2008 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 18, 2007

  Signed Warner Madrigal as a free agent.

• November 21, 2007

  Signed Ryan Roberts as a free agent.

• November 28, 2007

  Released Víctor Díaz.

• December 5, 2007

  Signed Leury García as an amateur free agent.

  Traded Freddy Guzmán to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chris Shelton.

• December 10, 2007

  Signed Milton Bradley as a free agent.

• December 12, 2007

  Nick Gorneault granted Free Agency.

  Akinori Otsuka granted Free Agency.

  Traded Tug Hulett to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ben Broussard.

• December 13, 2007

  Signed Éric Cyr as a free agent.

• December 14, 2007

  Signed Kazuo Fukumori as a free agent.

• December 15, 2007

  Signed Franklyn Germán as a free agent.

• December 21, 2007

  Traded Danny Herrera and Edinson Vólquez to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Josh Hamilton.

• December 23, 2007

  Signed Elizardo Ramírez as a free agent.

• December 26, 2007

  Signed Jason Ellison as a free agent.

• January 5, 2008

  Signed Jason Davis as a free agent.

• January 10, 2008

  Signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.

• January 11, 2008

  Signed Eddie Guardado as a free agent.

• January 17, 2008

  Signed Jason Jennings as a free agent.

• January 30, 2008

  Signed Trey Hodges as a free agent.

• February 5, 2008

  Traded Armando Galarraga to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Hernandez (minors).

• February 16, 2008

  Signed Kevin Mench as a free agent.

• March 10, 2008

  Signed Sidney Ponson as a free agent.

• March 24, 2008

  Released Éric Cyr.

• March 27, 2008

  Released Jason Davis.

  Released Chris Stewart.

• March 28, 2008

  Released Kevin Mahar.

  Traded Jose Marte (minors) to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Dustin Nippert.

• March 30, 2008

  Signed Chris Michalak as a free agent.

• April 25, 2008

  Signed Brian Gordon as a free agent.

  Released Adam Melhuse.

• May 9, 2008

  Kevin Mench player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• May 16, 2008

  Released Ben Broussard.

• May 25, 2008

  Released Chris Michalak.

• May 31, 2008

  Franklyn Germán granted Free Agency.

• June 5, 2008

  Drafted Justin Smoak in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2008.

  Drafted Robbie Ross in the 2nd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2008.

  Drafted Joe Wieland in the 4th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2008.

  Drafted Richard Bleier in the 6th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2008.

  Drafted Joey Butler in the 15th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2008.

  Drafted Justin Miller in the 16th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed July 7, 2008.

  Drafted Tanner Roark in the 25th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2008.

  Drafted Nate Freiman in the 28th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Matt Andriese in the 37th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Brad Miller in the 39th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Stephen Pryor in the 42nd round of the 2008 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Cody Eppley in the 43rd round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 2008.

• June 12, 2008

  Signed Jose Díaz as a free agent.

• June 13, 2008

  Released Jason Botts.

• June 16, 2008

  Released Sidney Ponson.

• June 24, 2008

  Rob Tejeda selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.

• July 2, 2008

  Signed Edwin Escobar as an amateur free agent.

• July 3, 2008

  Signed Odúbel Herrera as an amateur free agent.

• July 4, 2008

  Signed Kiko Calero as a free agent.

• August 17, 2008

  Signed Christian Villanueva as an amateur free agent.

• August 25, 2008

  Traded Eddie Guardado to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mark Hamburger.

• September 29, 2008

  Jose Díaz granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Roberts granted Free Agency.

• October 1, 2008

  Jason Ellison granted Free Agency.

• October 9, 2008

  Chris Shelton granted Free Agency.

• October 25, 2008

  Signed Jumbo Díaz as a free agent.

• October 30, 2008

  Milton Bradley granted Free Agency.

  Jason Jennings granted Free Agency.

  Ramón Vázquez granted Free Agency.

  Jamey Wright granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2008

  Kiko Calero granted Free Agency.

  Brian Gordon granted Free Agency.

  Trey Hodges granted Free Agency.

  Drew Meyer granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Puffer granted Free Agency.

  Elizardo Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  John Rheinecker granted Free Agency.

  Bill White granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2008

  Signed Pedro Strop as a free agent.

• November 20, 2008

  Signed Elizardo Ramírez as a free agent.

  Traded John Mayberry to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Greg Golson.

• November 26, 2008

  Released Kameron Loe.

• November 28, 2008

  Traded Wes Littleton to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Beau Vaughan (minors) (December 11, 2008) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 3, 2008

  Signed Brian Gordon as a free agent.

• December 7, 2008

  Traded Gerald Laird to the Detroit Tigers. Received Carlos Melo (minors) and Guillermo Moscoso.

• December 11, 2008

  Drafted Guilder Rodríguez from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2008 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 2008

  Doug Mathis granted Free Agency.

• December 15, 2008

  Signed Doug Mathis as a free agent.

• December 16, 2008

  Signed Casey Daigle as a free agent.

• January 1, 2009

  Signed Derrick Turnbow as a free agent.

• January 11, 2009

  Signed Nathan Haynes as a free agent.

• January 16, 2009

  Signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.

• January 26, 2009

  Signed Omar Vizquel as a free agent.

• February 4, 2009

  Signed Bryan Corey as a free agent.

• February 5, 2009

  Signed Eddie Guardado as a free agent.

• February 6, 2009

  Signed Jason Jennings as a free agent.

• February 7, 2009

  Signed Brendan Donnelly as a free agent.

• February 8, 2009

  Signed Andruw Jones as a free agent.

• February 21, 2009

  Signed Kris Benson as a free agent.

• March 21, 2009

  Signed Jimmy Gobble as a free agent.

• March 26, 2009

  Released Brendan Donnelly.

• March 27, 2009

  Released Adam Melhuse.

• March 29, 2009

  Selected Joe Koshansky off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• March 30, 2009

  Released Jimmy Gobble.

• April 1, 2009

  Released Frank Catalanotto.

  Released Casey Daigle.