2012 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 2011

  Winston Abreu granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Budde granted Free Agency.

  Jesse Carlson granted Free Agency.

  Willie Collazo granted Free Agency.

  Callix Crabbe granted Free Agency.

  Kyle Davies granted Free Agency.

  Chad Gaudin granted Free Agency.

  Sean Henn granted Free Agency.

  Jason Lane granted Free Agency.

  Adam Loewen granted Free Agency.

  Yohan Pino granted Free Agency.

  Robert Ray granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Shealy granted Free Agency.

  Craig Stansberry granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2011

  Purchased Trystan Magnuson from the Oakland Athletics.

• November 10, 2011

  Signed Jerry Gil as a free agent.

• November 16, 2011

  Selected Cole Kimball off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

• November 18, 2011

  Selected Drew Carpenter off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

  Cole Kimball selected by the Washington Nationals off waivers.

• November 26, 2011

  Purchased Luis Valbuena from the Cleveland Indians.

• November 28, 2011

  Signed Angel Perdomo as an amateur free agent.

• December 1, 2011

  Signed Robert Coello as a free agent.

  Signed Garrett Mock as a free agent.

• December 3, 2011

  Traded Brad Mills to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received Jeff Mathis.

• December 6, 2011

  Signed Willie Collazo as a free agent.

  Traded Nestor Molina (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Sergio Santos.

• December 12, 2011

  Traded Frank Gailey (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ben Francisco.

  Selected Jim Hoey off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• December 19, 2011

  Signed Yohan Pino as a free agent.

• December 30, 2011

  Signed Aaron Laffey as a free agent.

• December 31, 2011

  Signed Brian Bocock as a free agent.

• January 1, 2012

  Traded Myles Jaye and Daniel Webb to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jason Frasor.

• January 5, 2012

  Signed Miguel Castro as an amateur free agent.

  Signed José Fernández as an amateur free agent.

• January 6, 2012

  Signed Jimmy Cordero as an amateur free agent.

• January 9, 2012

  Signed Darren Oliver as a free agent.

• January 17, 2012

  Signed Kelly Johnson as a free agent.

  Released Mark Teahen.

• January 19, 2012

  Signed Nelson Figueroa as a free agent.

  Signed Chris Woodward as a free agent.

• January 23, 2012

  Signed Omar Vizquel as a free agent.

• January 27, 2012

  Signed Bill Murphy as a free agent.

  Signed Kyle Phillips as a free agent.

  Signed Tim Redding as a free agent.

• February 1, 2012

  Signed Francisco Cordero as a free agent.

• February 9, 2012

  Darin Mastroianni selected by the Minnesota Twins off waivers.

• February 17, 2012

  Released Garrett Mock.

• February 22, 2012

  Signed Rick van den Hurk as a free agent.

• March 4, 2012

  Signed Fernando Hernández as a free agent.

• March 8, 2012

  Signed Rúben Gotay as a free agent.

• March 21, 2012

  Rick van den Hurk selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• March 30, 2012

  Received Ryota Igarashi from the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

• March 31, 2012

  Released Nelson Figueroa.

• April 4, 2012

  Luis Valbuena selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• May 10, 2012

  Signed Vladimir Guerrero as a free agent.

• May 24, 2012

  Purchased Paul Phillips from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• May 29, 2012

  Ryota Igarashi selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• June 2, 2012

  Selected Chris Schwinden off waivers from the New York Mets.

• June 4, 2012

  Drafted Marcus Stroman in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2012.

• June 5, 2012

  Rúben Gotay player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

  Drafted Chase De Jong in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2012.

  Drafted Anthony Alford in the 3rd round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2012.

  Drafted Ian Parmley in the 7th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2012.

  Drafted Ryan Borucki in the 15th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2012.

• June 6, 2012

  Chris Schwinden selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

  Drafted Daniel Zamora in the 27th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Cole Irvin in the 29th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted José Cuas in the 40th round of the 2012 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 2012

  Danny Farquhar selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• June 12, 2012

  Released Vladimir Guerrero.

• June 18, 2012

  Signed Shawn Hill as a free agent.

• June 20, 2012

  Selected David Pauley off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

• June 21, 2012

  Purchased Sean O'Sullivan from the Kansas City Royals.

• June 25, 2012

  Signed Jamie Moyer as a free agent.

• July 2, 2012

  Signed Franklin Barreto as an amateur free agent.

• July 3, 2012

  Signed Richard Ureña as an amateur free agent.

• July 6, 2012

  David Pauley granted Free Agency.

  Released Jamie Moyer.

• July 7, 2012

  Signed Chris Jakubauskas as a free agent.

• July 14, 2012

  Signed Nate Robertson as a free agent.

• July 20, 2012

  Traded a player to be named later, Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Joe Musgrove, Carlos Pérez, David Rollins and Asher Wojciechowski to the Houston Astros. Received David Carpenter, J.A. Happ and Brandon Lyon. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Kevin Comer (minors) (August 16, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• July 24, 2012

  Signed Scott Copeland as a free agent.

• July 30, 2012

  Traded Travis Snider to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Brad Lincoln.

  Traded Eric Thames to the Seattle Mariners. Received Steve Delabar.

• July 31, 2012

  Purchased Tuffy Gosewisch from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• August 1, 2012

  Signed Luke Hughes as a free agent.

