2009 Washington Nationals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 2008

  Mike Bacsik granted Free Agency.

  Chris Booker granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2008

  Signed Ryan Langerhans as a free agent.

  William Bergolla granted Free Agency.

  Bret Boone granted Free Agency.

  Yurendell de Caster granted Free Agency.

  Luis Jiménez granted Free Agency.

  Arnie Muñoz granted Free Agency.

  Ray Olmedo granted Free Agency.

  Beltrán Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Pokey Reese granted Free Agency.

  Eddie Rogers granted Free Agency.

  Chris Schroder granted Free Agency.

  Dennis Tankersley granted Free Agency.

  Traded Ryan Buchter to the Chicago Cubs. Received Matt Avery (minors).

• November 5, 2008

  Aaron Boone granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 2008

  Traded P.J. Dean (minors), Emilio Bonifácio and Jake Smolinski to the Florida Marlins. Received Scott Olsen and Josh Willingham.

• November 17, 2008

  Signed Ryan Wagner as a free agent.

• November 20, 2008

  Signed Brad Eldred as a free agent.

  Signed Pete Orr as a free agent.

• November 24, 2008

  Signed J.D. Martin as a free agent.

• December 9, 2008

  Signed Joel Guzmán as a free agent.

• December 10, 2008

  Signed Mike Vento as a free agent.

  Released Jesús Colomé.

• December 12, 2008

  Tim Redding granted Free Agency.

• December 14, 2008

  Signed Freddie Bynum as a free agent.

• December 16, 2008

  Signed Gustavo Chacín as a free agent.

• December 17, 2008

  Signed José Castillo as a free agent.

• December 18, 2008

  Signed Corey Patterson as a free agent.

  Signed Jorge Sosa as a free agent.

• December 23, 2008

  Signed Wil Ledezma as a free agent.

  Signed Gustavo Molina as a free agent.

• December 29, 2008

  Signed Daniel Cabrera as a free agent.

• January 11, 2009

  Signed Josh Towers as a free agent.

• January 15, 2009

  Signed Jesús Colomé as a free agent.

• January 22, 2009

  Signed Gary Glover as a free agent.

• January 28, 2009

  Signed Alex Cintrón as a free agent.

• February 3, 2009

  Signed Javier Valentín as a free agent.

• February 5, 2009

  Signed Joel De La Cruz as a free agent.

  Signed Odalis Pérez as a free agent.

• February 11, 2009

  Signed Adam Dunn as a free agent.

• February 20, 2009

  Signed David Williams as a free agent.

• February 23, 2009

  Released Odalis Pérez.

• March 11, 2009

  Signed Kip Wells as a free agent.

• March 12, 2009

  Signed Julián Tavárez as a free agent.

• March 18, 2009

  Signed Joe Beimel as a free agent.

  Released Shawn Hill.

• March 21, 2009

  Signed Josh Bard as a free agent.

• March 29, 2009

  Released Javier Valentín.

• March 31, 2009

  Released Wily Mo Peña.

• April 1, 2009

  Released Gustavo Chacín.

• April 10, 2009

  Signed Ron Villone as a free agent.

• April 29, 2009

  Steven Shell granted Free Agency.

  Traded Kyle Gunderson (minors) to the Florida Marlins. Received Logan Kensing.

• May 3, 2009

  Signed Mike MacDougal as a free agent.

• May 5, 2009

  Released Josh Towers.

• May 9, 2009

  Released Gary Glover.

• May 15, 2009

  Mike Hinckley granted Free Agency.

• May 26, 2009

  Released Daniel Cabrera.

• May 31, 2009

  Signed Cory Doyne as a free agent.

• June 1, 2009

  Released Alex Cintrón.

• June 9, 2009

  Drafted Stephen Strasburg in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.

  Drafted Drew Storen in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2009.

  Drafted Jeff Kobernus in the 2nd round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2009.

  Drafted A.J. Morris in the 4th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed July 7, 2009.

  Drafted Michael A. Taylor in the 6th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2009.

  Drafted Taylor Jordan in the 9th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2009.

  Drafted Nate Karns in the 12th round of the 2009 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2009.

  Drafted Marcus Stroman in the 18th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kyle Martin in the 39th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Hoby Milner in the 44th round of the 2009 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 2009

  Signed Horacio Ramírez as a free agent.

• June 17, 2009

  Sent Mike O'Connor to the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

• June 28, 2009

  Traded Ryan Langerhans to the Seattle Mariners. Received Mike Morse.

• June 30, 2009

  Traded Joel Hanrahan and Lastings Milledge to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Sean Burnett and Nyjer Morgan.

• July 5, 2009

  Released Jesús Colomé.

