1998 TRANSACTIONS

1998 WFBL TRANSACTIONS

12-31-98

LOUISIANA releases Adam Kennedy/2B and Curt Lyons/P and add Jason Woolf/SS and Chad Myers/2B.

12-29-98

EUGENE releases Ryan Rupe/P and adds Jorge Piedra/OF.

12-27-98

LOS ANGELES activates Andy Benes/P from DL.

12-24-98

WEST VIRGINIA releases Tyrone Horne/OF and adds Doug Mientkiewicz/1B.

12-22-98

WILDWOOD releases Eric Ireland/P and adds Kip Wells/P.

12-11-98

WEST VIRGINIA releases Calvin Murray/OF and adds Mike Zywika/OF.

EUGENE releases Jerry Hairston Jr/2B and adds Brian Simmons/OF.

12-07-98

CALIFORNIA releases Matt Drews/P, Nelson Lara/P, Chip Ambres/1B and Roosevelt Brown/OF and adds Brian Daubach/OF, Keith Luuloa/2B, Abraham Nunez/SS and Jed Hansen/2B.

12-05-98

LOUISIANA releases Damon Hollins/OF and adds Chris Hatcher/OF.

EUGENE releases Josh Pressley/1B and adds Ron Walker/3B.

12-04-98

WILDWOOD announces hiring of Manager Paul Molitor.

12-03-98

WILDWOOD announces firing of Manager Larry Bowa.

12-02-98

WILDWOOD releases Reggie Taylor/OF and adds Thomas Jacquez/P.

11-27-98

CALIFORNIA releases Sean Burroughs/3B and adds Wilton Veras/1B.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Scott Hunter/OF and adds Sean Burroughs/3B.

11-24-98

ALEXANDRIA adds Juan Rivera/OF and promotes J.D. Drew/OF.

11-22-98

WEST VIRGINIA releases Shannon Withem/P and adds Rob Crabtree/P.

11-18-98

EUGENE releases Cedric Downs/P and adds Alfonso Soriano/SS.

11-17-98

WEST VIRGINIA releases Jim Stoops/P and adds J.D. Brammer/P.

11-16-98

WILDWOOD releases Brad Baisley/P and adds Masao Kida/P.

11-14-98

MAINE promotes Tom Evans/3B, releases Mike Drumright/P, and adds Todd Williams/P and Orber Moreno/P.

11-08-98

WEST VIRGINIA releases Vick Brown/2B adn Kiki Calero/P and add Jim Stoops/P and Shannon Witham/P.

11-05-98

WILDWOOD releases Pat Daneker/P and adds Osmani Romero/P.

11-02-98

EUGENE promotes Carlos Guillen/2B and demotes Fernando Seguignol/OF.

11-01-98

MAINE Minor League Expansion: Mario Valdez/1B, Jose Nieves/SS, Cole Liniak/3B, Francisco Cordero/P, Adam Everett/SS, Bo Donaldson/P, Jose Santos Ortiz/2B, Wade Miller/P, Alberto Garza/P, Mike Drumright/P.

LOUISIANA Minor League Expansion: Jonathan Johnson/P, Curt Lyons/P, Ron Wright/1B, Marcus Jensen/C, Darin C Blood/P, Donnie Sadler/2B, Richard Almanzar/2B, Robin Jennings/OF, Dan Serafini/P, Brian Bevil/P.

EUGENE Minor League Expansion: Brad Wilkerson/OF, Joe Crede/3B, Matt Riley/P, Jayson Tyner/OF, Jimmy Rollins/SS, Tim Drew/P, Jhensy Sandoval/OF, Grant Roberts/P, Nate Rolison/1B, Wes Helms/3B, Jason Dewey/C, Cedric Downs/P, Jerry Hairston Jr/2B, Guillermo Quiroz/C, Seth Etherton/P, Ryan Rupe/P.

MILWAUKEE Minor League Expansion: Ryan Minor/3B, Mike Metcalfe/2B, Carlos Febles/2B, Robert Fick/C, Eric Dubose/P, Pete Zamora/P, Paul Ah Yat/P, John Curtice/P, Scott Mullen/P, Chris Truby/3B, Bo Porter/OF, Chad Green/OF, Anthony Iapoce/OF, Bryann Wolff/P, Kevin Beirne/P.

