2018 Tampa Bay Rays Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 10, 2018

  Purchased Jeremy Hazelbaker from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• May 25, 2018

  Traded Alex Colomé, Denard Span and cash to the Seattle Mariners. Received Andrew Moore and Tommy Romero.

  Traded Pete Bayer (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Wilmer Font.

• May 31, 2018

  Curt Casali player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• June 4, 2018

  Drafted Matthew Liberatore in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2018.

  Drafted Shane McClanahan in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2018.

• June 5, 2018

  Drafted Ford Proctor in the 3rd round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2018.

  Drafted Taj Bradley in the 5th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2018.

  Drafted Joe Ryan in the 7th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2018.

• June 10, 2018

  Traded Brad Miller and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jiman Choi.

• June 30, 2018

  Signed Mike Broadway as a free agent.

• July 2, 2018

  Signed Anthony Molina as a free agent.

• July 15, 2018

  Purchased Hoby Milner from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• July 19, 2018

  Jeremy Hazelbaker player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• July 24, 2018

  Johnny Field selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• July 25, 2018

  Traded Matt Andriese to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Brian Shaffer (minors) and Michael Pérez.

  Traded Nathan Eovaldi to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jalen Beeks.

• July 26, 2018

  Traded Jonny Venters to the Atlanta Braves. Received international bonus slot money.

• July 31, 2018

  Traded Chris Archer to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later, Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Shane Baz (August 14, 2018) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

  Traded Génesis Cabrera, Roel Ramírez and Justin Williams to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tommy Pham and international bonus slot money.

  Traded Wilson Ramos to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received player to be named.

• August 6, 2018

  Traded Adeiny Hechavarría and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Matt Seelinger (minors).

• October 1, 2018

  Brandon Snyder granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Weber granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2018

  Carlos Gómez granted Free Agency.

  Sergio Romo granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2018

  Selected Oliver Drake off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• November 2, 2018

  R.J. Alaniz granted Free Agency.

  Mike Broadway granted Free Agency.

  Jason Coats granted Free Agency.

  Micah Johnson granted Free Agency.

  Zach Lee granted Free Agency.

  J.D. Martin granted Free Agency.

  Adam Moore granted Free Agency.

  Vidal Nuño III granted Free Agency.

  Rob Refsnyder granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2018

  Jesús Sucre granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2018

  Signed Jake Smolinski as a free agent.

• November 8, 2018

  Traded Jake Fraley and Mallex Smith to the Seattle Mariners. Received Guillermo Heredia, Michael Plassmeyer and Mike Zunino.

• November 9, 2018

  Signed Anthony Bemboom as a free agent.

• November 13, 2018

  Signed Ryan Merritt as a free agent.

• November 19, 2018

  Traded Chih-Wei Hu to the Cleveland Indians. Received Gionti Turner (minors).

• November 26, 2018

  Signed Ryan Sherriff as a free agent.

  C.J. Cron selected by the Minnesota Twins off waivers.

  Oliver Drake selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• December 13, 2018

  Drafted Cristofer Ogando from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2018 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Ryan Thompson from the Houston Astros in the 2018 rule 5 draft.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Jake Bauers to the Cleveland Indians and cash to the Seattle Mariners. Received Yandy Díaz and Cole Sulser from the Cleveland Indians. In addition, the Cleveland Indians sent Edwin Encarnación and 2019 competitive balance pick to the Seattle Mariners; and the Seattle Mariners sent Carlos Santana and cash to the Cleveland Indians.

• December 19, 2018

  Signed Jairo Labourt as a free agent.

• December 21, 2018

  Signed Charlie Morton as a free agent.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Yoel Espinal (minors), Kyle Bird and Brock Burke to the Texas Rangers. Received Emilio Pagán and 2019 competitive balance round B pick from the Oakland Athletics and Rollie Lacy (minors) from the Texas Rangers. In addition, the Oakland Athletics sent Eli White and international bonus slot money to the Texas Rangers; and the Texas Rangers sent Jurickson Profar to the Oakland Athletics.

• January 4, 2019

  Purchased Oliver Drake from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• January 8, 2019

  Traded Jaime Schultz to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Caleb Sampen (minors).

• January 18, 2019

  Signed Avisaíl García as a free agent.

• January 28, 2019

  Signed Emilio Bonifácio as a free agent.

  Signed Ricardo Pinto as a free agent.

  Signed Casey Sadler as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Santos as a free agent.

• February 6, 2019

  Signed Jason Coats as a free agent.

• February 9, 2019

  Signed Tyler Cloyd as a free agent.

• March 26, 2019

  Released Tyler Cloyd.

• March 30, 2019

  Purchased Aaron Slegers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.