2010 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 2009

  Joaquín Benoit granted Free Agency.

  Hank Blalock granted Free Agency.

  Marlon Byrd granted Free Agency.

  Eddie Guardado granted Free Agency.

  Iván Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2009

  Andruw Jones granted Free Agency.

  Omar Vizquel granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2009

  Bryan Corey granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Freel granted Free Agency.

  Mauro Gómez granted Free Agency.

  Brian Gordon granted Free Agency.

  Mike Hinckley granted Free Agency.

  Justin Leone granted Free Agency.

  Travis Metcalf granted Free Agency.

  A.J. Murray granted Free Agency.

  Jailen Peguero granted Free Agency.

  Elizardo Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  Josh Rupe granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Thompson granted Free Agency.

  Mike Wood granted Free Agency.

• November 23, 2009

  Signed Hanser Alberto as an amateur free agent.

• December 4, 2009

  Selected Joe Inglett off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• December 7, 2009

  Purchased Clay Rapada from the Detroit Tigers.

• December 9, 2009

  Traded Kevin Millwood and cash to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later and Chris Ray. The Baltimore Orioles sent Ben Snyder (minors) (December 10, 2009) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 10, 2009

  Signed Rich Harden as a free agent.

• December 16, 2009

  Signed Geoff Geary as a free agent.

• December 17, 2009

  Signed Ray Olmedo as a free agent.

• December 21, 2009

  Signed Darren Oliver as a free agent.

• January 9, 2010

  Signed Vladimir Guerrero as a free agent.

• January 10, 2010

  Signed Matthew Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Elizardo Ramírez as a free agent.

• January 11, 2010

  Signed Jailen Peguero as a free agent.

• January 19, 2010

  Signed Colby Lewis as a free agent.

  Signed Jorge Alfaro as an amateur free agent.

• January 21, 2010

  Signed Khalil Greene as a free agent.

• January 26, 2010

  Traded Greg Golson to the New York Yankees. Received Mitch Hilligoss (minors) and cash.

• January 27, 2010

  Joe Inglett selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• February 2, 2010

  Signed Jae Kuk Ryu as a free agent.

• February 15, 2010

  Signed Endy Chávez as a free agent.

• February 24, 2010

  Signed Wes Bankston as a free agent.

• February 25, 2010

  Released Khalil Greene.

• March 9, 2010

  Purchased Edwar Ramírez from the New York Yankees.

• March 13, 2010

  Selected Hernán Iribarren off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• March 22, 2010

  Traded Ray Olmedo to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Matt Treanor.

• March 24, 2010

  Traded Edwar Ramírez to the Oakland Athletics. Received Gregorio Petit.

• March 27, 2010

  Purchased Andrés Blanco from the Chicago Cubs.

• April 1, 2010

  Traded Edwin Escobar to the San Francisco Giants. Received retention of Rule 5 selection.

  Selected Ryan Garko off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• April 2, 2010

  Luis Mendoza player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

  Released Jumbo Díaz.

• May 26, 2010

  Signed Abel De Los Santos as an amateur free agent.

• June 3, 2010

  Sent Jailen Peguero to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.

• June 7, 2010

  Drafted Luke Jackson in the 1st round (45th pick) of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 2010.

  Drafted Mike Olt in the 1st round (49th pick) of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2010.

• June 8, 2010

  Drafted Drew Robinson in the 4th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2010.

  Drafted Justin Grimm in the 5th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 2010.

  Drafted Brett Nicholas in the 6th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2010.

  Drafted Jared Hoying in the 10th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2010.

  Drafted Nick Tepesch in the 14th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 2010.

  Drafted Ryan Strausborger in the 16th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2010.

  Drafted Ben Rowen in the 22nd round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2010.

  Drafted Alex Claudio in the 27th round of the 2010 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2010.

• June 23, 2010

  Released Wes Bankston.

• July 1, 2010

  Traded Michael Main (minors) and Chris Ray to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bengie Molina.

• July 9, 2010

  Traded Matt Lawson (minors), Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke and Justin Smoak to the Seattle Mariners. Received Cliff Lee and Mark Lowe.

• July 26, 2010

  Released Geoff Geary.

• July 29, 2010

  Traded Omar Poveda (minors) and Evan Reed to the Florida Marlins. Received Jorge Cantú.

