1985 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 8, 1984

  Cliff Johnson granted Free Agency.

• November 21, 1984

  Signed Tom Filer as a free agent.

• December 3, 1984

  Drafted Manuel Lee from the Houston Astros in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

  Mike Morgan drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Lou Thornton from the New York Mets in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1984

  Traded Dave Collins, Alfredo Griffin and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bill Caudill.

• December 22, 1984

  Purchased Jeff Burroughs from the Oakland Athletics.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted Howard Farmer in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 24, 1985

  Chose Tom Henke from the Texas Rangers as a free agent compensation pick.

• January 26, 1985

  Traded Jack McKnight (minors), Augie Schmidt (minors) and Jim Gott to the San Francisco Giants. Received Gary Lavelle.

• February 25, 1985

  Signed Gary Allenson as a free agent.

• March 4, 1985

  Signed Francisco de la Rosa as an amateur free agent.

• April 1, 1985

  Released Bryan Clark.

  Released Roy Lee Jackson.

  Released Jeff Richardson.

  Traded Ken Kinnard (minors), José Escobar and Dave Shipanoff to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Len Matuszek.

• April 7, 1985

  Fred Manrique player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• May 1, 1985

  Signed William Suero as an amateur free agent.

• May 9, 1985

  Released Willie Aikens.

• May 19, 1985

  Signed Willie Aikens as a free agent.

• May 31, 1985

  Signed Pedro Muñoz as an amateur free agent.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Todd Stottlemyre in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed August 12, 1985.

  Drafted Kevin Batiste in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Musselman in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Shawn Jeter in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rich DeLucia in the 15th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Abbott in the 36th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 22, 1985

  Traded Mitch Webster to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Cliff Young (September 10, 1985) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

• July 9, 1985

  Traded Len Matuszek to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Al Oliver.

• August 24, 1985

  Released Gary Allenson.

• August 28, 1985

  Traded players to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Cliff Johnson. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Matt Williams (August 29, 1985), Jeff Mays (minors) (August 29, 1985) and Greg Ferlenda (minors) (November 14, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• September 1, 1985

  Signed Steve Nicosia as a free agent.

• September 15, 1985

  Signed Junior Félix as an amateur free agent.

• September 17, 1985

  Signed Francisco Cabrera as an amateur free agent.

• September 28, 1985

  Released Francisco de la Rosa.

• October 15, 1985

  Ron Musselman granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1985

  Jeff Burroughs granted Free Agency.

  Steve Nicosia granted Free Agency.

  Al Oliver granted Free Agency.

• December 10, 1985

  Drafted José de Jesús from the Kansas City Royals in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

• January 3, 1986

  Signed Luis Sojo as an amateur free agent.

• January 6, 1986

  Signed José Escobar as a free agent.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Mark Whiten in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed April 28, 1986.

  Drafted Wade Taylor in the 9th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 14, 1986

  Signed César Cedeño as a free agent.

• March 31, 1986

  Signed Ron Musselman as a free agent.