1990 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 13, 1989

  Tom Lawless granted Free Agency.

  Lee Mazzilli granted Free Agency.

  Lloyd Moseby granted Free Agency.

  Mookie Wilson granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1989

  Alexis Infante player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

• November 27, 1989

  Signed Mookie Wilson as a free agent.

• December 4, 1989

  Sil Campusano drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Xavier Hernandez drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Steve Wapnick drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1989

  Drafted Mike Maksudian from Miami (Florida State) in the 1989 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1989

  Signed Tom Lawless as a free agent.

  Traded José Núñez to the Chicago Cubs. Received Paul Kilgus.

• December 17, 1989

  Traded Kevin Batiste and Ernie Whitt to the Atlanta Braves. Received Ricky Trlicek.

• January 10, 1990

  Signed Tilson Brito as an amateur free agent.

  Signed José Herrera as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Sandy Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• January 23, 1990

  Signed Giovanni Carrara as an amateur free agent.

• January 29, 1990

  Signed Jim Eppard as a free agent.

• February 2, 1990

  Signed Ozzie Virgil as a free agent.

• April 10, 1990

  Traded Brian Morrison (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Joe Szekely (minors).

• May 1, 1990

  The Detroit Tigers returned Steve Wapnick (earlier draft pick).

• May 8, 1990

  Released Mike Flanagan.

• June 4, 1990

  Drafted Steve Karsay in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 1990.

  Drafted Tim Hyers in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1990.

  Drafted Felipe Crespo in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed September 22, 1990.

  Drafted Howard Battle in the 4th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990.

  Drafted Scott Brow in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 1990.

  Drafted Paul Menhart in the 8th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990.

  Drafted Huck Flener in the 9th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1990.

  Drafted Mike Coolbaugh in the 16th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.

  Drafted Ricardo Jordan in the 37th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1990.

  Drafted Travis Baptist in the 45th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed August 14, 1990.

• June 18, 1990

  Selected Ken Williams off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• July 22, 1990

  Released Tom Lawless.

• July 27, 1990

  Traded Nelson Liriano and Pedro Muñoz to the Minnesota Twins. Received John Candelaria.

• September 16, 1990

  Traded players to be named later and Mauro Gozzo to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bud Black. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Steve Cummings (September 21, 1990) and Alex Sanchez (September 24, 1990) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• September 24, 1990

  Signed Rich Butler as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Rob Butler as an amateur free agent.

  Selected Rick Luecken off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

• October 15, 1990

  José Escobar granted Free Agency.

  Webster Garrison granted Free Agency.

  Tom Gilles granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1990

  Released Jim Eppard.

• October 26, 1990

  Released Rick Luecken.

• November 5, 1990

  George Bell granted Free Agency.

  Bud Black granted Free Agency.

  John Candelaria granted Free Agency.

  Rance Mulliniks granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1990

  Traded Earl Sanders (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Nate Cromwell (minors).

  Traded Willie Blair to the Cleveland Indians. Received Alex Sanchez.

• November 26, 1990

  Signed Ken Dayley as a free agent.

• December 2, 1990

  Traded a player to be named later, Junior Félix and Luis Sojo to the California Angels. Received Willie Fraser, Marcus Moore and Devon White. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Ken Rivers (minors) (December 4, 1990) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

• December 4, 1990

  Signed Ravelo Manzanillo as a free agent.

  Signed Rance Mulliniks as a free agent.

• December 5, 1990

  Signed Pat Tabler as a free agent.

  Traded Tony Fernández and Fred McGriff to the San Diego Padres. Received Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter.

• December 10, 1990

  Signed Carlos Almánzar as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Edwin Hurtado as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dilson Torres as an amateur free agent.

• December 14, 1990

  Traded Paul Kilgus to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mickey Weston.

• December 20, 1990

  John Cerutti granted Free Agency.

• January 15, 1991

  Traded Rob Blumberg (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Rene Gonzales.