Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 3, 1998
Pat Borders granted Free Agency.
Jason Jacome player rights sold to Yakult Swallows (Japan Central).
- November 13, 1998
Traded Chad Ogea to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jerry Spradlin.
- November 18, 1998
Traded Brian Giles to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Ricardo Rincón.
- December 1, 1998
Signed Roberto Alomar as a free agent.
- December 8, 1998
Signed Mark Whiten as a free agent.
- January 4, 1999
Signed Jim Brower as a free agent.
- January 5, 1999
Signed Jeff Manto as a free agent.
Signed Dave Telgheder as a free agent.
Signed Chris Turner as a free agent.
- January 26, 1999
Signed Dave Stevens as a free agent.
- February 2, 1999
Signed Héctor Luna as an amateur free agent.
- February 3, 1999
Signed Jamie Brewington as a free agent.
Signed Wil Cordero as a free agent.
Signed Bill Selby as a free agent.
Signed Paul Wagner as a free agent.
- February 20, 1999
Signed Orel Hershiser as a free agent.
- February 26, 1999
Signed Pat Borders as a free agent.
- March 23, 1999
Released Joe Horgan.
- March 25, 1999
Released Orel Hershiser.
- March 27, 1999
Signed Cameron Cairncross as a free agent.
- March 29, 1999
Sent Mike Glavine to the Atlanta Braves as part of a conditional deal.
- April 2, 1999
Released Ron Villone.
- April 4, 1999
Signed Mark Langston as a free agent.
- April 5, 1999
Signed Rich DeLucia as a free agent.
- April 6, 1999
Signed Chris Haney as a free agent.
- April 14, 1999
Signed Jhonny Peralta as an amateur free agent.
- April 22, 1999
Traded Jerry Spradlin to the San Francisco Giants. Received a player to be named later and Dan McKinley (minors). The San Francisco Giants sent Josh Santos (minors) (June 27, 1999) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
- May 22, 1999
Signed Juan Lara as an amateur free agent.
- May 27, 1999
Signed Willy Taveras as an amateur free agent.
- June 2, 1999
Drafted Fernando Cabrera in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 1999.
Drafted Jason Davis in the 21st round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 2000.
Drafted Kyle Denney in the 26th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1999.
Drafted John Gall in the 50th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- June 18, 1999
Selected Jeff Tam off waivers from the New York Mets.
- June 21, 1999
Released Dave Stevens.
- June 29, 1999
Signed Tom Candiotti as a free agent.
- July 2, 1999
Jeff Manto selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.
- July 30, 1999
Signed Jesse Levis as a free agent.
- August 2, 1999
Released Tom Candiotti.
- August 4, 1999
Traded Mike Matthews to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jose Olmeda (minors).
- August 11, 1999
Jeff Tam selected by the New York Mets off waivers.
- August 13, 1999
Signed Jeff Manto as a free agent.
- August 16, 1999
Purchased Carlos Baerga from the San Diego Padres.
- August 26, 1999
Signed Jim Poole as a free agent.
- August 27, 1999
Traded a player to be named later and Juan Aracena (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Harold Baines. The Cleveland Indians sent Jimmy Hamilton (minors) (August 31, 1999) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
- August 31, 1999
Traded Richard Negrette (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Tyler Houston.
Released Pat Borders.
- October 4, 1999
Rich DeLucia granted Free Agency.
Jesse Levis granted Free Agency.
Jim Poole granted Free Agency.
Chris Turner granted Free Agency.
Paul Wagner granted Free Agency.
- October 15, 1999
Travis Driskill granted Free Agency.
Jeff Manto granted Free Agency.
Bill Selby granted Free Agency.
Mark Whiten granted Free Agency.
- October 28, 1999
Chris Haney granted Free Agency.
Michael Jackson granted Free Agency.
- October 29, 1999
Carlos Baerga granted Free Agency.
Harold Baines granted Free Agency.
Wil Cordero granted Free Agency.
- November 1, 1999
Mark Langston granted Free Agency.
- November 4, 1999
Paul Assenmacher granted Free Agency.
Dwight Gooden granted Free Agency.
- November 5, 1999
Signed Danys Báez as an amateur free agent.
- November 16, 1999
Signed Chris Coste as a free agent.
Signed Jason Stanford as an amateur free agent.
- November 17, 1999
Jason Rakers selected by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.
- November 23, 1999
Selected Justin Speier off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
- December 3, 1999
Signed Brian Barber as a free agent.
Signed Scott Kamieniecki as a free agent.
- December 7, 1999
Signed Mark Langston as a free agent.
- December 16, 1999
Signed Chuck Finley as a free agent.
- December 21, 1999
Tyler Houston granted Free Agency.
- December 22, 1999
Signed Kane Davis as a free agent.
Signed Mandy Romero as a free agent.
- December 23, 1999
Signed Joey Eischen as a free agent.
Signed Bill Selby as a free agent.
Signed Rubén Sierra as a free agent.
- January 8, 2000
Signed Chris Haney as a free agent.
- January 13, 2000
Signed Lance Johnson as a free agent.
Signed Jesse Levis as a free agent.
- January 19, 2000
Signed Bobby Witt as a free agent.
- January 24, 2000
Signed Roy Smith as a free agent.
- January 26, 2000
Signed Steve Falteisek as a free agent.
Signed Curtis King as a free agent.
Signed Alan Newman as a free agent.
- January 27, 2000
Signed Scott Sanders as a free agent.
- February 8, 2000
Signed Chris Nichting as a free agent.
- February 18, 2000
Signed Mark Whiten as a free agent.
- March 20, 2000
Signed Joe Roa as a free agent.
Released Rubén Sierra.
- March 27, 2000
Traded Steve Falteisek to the Florida Marlins. Received Victor Rodriguez (minors).
- March 28, 2000
Signed Clint Sodowsky as a free agent.
- March 29, 2000
Released Scott Sanders.
- March 30, 2000
Released Lance Johnson.
- March 31, 2000
Released Dustan Mohr.
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