2019 Tampa Bay Rays Trades and Transactions

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

• 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 Seattle Mariners sent Carlos Santana and cash to the Cleveland Indians; and the Cleveland Indians sent Edwin Encarnación and 2019 competitive balance pick to the Seattle Mariners.

• 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.

• May 5, 2019

  Andrew Moore selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• May 6, 2019

  Traded Wilmer Font to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Neraldo Catalina (minors) (May 13, 2019) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• May 10, 2019

  Purchased Travis d'Arnaud from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• May 16, 2019

  Traded player to be named or cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Erik Kratz and cash.

• June 3, 2019

  Drafted Greg Jones in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2019.

  Drafted Seth Johnson in the 1st round (40th pick) of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2019.

• June 5, 2019

  Released Erik Kratz.

  Drafted Nick Sogard in the 12th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2019.

  Drafted Brett Wisely in the 15th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2019.

  Drafted Joe La Sorsa in the 18th round of the 2019 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2019.

  Drafted Mitchell Parker in the 27th round of the 2019 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 2019

  Signed Vidal Nuño III as a free agent.

• July 1, 2019

  Released Nick Ciuffo.

• July 2, 2019

  Released Jake Smolinski.

• July 3, 2019

  Traded Casey Sadler to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Nathan Witt (minors).

  Traded Andrew Velazquez to the Cleveland Indians. Received international bonus slot money.

• July 7, 2019

  Signed Jason García as a free agent.

• July 13, 2019

  Traded Nick Solak to the Texas Rangers. Received Pete Fairbanks.

• July 16, 2019

  Anthony Bemboom player rights sold to the Los Angeles Angels.

• July 26, 2019

  Signed Tyler Ladendorf as a free agent.

• July 28, 2019

  Traded Ian Gibaut to the Texas Rangers. Received player to be named or cash.

  Traded players to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Eric Sogard. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Curtis Taylor (minors) (September 1, 2019) and Edisson Gonzalez (minors) (September 1, 2019) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

  Traded Christian Arroyo and Hunter Wood to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ruben Cardenas (minors) and international bonus slot money.

• July 31, 2019

  Purchased Rocky Gale from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

  Traded Jake Faria to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jesús Aguilar.

  Traded Jesús Sánchez and Ryne Stanek to the Miami Marlins. Received Nick Anderson and Trevor Richards.

  Traded Adam Kolarek to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Niko Hulsizer (minors).

  Traded Joe McCarthy to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jacob Lopez.

• August 9, 2019

  Signed Dylan Cozens as a free agent.

• August 29, 2019

  Signed Johnny Davis as a free agent.

• September 6, 2019

  Ricardo Pinto selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• September 13, 2019

  Released Tyler Ladendorf.

• September 24, 2019

  Kean Wong selected by the Los Angeles Angels off waivers.

• September 30, 2019

  Aaron Slegers granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2019

  Cole Sulser selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• October 31, 2019

  Travis d'Arnaud granted Free Agency.

  Avisaíl García granted Free Agency.

  Hoby Milner granted Free Agency.

  Eric Sogard granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2019

  Emilio Bonifácio granted Free Agency.

  Jason Coats granted Free Agency.

  Johnny Davis granted Free Agency.

  Rocky Gale granted Free Agency.

  Jason García granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Merritt granted Free Agency.

  José Mujica granted Free Agency.

  Vidal Nuño III granted Free Agency.

  Luis Santos granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 2019

  Traded José De León to the Cincinnati Reds. Received cash and a player to be named.

  Traded Cristopher Sánchez to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Curtis Mead.

• November 22, 2019

  Released Matt Duffy.

• November 27, 2019

  Traded cash and a player to be named to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Brian O'Grady.

• December 2, 2019

  Guillermo Heredia granted Free Agency.

  Jesús Aguilar selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• December 6, 2019

  Traded Jake Cronenworth and Tommy Pham to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later, Xavier Edwards and Hunter Renfroe. The San Diego Padres sent Esteban Quiroz (March 26, 2020) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

• December 16, 2019

  Signed Yoshi Tsutsugo as a free agent.

• January 9, 2020

  Traded Edgardo Rodriguez (minors), Matthew Liberatore and 2020 supplemental second-round pick to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Randy Arozarena, José Martínez and 2020 supplemental first-round pick.

  Traded Austin Pruitt to the Houston Astros. Received Peyton Battenfield and Cal Stevenson.

• January 13, 2020

  Signed Chris Herrmann as a free agent.

  Signed Ryan LaMarre as a free agent.

  Signed Aaron Slegers as a free agent.

  Signed Kevan Smith as a free agent.

  Signed D.J. Snelten as a free agent.

• February 3, 2020

  Signed Dylan Covey as a free agent.

  Signed John Curtiss as a free agent.

  Signed Johnny Davis as a free agent.

• February 8, 2020

  Traded Emilio Pagán to the San Diego Padres. Received Logan Driscoll and Manuel Margot.

• February 11, 2020

  Signed Aaron Loup as a free agent.

• February 15, 2020

  Signed Brooks Pounders as a free agent.

• February 23, 2020

  Signed Sean Gilmartin as a free agent.

• February 24, 2020

  Signed Deck McGuire as a free agent.