

  Drafted Mike Minor in the 13th round of the 2006 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Travis Tartamella in the 50th round of the 2006 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 2006

  Released Bart Miadich.

• June 20, 2006

  Traded Fernando Cortez and Joey Gathright to the Kansas City Royals. Received J.P. Howell.

• June 21, 2006

  Signed Jason Romano as a free agent.

• June 27, 2006

  Traded Toby Hall, Mark Hendrickson and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received a player to be named later, Dioner Navarro and Jae Weong Seo. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Justin Ruggiano (July 19, 2006) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade.

• July 2, 2006

  Signed Albert Suárez as an amateur free agent.

• July 12, 2006

  Traded Aubrey Huff and cash to the Houston Astros. Received Mitch Talbot and Ben Zobrist.

• July 13, 2006

  Released Jason Romano.

• July 31, 2006

  Traded Julio Lugo to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Sergio Pedroza (minors) and Joel Guzmán.

• August 14, 2006

  Released Sean Burroughs.

• August 16, 2006

  Released Chad Harville.

• August 24, 2006

  Traded Russell Branyan to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later and Evan Meek. The San Diego Padres sent Dale Thayer (September 15, 2006) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade.

• September 10, 2006

  Released Travis Lee.

• October 11, 2006

  Luis Ordaz granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2006

  Brent Butler granted Free Agency.

  Jason Childers granted Free Agency.

  Michael Coleman granted Free Agency.

  Scott Dunn granted Free Agency.

  Jean Machi granted Free Agency.

  Darnell McDonald granted Free Agency.

  Alberto Reyes granted Free Agency.

  Luis Rivas granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 2006

  Released Kevin Witt.

• October 30, 2006

  Kevin Cash granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2006

  Travis Harper granted Free Agency.

  Damon Hollins granted Free Agency.

  Brian Meadows granted Free Agency.

  Tomás Pérez granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2006

  Released Tyler Walker.

• November 10, 2006

  Signed Jorge Velandia as a free agent.

• December 1, 2006

  Signed Steve Andrade as a free agent.

  Signed Hee-Seop Choi as a free agent.

  Signed Dustan Mohr as a free agent.

• December 7, 2006

  Josh Hamilton drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2006 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 2006

  Purchased Akinori Iwamura from Yakult Swallows (Japan Central).

• December 21, 2006

  Signed Gary Glover as a free agent.

• January 2, 2007

  Purchased Brendan Harris from the Cincinnati Reds.

• January 3, 2007

  Signed Yamid Haad as a free agent.

• January 9, 2007

  Signed Brent Butler as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Grabowski as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Richard as a free agent.

• January 12, 2007

  Signed Raúl Casanova as a free agent.

• January 22, 2007

  Signed Scott Dohmann as a free agent.

• January 29, 2007

  Signed Carlos Peña as a free agent.

• February 5, 2007

  Signed Alberto Reyes as a free agent.

• February 13, 2007

  Traded Andrew Lopez (minors) and Greg Reinhard (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jae Kuk Ryu.

• February 16, 2007

  Marcos Carvajal selected by the New York Mets off waivers.

• February 26, 2007

  Signed Wilking Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• March 20, 2007

  Signed Alex Colomé as an amateur free agent.

• March 29, 2007

  Released Dan Miceli.

• April 1, 2007

  Released Yamid Haad.