CALIFORNIA Minor League Expansion: Brent Stentz/P, Brent Billingsley/P, Brian McNichol/P, Aaron Boone/3B, Roosevelt Brown/OF, J.P. RobergeOF, Chip Ambres/1B, Luis Lopez/1B, Nelson Lara/P, Sean Burroughs/3B.

MIDDLE VILLAGE Minor League Expansion: Shawn Gallagher/1B, A.J. Burnett/P, Arnold Gooch/P, Christian Guzman/SS, Billy Koch/P, A.J. Pierzynski/C, Danny Peoples/OF, Peter Bergeron/OF, Brandon Kolb/P, Mike Darr/OF.

NEW JERSEY Minor League Expansion: Jason Middlebrook/P, Jason Marquis/P, Geoff Geary/P, Anthony Shumaker/P, Mike Kusiewicz/P, Craig Lewis/P, Glenn Williams/SS, Michael Restovich/OF, Emil Brown/OF, Ben Ford/P.

ALEXANDRIA Minor League Expansion: Gile Meche/P, Kevin McGlinchey/P, Mario Encarnacion/OF, D'Angelo Jimenez/SS, Clayton Andrews/P, Cedrick Bowers/P, Luis Rivera/P, Chris Gissell/P, Mike Young/2B, Paxton Crawford/P.

WEST VIRGINIA Minor League Expansion: Cory Lee/P, Micah Bowie/P, Wonderful Terrific Monds/OF, Aaron Scheffer/P, Vick Brown/2B, Scott hunter/OF, Calvin Murray/OF, Tyrone Horne/OF, John Sneed/P, Matt Miller/P, Chris Fussell/P, Kiki Colero/P.

WILDWOOD Minor League Expansion: Luke Prokopec/P, Michael Cuddyer/SS, Trot Nixon/OF, John Rocker/P, Eric Ireland/P, Wilfredo Rodriguez/P, Pat Daneker/P, Jack Cust/OF, Brad Baisley/P.

LAS VEGAS Minor League Expansion: Chris Enochs/P, Jae Weong Seo/P, Julio Ramirez/OF, Kevin Barker/1B, Damion Moss/P, Lorenzo Barcelo/P, John Roskos/C, Brandon Copeland/Of, Brandon Leese/P, Jason Brester/P.

10-23-98

MAINE loses Omar Daal/P, David Justice/OF and Shannon Stewart/OF in Expansion Draft.

NEW JERSEY loses Edgar Renteria/SS and Doug Glanville/OF in Expansion Draft.

CALIFORNIA loses Andy Benes/P and Eddie Taubensee/C in Expansion Draft.

MIDDLE VILLAGE loses Jason Giambi/1B, Danny Graves/P and Rich Loiselle/P in Expansion Draft.

WILDWOOD loses Matt Mantei/P, Jeff Fassero/P and Jose Rosado/P in Expansion Draft.

WEST VIRGINIA loses Henry Rodriguez/OF and Randy Myers/P in Expansion Draft.

ALEXANDRIA loses Jaret Wright/P and Edgar Martinez/1B in Expansion Draft.

LOS ANGELES loses Jeff Brantley/P and John Valentin/3B in Expansion Draft.

MILWAUKEE Expansion Draft Selections: Sterling Hitchcock/P, Jeff Fassero/P, Bob Wickman/P, Matt Mantei/P, Andy Benes/P, Shannon Stewart/OF, Mark Grudzielanek/SS, Mike Lansing/2B, Rich Loiselle/P, Scott Brosius/3B, Doug Glanville/OF, Jason Giambi/OF, Donovan Osborne/P, Jeff Brantley/P, Al Martin/OF, David Justice/OF, Craig Counsell/2B, John Thompson/P, Jose Guillen/OF, Sean Bergman/P, Danny Graves/P, A.J. Hinch/C, Shane Spencer/OF, Edgar Martinez/1B, Henry Rodriguez/OF.