• August 4, 2012

  Signed Jack Cust as a free agent.

  Drew Carpenter granted Free Agency.

• August 10, 2012

  Released Tim Redding.

  Selected Juan Abreu off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• August 14, 2012

  Signed Yorvit Torrealba as a free agent.

• August 24, 2012

  Jesse Chavez player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• September 21, 2012

  Sent Yorvit Torrealba to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a conditional deal.

• September 29, 2012

  Released Chris Woodward.

• October 4, 2012

  Scott Richmond granted Free Agency.

• October 9, 2012

  Robert Coello granted Free Agency.

  Jim Hoey granted Free Agency.

• October 10, 2012

  Shawn Hill granted Free Agency.

  Bobby Korecky granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Laffey granted Free Agency.

  Jesse Litsch granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 2012

  Juan Abreu granted Free Agency.

  Selected Scott Cousins off waivers from the Miami Marlins.

  Selected Cory Wade off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• October 18, 2012

  Selected Tyson Brummett off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• October 21, 2012

  Traded David Carpenter and John Farrell (as manager) to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mike Aviles.

• October 22, 2012

  Selected Bobby Wilson off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

• October 23, 2012

  Selected David Herndon off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• October 25, 2012

  Chad Beck selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

• October 29, 2012

  Jason Frasor granted Free Agency.

  Kelly Johnson granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Lyon granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Villanueva granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2012

  Selected Scott Maine off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• November 3, 2012

  Brian Bocock granted Free Agency.

  Willie Collazo granted Free Agency.

  Scott Copeland granted Free Agency.

  Jack Cust granted Free Agency.

  Jonathan Diaz granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Gil granted Free Agency.

  Tuffy Gosewisch granted Free Agency.

  Luke Hughes granted Free Agency.

  Chris Jakubauskas granted Free Agency.

  Bill Murphy granted Free Agency.

  Sean O'Sullivan granted Free Agency.

  Paul Phillips granted Free Agency.

  Yohan Pino granted Free Agency.

  Nate Robertson granted Free Agency.

  Traded Mike Aviles and Yan Gomes to the Cleveland Indians. Received Esmil Rogers.

• November 6, 2012

  Scott Cousins selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

  David Herndon selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• November 8, 2012

  Signed Maicer Izturis as a free agent.

  Purchased Jeremy Jeffress from the Kansas City Royals.

• November 9, 2012

  Signed Justin Germano as a free agent.

  Signed Bobby Korecky as a free agent.

• November 14, 2012

  Scott Maine selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• November 15, 2012

  Signed Willie Collazo as a free agent.

  Signed Neil Wagner as a free agent.

• November 19, 2012

  Signed Melky Cabrera as a free agent.

  Traded Henderson Alvarez III, Anthony DeSclafani, Yunel Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarría, Jake Marisnick, Jeff Mathis and Justin Nicolino to the Miami Marlins. Received Emilio Bonifácio, John Buck, Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson, José Reyes and cash.

• November 21, 2012

  Signed Alex Hinshaw as a free agent.

• November 30, 2012

  Cory Wade granted Free Agency.

  Bobby Wilson granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 2012

  Selected Eli Whiteside off waivers from the New York Yankees.

  Eli Whiteside selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• December 11, 2012

  Signed Buddy Carlyle as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Jiménez as a free agent.

  Signed Juan Pérez as a free agent.

  Signed Greg Smith as a free agent.

  Signed Rich Thompson as a free agent.

  Signed Claudio Vargas as a free agent.

  Signed Eugenio Vélez as a free agent.

• December 17, 2012

  Traded Wuilmer Becerra (minors), John Buck, Travis d'Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard to the New York Mets. Received R.A. Dickey, Mike Nickeas and Josh Thole.

• December 18, 2012

  Signed Ryan Langerhans as a free agent.

  Signed Ramón Ortiz as a free agent.

  Signed Lance Zawadzki as a free agent.

• December 19, 2012

  Selected Mickey Storey off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• December 20, 2012

  Signed Dave Bush as a free agent.

• December 21, 2012

  Selected Russ Canzler off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• January 2, 2013

  Russ Canzler selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• January 4, 2013

  Signed Scott Copeland as a free agent.

  Selected Chad Beck off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• January 10, 2013

  Selected Tommy Hottovy off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• January 11, 2013

  Signed Henry Blanco as a free agent.

• January 15, 2013

  Signed Austin Bibens-Dirkx as a free agent.

  Signed Jarrett Hoffpauir as a free agent.

  Signed Adam Loewen as a free agent.

• January 22, 2013

  Signed Mark DeRosa as a free agent.

• January 30, 2013

  Signed Andy LaRoche as a free agent.

  Sam Dyson selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• February 23, 2013

  Traded Art Charles (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Michael Schwimer.

• February 25, 2013

  Selected Lars Anderson off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• March 2, 2013

  Signed Munenori Kawasaki as a free agent.

• March 13, 2013

  Released David Cooper.

• March 16, 2013

  Selected Guillermo Moscoso off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• March 19, 2013

  Released Greg Smith.

• March 22, 2013

  Selected Todd Redmond off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• March 27, 2013

  Guillermo Moscoso selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• March 29, 2013

  Selected Alex Burnett off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

  Selected Clint Robinson off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• April 1, 2013

  Lars Anderson player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.