2005 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2004

  David Dellucci granted Free Agency.

  Brad Fullmer granted Free Agency.

  Brian Jordan granted Free Agency.

  Herbert Perry granted Free Agency.

  Eric Young Sr. granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2004

  Manny Alexander granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 2004

  Signed Manny Alexander as a free agent.

  Signed Vladimir Núñez as a free agent.

  Signed Lou Pote as a free agent.

  Signed José Veras as a free agent.

  Signed John Wasdin as a free agent.

• November 16, 2004

  Signed Doug Brocail as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Standridge as a free agent.

  Signed Andrés Torres as a free agent.

• November 17, 2004

  Signed Agustín Montero as a free agent.

• November 22, 2004

  Signed Robert Machado as a free agent.

• November 29, 2004

  Signed Michael Tejera as a free agent.

• December 1, 2004

  Signed Esteban Germán as a free agent.

• December 8, 2004

  Signed Sandy Alomar as a free agent.

• December 12, 2004

  Signed Richard Hidalgo as a free agent.

• December 13, 2004

  Edgar Gonzalez drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

• December 20, 2004

  Signed Greg Colbrunn as a free agent.

  Signed David Dellucci as a free agent.

• January 17, 2005

  Released Peter Zoccolillo.

• January 19, 2005

  Signed Mark DeRosa as a free agent.

• January 21, 2005

  Edwin Moreno selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• January 24, 2005

  Signed Wilfredo Rodríguez as a free agent.

• February 4, 2005

  Selected Ryan Bukvich off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• February 23, 2005

  Signed Pedro Astacio as a free agent.

• March 5, 2005

  Signed Craig House as a free agent.

• March 6, 2005

  Signed Chris Richard as a free agent.

• March 7, 2005

  Signed Jeff Zimmerman as a free agent.

• March 23, 2005

  Jason Bourgeois selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• March 30, 2005

  Received Keith McDonald from the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

  Purchased Cody Ransom from the Chicago Cubs.

  Traded Ramón Nivar to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Matt Riley.

• April 7, 2005

  Travis Hughes selected by the Washington Nationals off waivers.

• April 23, 2005

  Signed Jason Boyd as a free agent.

• April 25, 2005

  Signed Brandon Larson as a free agent.

• May 1, 2005

  Released Cody Clark.

• May 5, 2005

  Released Craig House.

• May 6, 2005

  Released Matt Riley.

• May 15, 2005

  Signed Steve Karsay as a free agent.

• May 23, 2005

  Sent Vladimir Núñez to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• May 25, 2005

  Released Cody Ransom.

• June 7, 2005

  Drafted John Mayberry in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2005.

  Drafted Taylor Teagarden in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2005.

  Drafted Michael Kirkman in the 5th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2005.

  Drafted Germán Durán in the 6th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2005.

  Drafted Doug Mathis in the 13th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2005.

  Drafted Chris Dominguez in the 17th round of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 2005

  Ryan Drese selected by the Washington Nationals off waivers.

• June 12, 2005

  Released Andrés Torres.

• June 17, 2005

  Released Pedro Astacio.

• June 22, 2005

  Signed Tim Crabtree as a free agent.

• June 23, 2005

  Purchased Héctor Mercado from Bridgeport (Atlantic).

• June 30, 2005

  Released Jason Standridge.

• July 2, 2005

  Signed Fabio Castillo as an amateur free agent.

• July 7, 2005

  Signed Matt Roney as a free agent.

• July 8, 2005

  Released Brandon Larson.

• July 20, 2005

  Released Ryan Snare.

• July 21, 2005

  Traded Matt Lorenzo (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Kevin Gryboski.

  Selected James Baldwin off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• July 30, 2005

  Traded Chan Ho Park and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Phil Nevin.

• August 6, 2005

  Released Chad Allen.

• August 7, 2005

  Signed Aaron Sele as a free agent.

• August 15, 2005

  Released Aaron Sele.

• August 22, 2005

  James Baldwin selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• August 31, 2005

  Traded Manny Alexander to the San Diego Padres. Received Juan Jimenez (minors).

• October 4, 2005

  Signed Matt Riley as a free agent.

• October 10, 2005

  Justin Thompson granted Free Agency.

• October 11, 2005

  Michael Tejera granted Free Agency.

• October 12, 2005

  Kevin Gryboski granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2005

  Carlos Almánzar granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2005

  Jason Boyd granted Free Agency.

  Jason Conti granted Free Agency.

  Tim Crabtree granted Free Agency.

  Brian Esposito granted Free Agency.

  Rosman García granted Free Agency.

  Jason Hart granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Mercado granted Free Agency.

  Agustín Montero granted Free Agency.

  Chris Richard granted Free Agency.

  Wilfredo Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Matt Roney granted Free Agency.

  José Veras granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Zimmerman granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2005

  John Wasdin granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2005

  Sandy Alomar granted Free Agency.

  Steve Karsay granted Free Agency.

  Kenny Rogers granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2005

  Doug Brocail granted Free Agency.

  Greg Colbrunn granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2005

  Richard Hidalgo granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2005

  Signed Adam Hyzdu as a free agent.

• November 6, 2005

  Signed Kevin Walker as a free agent.

• November 7, 2005

  Signed Jamie Burke as a free agent.

• November 10, 2005

  Signed Rick Bauer as a free agent.

• November 16, 2005

  Signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

  Traded Clint Brannon (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jon Leicester.

• November 18, 2005

  Signed Jesse Carlson as a free agent.

• December 7, 2005

  Signed John Wasdin as a free agent.

• December 8, 2005

  Drafted Alexi Ogando from the Oakland Athletics in the 2005 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Esteban Germán to the Kansas City Royals. Received Fabio Castro.

  Traded Alfonso Soriano to the Washington Nationals. Received Armando Galarraga, Terrmel Sledge and Brad Wilkerson.

• December 12, 2005

  Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Vicente Padilla. The Texas Rangers sent Ricardo Rodríguez (December 19, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• December 13, 2005

  Signed Jayson Durocher as a free agent.

• December 16, 2005

  Signed D'Angelo Jimenez as a free agent.

• January 3, 2006

  Signed Jose Díaz as a free agent.

• January 6, 2006

  Traded Adrián González, Terrmel Sledge and Chris Young to the San Diego Padres. Received Billy Killian (minors), Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka.

• January 10, 2006

  Signed Tim Olson as a free agent.

• January 25, 2006

  Signed José Silva as a free agent.

• February 7, 2006

  Signed Brian Anderson as a free agent.

• February 8, 2006

  Signed Antonio Alfonseca as a free agent.

• February 21, 2006

  Signed Erubiel Durazo as a free agent.

• February 22, 2006

  Signed Kevin Millwood as a free agent.

• March 24, 2006

  Keith McDonald player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• March 27, 2006

  Released Erubiel Durazo.

• March 28, 2006

  Signed Bryan Corey as a free agent.

• March 29, 2006

  Released John Wasdin.

• March 31, 2006

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Juan Domínguez to the Oakland Athletics. Received John Koronka and cash from the Chicago Cubs and John Rheinecker from the Oakland Athletics. In addition, the Oakland Athletics sent Freddie Bynum to the Chicago Cubs.

• April 1, 2006

  Signed John Wasdin as a free agent.

  Traded David Dellucci to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jake Blalock (minors) and Rob Tejeda.