EUGENE Expansion Draft Selections: Rusty Greer/OF, Brian L Hunter/OF, Randy Myers/P, Kevin Young/1B, Jaret Wright/P, Edgar Renteria/SS, Ramiro Mendoza/P, Jose Rosado/P, Tony Saunders/P, Miguel Cairo/2B, Omar Olivares/P, Dmitri Young/OF, Brian Anderson/P, John Valentin/3B, Matt Lawton/OF, Derek Lee/1B, Bill Mueller/3B, Omar Daal/P, Esteban Loiaza/P, Bubba Trammell/OF, Brian Johnson/C, Jose Mesa/P, Seth Greisinger/P, Fernando Seguignol/OF, Eddie Taubensee/C.

9-17-98

TORONTO announces move of the franchise to Laguna, CA where it will be renamed the CALIFORNIA Barracudas and play in Coral Reef Park.

TORONTO fires Manager Jim Leyland and hires Sparky Anderson as Manager.

TORONTO activates Jim Thome/1B from DL and releases Bill Mueller/3B.

9-14-98

EUGENE releases Jose Nieves/SS and adds A.J. Zapp/1B.

9-13-98

TORONTO adds Angel Pena/C.

9-08-98

EUGENE releases Scott Hunter/OF and Mendy Lopez/SS and adds Chris Hatcher/OF and Carlos Guillen/2B.

9-06-98

MAINE activates Dan Wilson/C from DL and places Antonio Osuna/P on DL.

MIDDLE VILLAGE activates Shawn Estes/P from DL and places Todd Hundley/C on DL.

9-04-98

TORONTO activates Jeff King/1B from DL and releases Mike Sweeney/C.

WILDWOOD activates Mike Lieberthal/C and Kevin Appier/P from DL and releases Rusty Greer/OF and Mike Lansing/2B.

9-02-98

TORONTO hires Joe Clark as General Manager.

8-31-98

TORONTO releases Danny Graves/SS and Dean Crow/P and adds Rob Bell/P and Alan Webb/P.

8-30-98

TORONTO releases Quinton McCracken/OF and Brett Hemphill/C and adds Mark Kotsay/OF and Aaron Myette/P.

WILDWOOD activates Ismael Valdes/P from DL and releases Charles Nagy/P.

8-29-98

TORONTO announces resignation of GM Karl Shuve.

TORONTO places Jim Thome/1B on DL and adds Jason Schmidt/P.

8-28-98

ALEXANDRIA releases Mario Encarnacion/OF and adds Nick Johnson/1B.

WEST VIRGINIA claims Henry Rodriguez/OF and releases Carl Everett/OF.

8-23-98

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases Ron Wright/1B and adds Mitch Meluskey/C.

MAINE releases Mike Holtz/P and adds Mark Wohlers/P.

LOS ANGELES releases Ellis Burks/OF, Henry Rodriguez/OF, Mark Kotsay/OF and Rich Croushore/P and adds Jeff Brantley/P, Juan Acevedo/P, T.J. Mathews/P and Jim Mecir/P.

8-21-98

MIDDLE VILLAGE activates Rich Loiselle/P from DL and releases Jason Schmidt/P.

TORONTO places Jeff King/1B on DL and adds Rico Brogna/1B.

8-17-98

EUGENE releases Curt King/P and adds Josh Pressley/1B.

8-15-98

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases Reggie Sanders/OF and Bobby Bonilla/3B and adds Chris Hoiles/C and Brian Bohanon/P.

WILDWOOD releases Jay Powell/P and adds Jose Rosado/P.

8-13-98

ALEXANDRIA releases Lorenzo Barcelo/P and adds Ryan Bradley/P.

LOS ANGELES activates Todd Greene/C from DL and places Pokey Reese/SS on DL.

8-11-98

ALEXANDRIA trades Matt Stairs/OF and Henry Rodriguez/OF to LOS ANGELES for Juan Guzman/P and Mike Timlin/P.

ALEXANDRIA activates Delino DeShields/2B from DL and releases Jim Leyritz/C.

