Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 2, 2011
Omar Beltré granted Free Agency.
Andrés Blanco granted Free Agency.
Kevin Cash granted Free Agency.
Manny Corpas granted Free Agency.
Luis Cruz granted Free Agency.
Robinzon Díaz granted Free Agency.
Esteban Germán granted Free Agency.
Nick Green granted Free Agency.
Zach Jackson granted Free Agency.
Matt Kata granted Free Agency.
Brad Nelson granted Free Agency.
Merkin Valdez granted Free Agency.
Darren O'Day selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.
- November 4, 2011
Eric Hurley granted Free Agency.
- November 21, 2011
Signed Joe Nathan as a free agent.
- November 25, 2011
Signed Dusty Brown as a free agent.
- November 30, 2011
Signed Luis Hernández as a free agent.
Signed Yangervis Solarte as a free agent.
- December 1, 2011
Traded Taylor Teagarden to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later and Randy Henry (minors). The Baltimore Orioles sent Greg Miclat (minors) (December 8, 2011) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
- December 9, 2011
Signed Alberto González as a free agent.
- December 12, 2011
Fabio Castillo granted Free Agency.
- December 13, 2011
Signed Fabio Castillo as a free agent.
- December 14, 2011
Signed Zach Jackson as a free agent.
- December 16, 2011
Signed Chris Robinson as a free agent.
- December 20, 2011
Signed Jon Edwards as a free agent.
- December 21, 2011
Signed Matt Kata as a free agent.
Traded Ryan Kelly to the San Diego Padres. Received Luis Martinez.
- January 3, 2012
Signed Brad Nelson as a free agent.
Purchased Brandon Snyder from the Baltimore Orioles.
- January 5, 2012
Traded Chad Tracy (minors) to the Colorado Rockies. Received Greg Reynolds.
- January 18, 2012
Purchased Yu Darvish from Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan Pacific).
- January 20, 2012
Signed Brad Hawpe as a free agent.
- January 23, 2012
Signed Sean Green as a free agent.
Signed Mitch Stetter as a free agent.
- January 28, 2012
Signed Kyle Hudson as a free agent.
- February 6, 2012
Signed Joe Beimel as a free agent.
Signed Conor Jackson as a free agent.
- February 20, 2012
Signed Neal Cotts as a free agent.
- March 3, 2012
Signed Jon Meloan as a free agent.
- March 26, 2012
- March 30, 2012
- March 31, 2012
Sent Kyle Hudson to the Tampa Bay Rays as part of a conditional deal.
Released Jon Meloan.
- April 4, 2012
Signed Aaron Heilman as a free agent.
- April 5, 2012
Cody Eppley selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.
- April 6, 2012
Signed Brad Hawpe as a free agent.
- April 23, 2012
Released Justin Miller.
- April 27, 2012
Signed Justin Miller as a free agent.
Signed Ross Wolf as a free agent.
- May 4, 2012
Purchased Ryan Spilborghs from the Cleveland Indians.
- May 24, 2012
Selected John Gaub off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.
- May 29, 2012
Signed Roy Oswalt as a free agent.
- June 1, 2012
Released Sean Green.
- June 4, 2012
Drafted Lewis Brinson in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2012.
Drafted Joey Gallo in the 1st round (39th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2012.
Drafted Collin Wiles in the 1st round (53rd pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2012.
- June 5, 2012
Drafted Nick Williams in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2012.
Drafted Alec Asher in the 4th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 2012.
Drafted Keone Kela in the 12th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2012.
- June 6, 2012
Drafted Jacob Lemoine in the 21st round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Alex Young in the 32nd round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Ryan Burr in the 33rd round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 9, 2012
John Gaub selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.
- June 19, 2012
Signed Willie Eyre as a free agent.
Released Brad Hawpe.
- June 25, 2012
Mark Hamburger selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.
- July 31, 2012
Traded Jake Brigham and player to be named or cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Geovany Soto.
Traded Kyle Hendricks and Christian Villanueva to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ryan Dempster.