• July 6, 2009

  Released Wil Ledezma.

• July 7, 2009

  Kip Wells granted Free Agency.

  Released Cory Doyne.

• July 23, 2009

  Released Joel De La Cruz.

• July 29, 2009

  Julián Tavárez granted Free Agency.

  Released Corey Patterson.

• July 31, 2009

  Traded Joe Beimel to the Colorado Rockies. Received Robinson Fabian (minors) and Ryan Mattheus.

  Traded Nick Johnson to the Florida Marlins. Received Aaron Thompson.

• August 6, 2009

  Purchased Norris Hopper from the Chicago White Sox.

  Purchased Daryle Ward from the Chicago White Sox.

  Traded Anderson Hernández to the New York Mets. Received Greg Veloz (minors).

• August 25, 2009

  Released Mike Vento.

• August 26, 2009

  Signed Liván Hernández as a free agent.

• August 31, 2009

  Traded Ronnie Belliard to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received a player to be named later and Luis García. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Víctor Gárate (September 2, 2009) to the Washington Nationals to complete the trade.

• September 8, 2009

  Released Jorge Sosa.

• September 10, 2009

  Selected Jesse English off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• September 18, 2009

  Purchased Jamie Burke from the Seattle Mariners.

• October 29, 2009

  Jamie Burke granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2009

  Selected Doug Slaten off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• November 5, 2009

  Josh Bard granted Free Agency.

  Liván Hernández granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2009

  Austin Kearns granted Free Agency.

  Ron Villone granted Free Agency.

  Dmitri Young granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 2009

  Freddie Bynum granted Free Agency.

  Kory Casto granted Free Agency.

  Brad Eldred granted Free Agency.

  Joel Guzmán granted Free Agency.

  Norris Hopper granted Free Agency.

  Gustavo Molina granted Free Agency.

  Luke Montz granted Free Agency.

  Jorge Padilla granted Free Agency.

  Horacio Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  Daryle Ward granted Free Agency.

  David Williams granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2009

  Logan Kensing granted Free Agency.

• November 17, 2009

  Signed Jamie Burke as a free agent.

  Signed Logan Kensing as a free agent.

• November 30, 2009

  Signed Jerry Owens as a free agent.

• December 7, 2009

  Signed Iván Rodríguez as a free agent.

  Released Saúl Rivera.

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Brian Bruney. The Washington Nationals sent Jamie Hoffmann (December 10, 2009) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• December 8, 2009

  Signed Ryan Speier as a free agent.

• December 10, 2009

  Released Zack Segovia.

  Drafted Jamie Hoffmann from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2009 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 2009

  Mike MacDougal granted Free Agency.

  Scott Olsen granted Free Agency.

• December 13, 2009

  Signed Scott Olsen as a free agent.

• December 14, 2009

  Signed Joel Peralta as a free agent.

• December 21, 2009

  Signed Jason Marquis as a free agent.

• December 22, 2009

  Signed Josh Whitesell as a free agent.

• December 28, 2009

  Signed Eric Bruntlett as a free agent.

  Signed Eddie Guardado as a free agent.

• January 6, 2010

  Signed Matt Capps as a free agent.

• January 13, 2010

  Signed Pedro López as a free agent.

• January 19, 2010

  Signed Chris Duncan as a free agent.

  Released J.D. Martin.

• January 25, 2010

  Signed Chuck James as a free agent.

  Signed Tyler Walker as a free agent.

• January 29, 2010

  Signed Miguel Batista as a free agent.

• February 2, 2010

  Signed Wander Suero as an amateur free agent.

• February 3, 2010

  Signed Kevin Mench as a free agent.

  Marco Estrada selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• February 4, 2010

  Signed J.D. Martin as a free agent.

• February 6, 2010

  Signed Andrew Brown as a free agent.

• February 7, 2010

  Signed Shawn Estes as a free agent.

• February 12, 2010

  Signed Adam Kennedy as a free agent.

• February 15, 2010

  Signed Willy Taveras as a free agent.

• February 16, 2010

  Signed Chien-Ming Wang as a free agent.

• February 17, 2010

  Signed Ron Villone as a free agent.

  Signed Rafael Martín as a free agent.

• February 24, 2010

  Signed Liván Hernández as a free agent.

• March 10, 2010

  Released Shawn Estes.

  Released Eddie Guardado.

• March 15, 2010

  Released Ron Villone.

• March 17, 2010

  Released Elijah Dukes.

  Released Logan Kensing.

• March 20, 2010

  Signed Carlos Maldonado as a free agent.

• March 24, 2010

  Signed Mike MacDougal as a free agent.

• March 29, 2010

  Selected Chris Coste off waivers from the New York Mets.