EUGENE releases B.J. Garbe/OF and adds Carlos Beltran/OF.

8-10-98

LOUISIANA trades Pat Hentgen/P to WILDWOOD for Bill Simas/P.

ALEXANDRIA trades Woody Williams/P and Jason Larue/C to LOUISIANA for Tim Salmon/OF.

ALEXANDRIA adds Lorenzo Barcelo/P.

8-09-98

MIDDLE VILLAGE activates Matt Williams/3B from DL and place Shawn Estes/P on DL.

8-08-98

LOUISIANA trades Randy Johnson/P and Mo Vaughn/1B to WEST VIRGINIA for Larry Walker/OF, John Olerud/1B, Francisco Cordova/P and Eric Young/2B. WEST VIRGINIA adds Tom Goodwin/OF and Tony Fernandez/2B.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Jeff Brantley/P and Chris Widger/C and adds Gregg Olson/P and Nerio Rodriguez/P..

MAINE trades Sandy Alomar Jr/C to WEST VIRGINIA for Braden Looper/P. MAINE releases Andy Brown/OF and adds Wilton Guerrero/2B.

LOUISIANA trades Mark Grudzielanek/SS and Carlos Perez/P to MIDDLE VILLAGE for Scott Erickson/P.

WILDWOOD activates Billy Wagner/P from DL and places Ismael Valdes/P on DL.

8-03-98

ALEXANDRIA activates Roberto Alomar/2B from DL and demotes Danny Klassen/2B.

8-01-98

EUGENE original Minor League selections: B.J. Garbe/OF, Curt King/P, Scott Hunter/OF, Mendy Lopez/SS, Jose Nieves/SS, Bob Howry/P, Dernell Stenson/OF, Vernon Wells/OF, Jacob Cruz/OF, Shane Monahan/OF, Edgard Clemente/OF, Ben Davis/C, Jose Salas/C, Calvin Pickering/1B, Daryle Ward/1B, Ron Belliard/2B, Alex Gonzalez/SS-Fla, Drew Henson/3B, Bobby Smith/3B, Chris Haas/3B.

MILWAUKEE original Minor League selections: Steve Woodard/P, Brian Meadows/P, Mark Mimbs/P, J.D. Smart/P, Blake Stein/P, Antonio Alfonseca/P, Joel Bennett/P, Travis Baptist/P, Ted Lilly/P, Dan Murray/P, Nelson Figueroa/P, Jeff Sexton/P, Magglio Ordonez/OF, Mike Frank/OF, Derrick White/OF, Jason Varitek/C, Adam Melhuse/C, Jolbert Cabrera/SS, Mike Neal/SS, Corey Koskie/3B.

7-31-98

ALEXANDRIA releases Derrick White/OF and adds Odaliz Perez/P.

LOS ANGELES claims Ellis Burks/OF and releases Michael Tucker/OF.

7-30-98

WILDWOOD releases Gary Matthews Jr/OF and adds Marlon Anderson/2B.

MAINE trades Greg Maddux/P to WEST VIRGINIA for Ivan Rodriguez/C, Justin Thompson/P and Antonio Osuna/P. MAINE releases Antonio Alfonseca/P and places Dan Wilson/C on DL. WEST VIRGINIA adds Cal Ripken Jr/3B and Eli Marrero/C.

7-29-98

ALEXANDRIA trades Paul LoDuca/C, John Halama/P and Wilson Delgado/SS to MAINE for Omar Vizquel/SS. ALEXANDRIA adds Enrique Wilson/2B, Jayson Werth/C and Michael Barrett/C. MAINE adds Jose Valentine/SS and releases Bubba Trammell/OF, Felipe Lopez/SS and Larry Huff/3B.

7-27-98

LOS ANGELES trades Edgardo Alfonzo/3B and Michael Coleman/OF to LOUISIANA for Ryan Anderson/P. LOS ANGELES adds John Valentin/3B.

7-26-98

MIDDLE VILLAGE place Matt Williams/3B on DL and add Todd Zeile/3B.

