2015 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2014

  Dustin McGowan granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Morrow granted Free Agency.

  Traded Adam Lind to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Marco Estrada.

• November 4, 2014

  Cory Aldridge granted Free Agency.

  Austin Bibens-Dirkx granted Free Agency.

  Richard Bleier granted Free Agency.

  Adron Chambers granted Free Agency.

  Scott Copeland granted Free Agency.

  Andy LaRoche granted Free Agency.

  Radhames Liz granted Free Agency.

  Melky Mesa granted Free Agency.

  Mike Nickeas granted Free Agency.

  Sergio Santos granted Free Agency.

  Brett Wallace granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 2014

  Signed Scott Copeland as a free agent.

• November 12, 2014

  Signed Austin Bibens-Dirkx as a free agent.

• November 13, 2014

  Traded Anthony Gose to the Detroit Tigers. Received Devon Travis.

• November 18, 2014

  Signed Russell Martin as a free agent.

• November 19, 2014

  Juan Francisco selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• November 26, 2014

  Signed Greg Burke as a free agent.

• November 28, 2014

  Traded Franklin Barreto, Kendall Graveman, Brett Lawrie and Sean Nolin to the Oakland Athletics. Received Josh Donaldson.

• December 2, 2014

  Andy Dirks granted Free Agency.

  John Mayberry granted Free Agency.

  Justin Smoak granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 2014

  Signed Ezequiel Carrera as a free agent.

  Signed Justin Smoak as a free agent.

  Traded J.A. Happ to the Seattle Mariners. Received Michael Saunders.

• December 8, 2014

  Selected Chris Colabello off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• December 12, 2014

  Signed Jake Fox as a free agent.

  Signed Caleb Gindl as a free agent.

  Signed Wilton López as a free agent.

• December 16, 2014

  Signed Daric Barton as a free agent.

• December 19, 2014

  Signed Andrew Albers as a free agent.

• December 23, 2014

  Selected Scott Barnes off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

  Selected Preston Guilmet off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• January 7, 2015

  Signed Melky Mesa as a free agent.

• January 14, 2015

  Selected Matt West off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• January 15, 2015

  Signed Andy Dirks as a free agent.

• January 16, 2015

  Signed Munenori Kawasaki as a free agent.

• January 30, 2015

  Signed Luis Pérez as a free agent.

  Signed Ramón Santiago as a free agent.

• February 4, 2015

  Traded Tyler Ybarra (minors) to the Colorado Rockies. Received Jayson Aquino.

• February 21, 2015

  Signed Chris Dickerson as a free agent.

• February 26, 2015

  Signed Johan Santana as a free agent.

• March 1, 2015

  Signed Dayán Viciedo as a free agent.

• March 18, 2015

  Signed Randy Wolf as a free agent.

• March 27, 2015

  Kyle Drabek selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• March 29, 2015

  Selected Andy Wilkins off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• March 30, 2015

  Released Ramón Santiago.

• March 31, 2015

  Released Dayán Viciedo.

• April 2, 2015

  Signed Félix Doubront as a free agent.

  Signed Ramón Santiago as a free agent.

• April 7, 2015

  Signed Luis Santos as a free agent.

• April 13, 2015

  Signed Murphy Smith as a free agent.

• April 22, 2015

  Released Andy Dirks.

• April 25, 2015

  Released Ricky Romero.

• May 1, 2015

  Signed Joel Piñeiro as a free agent.

• May 3, 2015

  Andy Wilkins player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• May 4, 2015

  Matt West player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• May 10, 2015

  Jayson Aquino player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• May 13, 2015

  Preston Guilmet selected by the Tampa Bay Rays off waivers.

• May 14, 2015

  Signed Luke Scott as a free agent.

  Released Jake Fox.

• May 15, 2015

  Purchased Ronald Torreyes from the Houston Astros.

• May 20, 2015

  Signed Alex Hassan as a free agent.

• May 26, 2015

  Signed Cole Garner as a free agent.

• May 31, 2015

  Signed Phil Coke as a free agent.

• June 8, 2015

  Drafted Brady Singer in the 2nd round of the 2015 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 2015

  Drafted Jose Espada in the 5th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2015.

  Drafted Travis Bergen in the 7th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2015.

  Drafted Danny Young in the 8th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2015.

• June 10, 2015

  Drafted Tayler Saucedo in the 21st round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2015.

  Drafted Ryan Feltner in the 25th round of the 2015 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 12, 2015

  Ronald Torreyes player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• June 22, 2015

  Phil Coke granted Free Agency.

• July 2, 2015

  Signed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Luis De Los Santos as a free agent.

  Released Daric Barton.

  Traded Chase De Jong and Tim Locastro to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received two international bonus slots.

• July 21, 2015

  Signed Joba Chamberlain as a free agent.

• July 22, 2015

  Released Joel Piñeiro.

  Selected Ty Kelly off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 24, 2015

  Released Ramón Santiago.

• July 28, 2015

  Signed Phillippe Aumont as a free agent.

  Traded Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman, José Reyes and Jesús Tinoco to the Colorado Rockies. Received LaTroy Hawkins and Troy Tulowitzki.

• July 30, 2015

  Traded Matthew Boyd, Jairo Labourt and Daniel Norris to the Detroit Tigers. Received David Price.

• July 31, 2015

  Félix Doubront player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

  Traded Nick Wells (minors), Jake Brentz and Rob Rasmussen to the Seattle Mariners. Received Mark Lowe.

