2017 Tampa Bay Rays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2016

  Purchased John Lamb from the Cincinnati Reds.

• November 3, 2016

  Kevin Jepsen granted Free Agency.

  Logan Morrison granted Free Agency.

  Alexei Ramírez granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2016

  J.P. Arencibia granted Free Agency.

  Andrew Bellatti granted Free Agency.

  Jaye Chapman granted Free Agency.

  Casey Coleman granted Free Agency.

  Adam Kolarek granted Free Agency.

  Parker Markel granted Free Agency.

  Justin Marks granted Free Agency.

  Eury Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Juniel Querecuto granted Free Agency.

  Tyler Sturdevant granted Free Agency.

  Jonny Venters granted Free Agency.

  Adam Wilk granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 2016

  Bobby Wilson granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 2016

  Released John Lamb.

  Traded Taylor Motter and Richie Shaffer to the Seattle Mariners. Received Dalton Kelly (minors), Dylan Thompson (minors) and Andrew Kittredge.

• November 28, 2016

  Steve Geltz selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• December 1, 2016

  Signed Justin Marks as a free agent.

• December 2, 2016

  Ryan Brett granted Free Agency.

• December 6, 2016

  Signed Ryan Brett as a free agent.

• December 8, 2016

  Signed Diego Moreno as a free agent.

• December 12, 2016

  Signed Wilson Ramos as a free agent.

• December 22, 2016

  Signed Michael McKenry as a free agent.

  Signed Shane Peterson as a free agent.

• January 11, 2017

  Traded Drew Smyly to the Seattle Mariners. Received Carlos Vargas (minors), Mallex Smith and Ryan Yarbrough.

  Selected Jason Coats off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• January 17, 2017

  Dylan Floro selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• January 18, 2017

  Traded Mikie Mahtook to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Drew Smith (April 28, 2017) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• January 23, 2017

  Signed Shawn Tolleson as a free agent.

  Traded Logan Forsythe to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received José De León.

• January 26, 2017

  Signed David Carpenter as a free agent.

• January 30, 2017

  Signed Colby Rasmus as a free agent.

  Released Jason Coats.

• February 1, 2017

  Signed Cory Rasmus as a free agent.

• February 4, 2017

  Signed Rickie Weeks as a free agent.

• February 7, 2017

  Signed Logan Morrison as a free agent.

  Traded Enny Romero to the Washington Nationals. Received Jeffrey Rosa (minors).

• February 8, 2017

  Traded player to be named or cash to the Seattle Mariners. Received Jesús Sucre.

• February 14, 2017

  Signed Nathan Eovaldi as a free agent.

  Traded Eddie Gamboa to the Texas Rangers. Received player to be named or cash.

• February 16, 2017

  Signed Tommy Hunter as a free agent.

• March 10, 2017

  Signed Jason Coats as a free agent.

  Selected Jumbo Díaz off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 15, 2017

  Released Dana Eveland.

• March 23, 2017

  Released David Carpenter.

• March 26, 2017

  Signed Derek Norris as a free agent.

• March 27, 2017

  Signed Adam Kolarek as a free agent.

  Signed Jonny Venters as a free agent.

• March 28, 2017

  Purchased Peter Bourjos from the Chicago White Sox.

• April 5, 2017

  Nick Franklin selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• April 6, 2017

  Luke Maile selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• April 7, 2017

  Released Cory Rasmus.

• May 9, 2017

  Justin Marks selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

• May 18, 2017

  Traded player to be named or cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received Michael Martínez.

• June 9, 2017

  Purchased Taylor Featherston from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• June 12, 2017

  Drafted Brendan McKay in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 2017.

  Drafted Drew Rasmussen in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 2017 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Michael Mercado in the 2nd round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 2017.

• June 13, 2017

  Drafted Taylor Walls in the 3rd round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 2017.

  Drafted Josh Fleming in the 5th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2017.

  Drafted Riley O'Brien in the 8th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2017.

  Drafted Phoenix Sanders in the 10th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2017.

• June 14, 2017

  Drafted Paul Campbell in the 21st round of the 2017 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2017.

  Drafted Gavin Williams in the 30th round of the 2017 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 17, 2017

  Traded player to be named or cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Trevor Plouffe and cash.

• June 22, 2017

  Signed Mike Broadway as a free agent.

  Michael Martínez granted Free Agency.

• June 26, 2017

  Released Derek Norris.

  Traded Ethan Clark (minors) and Braxton Lee to the Miami Marlins. Received Adeiny Hechavarría.

• July 2, 2017

  Signed Wander Franco as an amateur free agent.

• July 5, 2017

  Signed Michael Roth as a free agent.

• July 6, 2017

  Signed Logan Darnell as a free agent.

• July 18, 2017

  Purchased Chaz Roe from the Atlanta Braves.

• July 20, 2017

  Released Danny Farquhar.

• July 21, 2017

  Jumbo Díaz granted Free Agency.