WILDWOOD places Mike Lieberthal/C on DL and adds Charles Nagy/P.

MAINE releases Ellis Burks/OF and adds Mike Holtz/P.

ALEXANDRIA places Roberto Alomar/2B on DL and promotes Danny Klassen/2B.

7-24-98

LOUISIANA trades Denny Neagle/P and Darnell McDonald/OF to MAINE for Andres Galarraga/1B.

LOS ANGELES trades Manny Ramirez/OF, Mike Hampton/P and Troy Glaus/3B to VANCOUVER for Kerry Wood/P and Michael Tucker/OF.

LOS ANGELES trades Shannon Stewart/OF and Lance Berkman/OF to MAINE for Rich Croushore/P and Cliff Politte/P. LOS ANGELES releases Matt Karchner/P and adds Brady Anderson/OF and Randall Simon/1B.

7-23-98

ALEXANDRIA trades Brian Giles/OF to WILDWOOD for Jaret Wright/P.

MAINE claims Mark Mulder/P and releases Robinson Checo/P.

7-22-98

WILDWOOD releases Brian L Hunter/OF and adds Matt Mantei/P.

LOUISIANA releases Charles Nagy/P and adds Bob Tewksbury/P.

7-21-98

LOS ANGELES places Todd Greene/C on DL and adds Terry Adams/P.

WILDWOOD releases Trot Nixon/OF and adds John Patterson/P.

7-20-98

WEST VIRGINIA releases Mark Mulder/P, Edgard Clemente/OF and Grant Roberts/P and adds Wayne Morris/2B, Jay Witasik/P, and Rob Ryan/OF.

LOS ANGELES trades Darren Dreifort/P and Chad Hermansen/2B to WILDWOOD for Chan Ho Park/P and Aramis Ramirez/3B.

WEST VIRGINIA claims Randy Winn/OF and releases Mike Harriger/P.

LOUISIANA claims Scott Hatteburg/C and releases Tom Goodwin/OF.

7-19-98

MAINE releases Masato Yoshii/P and adds Steve Avery/P.

ALEXANDRIA trades Jin Ho Cho/P and Chad Fox/P to WEST VIRGINIA for Adrian Beltre/3B. WEST VIRGINIA releases Jose Valentine/SS.

ALEXANDRIA promotes Orlando Hernandez/P and adds Danny Klassen/2B.

7-18-98

WEST VIRGINIA releases Bob Tewksbury/P and adds Bret Saberhagen/P.

WILDWOOD trades A.J. Hinch/C to VANCOUVER for Mike Lieberthal/C.

VANCOUVER releases Steve Finley/OF and adds Michael Tucker/OF.

LOUISIANA releases Russ Davis/3B and adds Fernando Tatis/3B.

LOUISIANA trades Paul Konerko/OF to WILDWOOD for David Ortiz/1B.

WILDWOOD places Billy Wagner/P on DL and adds Jay Powell/P.

7-17-98

WILDWOOD releases Terry Adams/P and adds Eric Milton/P.

LOS ANGELES places Alan Benes/P on DL and adds Juan Guzman/P.

TORONTO releases Luis Gonzalez/OF and adds Jeff King/1B.

ALEXANDRIA releases Todd Zeile/3B and adds Sidney Ponson/P.

NEW JERSEY releases Scott Hatteburg/C and adds Ron Gant/OF.

NEW JERSEY claims Jorge Posada/C and releases Randy Winn/OF.

7-16-98

WILDWOOD places Kevin Appier/P on DL and adds Bill Simas/P.

TORONTO trades Curt Schilling/P and Chris Carpenter/P to LOS ANGELES for Mike Mussina/P and Trevor Hoffman/P.

TORONTO releases Greg Swindell/P and adds Elvin Hernandez/P.

7-13-98

MAINE places Jeff Frye/2B on DL, releases Jorge Posada/C and Heathcliff Slocumb/P, adds Rich Croushore/P and Antonio Alfonseca/P, and promotes Carlton Loewer/P.

VANCOUVER places Ramon Martinez/P on DL and promotes Kerry Wood/P.