- August 8, 2012
Released Yorvit Torrealba.
- August 12, 2012
Signed Robinzon Díaz as a free agent.
- August 13, 2012
Signed Koyie Hill as a free agent.
- September 4, 2012
Released Koyie Hill.
- October 4, 2012
Alberto González granted Free Agency.
- October 12, 2012
Luis Hernández granted Free Agency.
- October 29, 2012
Mike Adams granted Free Agency.
Ryan Dempster granted Free Agency.
Scott Feldman granted Free Agency.
Josh Hamilton granted Free Agency.
Mark Lowe granted Free Agency.
Mike Napoli granted Free Agency.
Roy Oswalt granted Free Agency.
Yoshinori Tateyama granted Free Agency.
Koji Uehara granted Free Agency.
Selected Konrad Schmidt off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- November 3, 2012
Dusty Brown granted Free Agency.
Fabio Castillo granted Free Agency.
Robinzon Díaz granted Free Agency.
Willie Eyre granted Free Agency.
Aaron Heilman granted Free Agency.
Zach Jackson granted Free Agency.
Matt Kata granted Free Agency.
Val Majewski granted Free Agency.
Brad Nelson granted Free Agency.
Greg Reynolds granted Free Agency.
Yangervis Solarte granted Free Agency.
Ryan Spilborghs granted Free Agency.
- November 8, 2012
Traded a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals. Received Tommy Hottovy. The Texas Rangers sent Desmond Henry (minors) (March 27, 2013) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.
- November 12, 2012
Signed Jim Adduci as a free agent.
Signed Aaron Cunningham as a free agent.
- November 15, 2012
Signed Scott Olsen as a free agent.
- November 20, 2012
Traded Barret Loux (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jake Brigham.
- November 28, 2012
Signed Collin Balester as a free agent.
Traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Cory Burns. The Texas Rangers sent Wilfredo Boscán (December 6, 2012) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
- November 30, 2012
Jake Brigham granted Free Agency.
Brandon Snyder granted Free Agency.
Geovany Soto granted Free Agency.
- December 3, 2012
Signed Geovany Soto as a free agent.
Selected Eli Whiteside off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
- December 4, 2012
Signed Joakim Soria as a free agent.
- December 6, 2012
Chris McGuiness drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2012 rule 5 draft.
Signed Brandon Allen as a free agent.
Signed Evan Meek as a free agent.
Signed Randy Wells as a free agent.
- December 9, 2012
Traded Michael Young and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Lisalverto Bonilla and Josh Lindblom.
- December 12, 2012
Signed Jake Brigham as a free agent.
Signed Brandon Snyder as a free agent.
Signed Yangervis Solarte as a free agent.
- December 14, 2012
Signed Ariel Jurado as an amateur free agent.
- December 20, 2012
Signed Yoshinori Tateyama as a free agent.
- December 21, 2012
Selected Jeff Beliveau off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.
- December 26, 2012
Signed A.J. Pierzynski as a free agent.
- January 3, 2013
Signed Jason Frasor as a free agent.
- January 4, 2013
Luis Martinez selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.
- January 7, 2013
Signed Lance Berkman as a free agent.
- January 10, 2013
Tommy Hottovy selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.
- January 15, 2013
Signed Ryan Feierabend as a free agent.
- January 19, 2013
Signed Kyle McClellan as a free agent.
- January 26, 2013
Signed Jeff Baker as a free agent.
Signed Nate Robertson as a free agent.
- January 30, 2013
Signed Jonathan Hernández as an amateur free agent.
- March 6, 2013
Signed Derek Lowe as a free agent.
- March 20, 2013
Released Yoshinori Tateyama.
- March 22, 2013
Released Konrad Schmidt.
- March 23, 2013
Signed Yoshinori Tateyama as a free agent.
- March 24, 2013
Released Scott Olsen.
Selected Brad Mills off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
- March 27, 2013
The Cleveland Indians returned Chris McGuiness (earlier draft pick).
Released Brandon Snyder.
- March 31, 2013
Released Brandon Allen.
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