• July 30, 2010

  Traded Ryan Tatusko (minors) and Tanner Roark to the Washington Nationals. Received Cristian Guzmán.

• July 31, 2010

  Traded Jarrod Saltalamacchia to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later, Chris McGuiness, Román Méndez and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Michael Thomas (minors) (August 14, 2010) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• August 13, 2010

  Received Travis Chick from the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

• August 15, 2010

  Signed Jesús Colomé as a free agent.

  Signed Willy Taveras as a free agent.

• August 17, 2010

  Signed Alex Cora as a free agent.

• August 31, 2010

  Traded Joaquín Arias to the New York Mets. Received Jeff Francoeur and cash.

• September 4, 2010

  Signed Mark Prior as a free agent.

• September 7, 2010

  Released Alex Cora.

• October 6, 2010

  Ryan Garko granted Free Agency.

  Selected Ryan Tucker off waivers from the Florida Marlins.

• October 8, 2010

  Released Rich Harden.

• October 15, 2010

  Willie Eyre granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2010

  Jorge Cantú granted Free Agency.

  Frank Francisco granted Free Agency.

  Cristian Guzmán granted Free Agency.

  Cliff Lee granted Free Agency.

  Bengie Molina granted Free Agency.

  Matt Treanor granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2010

  Vladimir Guerrero granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2010

  Signed Luis Marté as an amateur free agent.

• November 5, 2010

  Esteban Germán granted Free Agency.

  Doug Mathis granted Free Agency.

  Brandon McCarthy granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2010

  Brandon Boggs granted Free Agency.

  Matthew Brown granted Free Agency.

  Endy Chávez granted Free Agency.

  Travis Chick granted Free Agency.

  Jesús Colomé granted Free Agency.

  Hernán Iribarren granted Free Agency.

  Warner Madrigal granted Free Agency.

  Gregorio Petit granted Free Agency.

  Mark Prior granted Free Agency.

  Elizardo Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Richardson granted Free Agency.

  Guilder Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Willy Taveras granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2010

  Signed Guilder Rodríguez as a free agent.

• November 10, 2010

  Jeff Francoeur granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 2010

  Signed Kevin Cash as a free agent.

• November 16, 2010

  Signed Esteban Germán as a free agent.

• November 20, 2010

  Released Nathan Haynes.

• November 29, 2010

  Signed Yorvit Torrealba as a free agent.

• November 30, 2010

  Signed Frank Francisco as a free agent.

  Signed Yoshinori Tateyama as a free agent.

• December 2, 2010

  Dustin Nippert granted Free Agency.

• December 6, 2010

  Signed Ramón Urías as an amateur free agent.

• December 9, 2010

  Signed José Leclerc as an amateur free agent.

  Purchased Mason Tobin from the Chicago Cubs.

• December 13, 2010

  Signed Matt Treanor as a free agent.

  Signed Ricardo Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• December 16, 2010

  Signed Yhency Brazobán as a free agent.

• December 18, 2010

  Signed Brian Barden as a free agent.

  Signed Endy Chávez as a free agent.

  Signed Seth McClung as a free agent.

• December 23, 2010

  Signed Zach Jackson as a free agent.

  Signed Omar Quintanilla as a free agent.

• January 3, 2011

  Signed Arthur Rhodes as a free agent.

  Signed Brandon Webb as a free agent.

  Signed Rougned Odor as an amateur free agent.

• January 5, 2011

  Signed Adrian Beltré as a free agent.

  Signed Matt Kata as a free agent.

  Signed Brad Nelson as a free agent.

  Max Ramírez selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• January 8, 2011

  Traded Guillermo Moscoso to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ryan Kelly.

• January 13, 2011

  Released Clay Rapada.

• January 18, 2011

  Signed Robinzon Díaz as a free agent.

• January 25, 2011

  Traded Frank Francisco to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Mike Napoli.

• January 29, 2011

  Signed Ty Taubenheim as a free agent.

• February 7, 2011

  Signed Dave Bush as a free agent.

• February 19, 2011

  Signed Brett Tomko as a free agent.

• March 1, 2011

  Signed Elizardo Ramírez as a free agent.

• March 28, 2011

  Matt Treanor player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• March 29, 2011

  Signed Luis Cruz as a free agent.

• April 1, 2011

  Released Ty Taubenheim.