  Traded Alberto Tirado (minors) and Jimmy Cordero to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ben Revere.

• August 1, 2015

  Signed Chris Smith as a free agent.

• August 3, 2015

  Selected Ben Rowen off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

  Danny Valencia selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• August 5, 2015

  Signed George Kottaras as a free agent.

• August 6, 2015

  Signed Dany Jiménez as an amateur free agent.

• August 8, 2015

  Traded Dawel Lugo to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Cliff Pennington and cash.

• August 13, 2015

  Signed Chris Heisey as a free agent.

  Released Luke Scott.

• August 14, 2015

  Released Joba Chamberlain.

• August 19, 2015

  Signed Lendy Castillo as a free agent.

• August 20, 2015

  Randy Wolf player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

  Released Phillippe Aumont.

• August 25, 2015

  Selected Donn Roach off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• August 28, 2015

  Selected Danny Dorn off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• August 31, 2015

  Traded Chris Heisey to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received player to be named or cash.

• September 6, 2015

  Selected Matt Dominguez off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• September 13, 2015

  Traded Jack Murphy (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Darwin Barney.

• September 25, 2015

  Signed Max Castillo as a free agent.

• October 5, 2015

  Todd Redmond granted Free Agency.

  Steven Tolleson granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 2015

  Donn Roach granted Free Agency.

• October 19, 2015

  Selected Pat Venditte off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

• October 22, 2015

  Darwin Barney granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2015

  Mark Buehrle granted Free Agency.

  Marco Estrada granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Francis granted Free Agency.

  LaTroy Hawkins granted Free Agency.

  Munenori Kawasaki granted Free Agency.

  Mark Lowe granted Free Agency.

  Dioner Navarro granted Free Agency.

  Cliff Pennington granted Free Agency.

  David Price granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2015

  Maicer Izturis granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2015

  Jonathan Diaz granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2015

  Andrew Albers granted Free Agency.

  Dustin Antolin granted Free Agency.

  Scott Barnes granted Free Agency.

  Austin Bibens-Dirkx granted Free Agency.

  Greg Burke granted Free Agency.

  Cory Burns granted Free Agency.

  Lendy Castillo granted Free Agency.

  Scott Copeland granted Free Agency.

  Chris Dickerson granted Free Agency.

  Danny Dorn granted Free Agency.

  Cole Garner granted Free Agency.

  Caleb Gindl granted Free Agency.

  Brad Glenn granted Free Agency.

  Alex Hassan granted Free Agency.

  Colt Hynes granted Free Agency.

  Gregory Infante granted Free Agency.

  Ty Kelly granted Free Agency.

  George Kottaras granted Free Agency.

  Melky Mesa granted Free Agency.

  Luis Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Ryan Schimpf granted Free Agency.

  Murphy Smith granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2015

  Signed Marco Estrada as a free agent.

• November 18, 2015

  Signed Murphy Smith as a free agent.

• November 20, 2015

  Signed David Adams as a free agent.

  Traded Liam Hendriks to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jesse Chavez.

• November 21, 2015

  Signed Humberto Quintero as a free agent.

• November 23, 2015

  Signed Casey Kotchman as a free agent.

• November 24, 2015

  Signed Scott Diamond as a free agent.

  Released Matt Hague.

• November 25, 2015

  Signed Melky Mesa as a free agent.

• November 27, 2015

  Signed J.A. Happ as a free agent.

• December 2, 2015

  Josh Thole granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 2015

  Signed Josh Thole as a free agent.

• December 10, 2015

  Drafted Joe Biagini from the San Francisco Giants in the 2015 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 2015

  Signed Darwin Barney as a free agent.

• December 18, 2015

  Signed Roberto Hernández as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Copeland as a free agent.

  Signed Wade LeBlanc as a free agent.

  Signed Pat McCoy as a free agent.

  Signed Brad Penny as a free agent.

  Selected Junior Lake off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• January 5, 2016

  Purchased Arnold Leon from the Oakland Athletics.

• January 8, 2016

  Traded Ben Revere and player to be named to the Washington Nationals. Received Drew Storen and cash.

• January 13, 2016

  Signed Daniel Schlereth as a free agent.

• January 29, 2016

  Signed Maicer Izturis as a free agent.

• February 2, 2016

  Traded player to be named or cash to the New York Mets. Received Darrell Ceciliani.

• February 5, 2016

  Signed David Aardsma as a free agent.

• February 6, 2016

  Signed Gavin Floyd as a free agent.

• February 12, 2016

  Signed Colt Hynes as a free agent.

• February 17, 2016

  Signed Dustin Antolin as a free agent.

  Signed Jason Berken as a free agent.

• February 19, 2016

  Signed Tony Sanchez as a free agent.

• February 25, 2016

  Signed Domonic Brown as a free agent.

• February 26, 2016

  Signed Wilkin Castillo as a free agent.

  Signed Robinzon Díaz as a free agent.

• February 28, 2016

  Signed Rafael Soriano as a free agent.

• March 4, 2016

  Maicer Izturis voluntarily retired.

• March 9, 2016

  Signed Alexi Casilla as a free agent.

• March 11, 2016

  Signed Randy Choate as a free agent.

• March 20, 2016

  Rafael Soriano voluntarily retired.

• March 28, 2016

  Selected Jesús Montero off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• March 29, 2016

  Released Roberto Hernández.

  Released Steve Delabar.

• March 30, 2016

  Released Randy Choate.