• July 22, 2017

  Traded player to be named or cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Sergio Romo.

• July 24, 2017

  Released Rickie Weeks.

• July 27, 2017

  Traded Drew Smith to the New York Mets. Received Lucas Duda.

  Traded Casey Gillaspie (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Dan Jennings.

• July 28, 2017

  Traded Erasmo Ramírez to the Seattle Mariners. Received Steve Cishek and cash.

• July 29, 2017

  Diego Moreno selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• July 31, 2017

  Traded Tim Beckham to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Tobias Myers.

• August 1, 2017

  Released Neil Wagner.

• August 6, 2017

  Traded Ryan Garton and Mike Marjama to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later, Anthony Misiewicz and Luis Rengifo. The Seattle Mariners sent Osmy Gregorio (minors) (October 5, 2017) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• August 19, 2017

  Selected César Puello off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

• August 25, 2017

  Signed Danny Espinosa as a free agent.

• September 21, 2017

  Released Danny Espinosa.

• October 2, 2017

  Taylor Featherston granted Free Agency.

• October 3, 2017

  Shane Peterson granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2017

  Signed Vidal Nuño III as a free agent.

• November 2, 2017

  Peter Bourjos granted Free Agency.

  Steve Cishek granted Free Agency.

  Alex Cobb granted Free Agency.

  Lucas Duda granted Free Agency.

  Tommy Hunter granted Free Agency.

  Logan Morrison granted Free Agency.

  Trevor Plouffe granted Free Agency.

  Colby Rasmus granted Free Agency.

  Sergio Romo granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2017

  Ryan Brett granted Free Agency.

  Mike Broadway granted Free Agency.

  Curt Casali granted Free Agency.

  Logan Darnell granted Free Agency.

  Jake Hager granted Free Agency.

  Michael McKenry granted Free Agency.

  César Puello granted Free Agency.

  Michael Roth granted Free Agency.

  Shawn Tolleson granted Free Agency.

  Jonny Venters granted Free Agency.

  Taylor Guerrieri selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• November 27, 2017

  Selected Micah Johnson off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• November 30, 2017

  Traded Brad Boxberger to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Curtis Taylor (minors).

• December 1, 2017

  Xavier Cedeño granted Free Agency.

  Chase Whitley selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• December 11, 2017

  Traded a player to be named later to the Oakland Athletics. Received Joey Wendle. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Jonah Heim (December 19, 2017) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• December 12, 2017

  Traded Deion Tansel (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Ryan Schimpf.

• December 13, 2017

  Traded Anthony Misiewicz to the Seattle Mariners. Received international bonus slot money.

• December 14, 2017

  Signed R.J. Alaniz as a free agent.

  Signed Cody Hall as a free agent.

  Signed Colton Murray as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Snyder as a free agent.

  Signed Jonny Venters as a free agent.

  Burch Smith drafted by the New York Mets in the 2017 rule 5 draft.

• December 20, 2017

  Traded Evan Longoria and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Stephen Woods (minors), Christian Arroyo, Matt Krook and Denard Span.

• January 24, 2018

  Signed Johnny Monell as a free agent.

• January 26, 2018

  Signed Ryan Weber as a free agent.

• February 6, 2018

  Signed Dan Runzler as a free agent.

  Signed Evan Scribner as a free agent.

• February 7, 2018

  Signed Adam Moore as a free agent.

• February 9, 2018

  Signed Dustin McGowan as a free agent.

• February 13, 2018

  Signed Sergio Romo as a free agent.

• February 15, 2018

  Signed J.D. Martin as a free agent.

• February 17, 2018

  Traded a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Angels. Received C.J. Cron. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Luis Rengifo (March 20, 2018) to the Los Angeles Angels to complete the trade.

  Traded Jake Odorizzi to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jermaine Palacios.

• February 20, 2018

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Steven Souza Jr. to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Nick Solak from the New York Yankees and players to be named later and Anthony Banda from the Arizona Diamondbacks. In addition, the New York Yankees sent Taylor Widener to the Arizona Diamondbacks; and the Arizona Diamondbacks sent Brandon Drury to the New York Yankees. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Sam McWilliams (minors) (May 1, 2018) and Colin Poche (May 1, 2018) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• February 22, 2018

  Traded Corey Dickerson to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tristan Gray, Daniel Hudson and cash.

• March 3, 2018

  Signed Carlos Gómez as a free agent.

• March 5, 2018

  Traded Ryan Schimpf to the Atlanta Braves. Received player to be named or cash.

• March 7, 2018

  Released Dustin McGowan.

• March 11, 2018

  Released Dan Runzler.

• March 18, 2018

  Signed Zach Lee as a free agent.

• March 22, 2018

  Signed Curt Casali as a free agent.

  Released Sam Long.

• March 26, 2018

  Released Dan Jennings.

• March 27, 2018

  Purchased Rob Refsnyder from the Cleveland Indians.

• March 28, 2018

  Released Daniel Hudson.

  Released Johnny Monell.