2015 Washington Nationals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 2014

  Selected Eric Fornataro off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• November 4, 2014

  Melvin Dorta granted Free Agency.

  Destin Hood granted Free Agency.

  Zach Kroenke granted Free Agency.

  Aaron Laffey granted Free Agency.

  Brandon Laird granted Free Agency.

  Will Rhymes granted Free Agency.

  Tyler Robertson granted Free Agency.

  Daniel Stange granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2014

  Released Matt Purke.

• November 17, 2014

  Signed Matt Purke as a free agent.

• November 18, 2014

  Released Jhonatan Solano.

• November 19, 2014

  Signed Bruce Billings as a free agent.

• November 20, 2014

  Ryan Mattheus granted Free Agency.

  Pedro Florimón selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

• December 12, 2014

  Signed Clint Robinson as a free agent.

  Signed Ian Stewart as a free agent.

  Traded Ross Detwiler to the Texas Rangers. Received Christopher Bostick and Abel De Los Santos.

• December 13, 2014

  Signed Richard Bleier as a free agent.

• December 19, 2014

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Travis Ott (minors) and Steven Souza Jr. to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received a player to be named later and Joe Ross from the San Diego Padres. In addition, the Tampa Bay Rays sent José Castillo, Ryan Hanigan, Wil Myers and Gerardo Reyes to the San Diego Padres; and the San Diego Padres sent Jake Bauers, René Rivera and Burch Smith to the Tampa Bay Rays. The San Diego Padres sent Trea Turner (June 14, 2015) to the Washington Nationals to complete the trade.

• December 22, 2014

  Signed Kevin Mattison as a free agent.

  Signed Omir Santos as a free agent.

• December 23, 2014

  Signed Heath Bell as a free agent.

• December 26, 2014

  Signed Dan Uggla as a free agent.

• January 12, 2015

  Signed Mike Carp as a free agent.

  Signed Steven Lerud as a free agent.

• January 14, 2015

  Traded Daniel Rosenbaum (minors) to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dan Butler.

  Traded Tyler Clippard to the Oakland Athletics. Received Yunel Escobar.

• January 18, 2015

  Signed Kila Ka'aihue as a free agent.

• January 21, 2015

  Signed Evan Meek as a free agent.

  Signed Max Scherzer as a free agent.

• January 23, 2015

  Signed Derrick Robinson as a free agent.

• February 2, 2015

  Signed Casey Janssen as a free agent.

• February 27, 2015

  Signed Rich Hill as a free agent.

• March 2, 2015

  Signed Tony Gwynn as a free agent.

• March 17, 2015

  Released Jeff Kobernus.

• March 23, 2015

  Released Heath Bell.

• March 30, 2015

  Signed Reed Johnson as a free agent.

  Sandy León player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

  Traded Jerry Blevins to the New York Mets. Received Matt den Dekker.

• April 1, 2015

  Released Kevin Frandsen.

• April 2, 2015

  Released Omir Santos.

• April 6, 2015

  Mike Carp granted Free Agency.

• April 22, 2015

  Xavier Cedeño player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• April 25, 2015

  Signed José Valverde as a free agent.

• May 5, 2015

  Purchased Darin Mastroianni from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• May 8, 2015

  Released Kevin Mattison.

• May 11, 2015

  Signed Héctor Ambriz as a free agent.

• May 24, 2015

  Released Kila Ka'aihue.

• June 1, 2015

  Purchased P.J. Walters from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• June 5, 2015

  Released Ian Stewart.

• June 7, 2015

  Released Manny Delcarmen.

• June 8, 2015

  Drafted Blake Perkins in the 2nd round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2015.

  Drafted Andrew Stevenson in the 2nd round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 2015.

• June 9, 2015

  Drafted Taylor Hearn in the 5th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2015.

  Drafted Koda Glover in the 8th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2015.

  Drafted Taylor Guilbeau in the 10th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2015.

• June 10, 2015

  Drafted Max Schrock in the 13th round of the 2015 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 2015.

  Drafted Coco Montes in the 35th round of the 2015 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 11, 2015

  Released Héctor Ambriz.

  Traded Tony Renda to the New York Yankees. Received David Carpenter.

• June 21, 2015

  Signed Chris Nelson as a free agent.

• June 24, 2015

  Released Rich Hill.

• July 2, 2015

  Signed Juan Soto as an amateur free agent.

• July 20, 2015

  Released Evan Meek.

• July 22, 2015

  Released José Valverde.

• July 23, 2015

  Signed Connor Overton as a free agent.

• July 25, 2015

  Released Eric Fornataro.

  Released Chris Nelson.

• July 28, 2015

  Traded Nick Pivetta to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jonathan Papelbon and cash.

• August 9, 2015

  Signed J.C. Gutiérrez as a free agent.

• August 11, 2015

  Signed Tony Campana as a free agent.

• August 22, 2015

  Signed Scott Sizemore as a free agent.

• October 5, 2015

  Reed Johnson granted Free Agency.

• October 13, 2015

  Emmanuel Burriss granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2015

  Ian Desmond granted Free Agency.

  Doug Fister granted Free Agency.

  Casey Janssen granted Free Agency.

  Nate McLouth granted Free Agency.

  Denard Span granted Free Agency.

  Matt Thornton granted Free Agency.

  Dan Uggla granted Free Agency.

  Jordan Zimmermann granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2015

  Bruce Billings granted Free Agency.

  Richard Bleier granted Free Agency.

  Dan Butler granted Free Agency.

  J.C. Gutiérrez granted Free Agency.

  Tony Gwynn granted Free Agency.

  Steven Lerud granted Free Agency.

  Darin Mastroianni granted Free Agency.

  Connor Overton granted Free Agency.

  Matt Purke granted Free Agency.

  Derrick Robinson granted Free Agency.

  Scott Sizemore granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2015

  Signed Sean Burnett as a free agent.

  Signed Reed Johnson as a free agent.

• November 17, 2015

  Signed Logan Schafer as a free agent.

• November 18, 2015

  David Carpenter granted Free Agency.

• November 21, 2015

  Signed Scott Sizemore as a free agent.

• December 2, 2015

  Craig Stammen granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 2015

  Signed Chris Heisey as a free agent.

• December 10, 2015

  Traded Yunel Escobar and cash to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received Michael Brady and Trevor Gott.

• December 11, 2015

  Signed Shawn Kelley as a free agent.

  Signed Óliver Pérez as a free agent.

• December 14, 2015

  Signed Yusmeiro Petit as a free agent.

• December 15, 2015

  Signed Nick Masset as a free agent.

• December 19, 2015

  Signed Aaron Laffey as a free agent.

• December 29, 2015

  Signed Jhonatan Solano as a free agent.

• January 6, 2016

  Signed Stephen Drew as a free agent.

  Signed Daniel Murphy as a free agent.

• January 8, 2016

  Traded Drew Storen and cash to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Ben Revere and player to be named.

• January 26, 2016

  Signed Bronson Arroyo as a free agent.

• February 2, 2016

  Signed Brendan Ryan as a free agent.

• February 8, 2016

  Signed Neftali Soto as a free agent.

• February 17, 2016

  Signed Matt Belisle as a free agent.

• February 18, 2016

  Signed Burke Badenhop as a free agent.

• February 22, 2016

  Signed J.C. Gutiérrez as a free agent.

• March 19, 2016

  Released Logan Schafer.

• March 27, 2016

  Traded Tyler Moore to the Atlanta Braves. Received Nate Freiman.

• April 1, 2016

  Released Burke Badenhop.

  Released Reed Johnson.