1999 TRANSACTIONS

1999 WFBL TRANSACTIONS


12-31-1999

EUGENE claims Joe Lawrence/3B and releases Jake Esteves/P.

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases Jay Buhner/OF and adds Jose Leon/3B, Craig Wilson/C and Matt DeWitt/P.

12-30-1999

WEST VIRGINIA trades Kris Benson/P, Bruce Chen/P and Wayne Morris/2B to LOUISIANA for Omar Vizquel/SS. WEST VIRGINIA promotes Kyle Peterson/P and adds Abraham Nunez/OF and Brett Evert/P.

LAS VEGAS trades Mike Piazza/C to VANCOUVER for Kevin Brown/P, Jay Bell/2B and Micah Bowie/P. LAS VEGAS releases Mike Williams/P and Terry Adams/P and adds Carl Crawford/OF.

ALTOONA trades Alex Gonzalez/SS-Tor to LOUISIANA for Juan Encarnacion/OF and Gary DiSarcina/SS. ALTOONA promotes Gabe Alvarez/OF and Heath Murray/P, demotes Joe Nathan/P, and releases Santiago Perez/SS.

LOUISIANA trades Kerry Ligtenburg/P to VANCOUVER for Jim Parque/P, Byun-Hyung Kim/P and Eli Marrero/C. LOUISIANA releases Nerio Rodriguez/P, Mickey Morandini/2B and Chad Myers/3B and demotes Ted Lilly/P. VANCOUVER adds Cristian Guerrero/SS and Mike Myers/P.

12-28-1999

LAS VEGAS trades Luis Castillo/2B and Nate Bump/P to ALTOONA for Michael Restovich/OF.

EUGENE trades Ben Davis/C to PHILADELPHIA for Milton Bradley/OF and Bobby Estalella/C. EUGENE releases Chris Meares/P.

MIDDLE VILLAGE trades Shane Reynolds/P to VANCOUVER for Raul Mondesi/OF and Scott Williamson/P.

WEST VIRGINIA trades Bobby Abreu/OF to ALTOONA for Shawn Estes/P, Rod Beck/P and Geoff Jenkins/OF.

LOUISIANA trades Jason Schmidt/P to LAS VEGAS for Eric Chavez/3B.

12-27-1999

VANCOUVER trades Pedro Astacio/P and Travis Fryman/3B to ATLANTIC CITY for Magglio Ordonez/OF.

WEST VIRGINIA trades Pedro Martinez/P to MIDDLE VILLAGE for Roger Clemens/P, Rick Ankiel/P and A.J. Burnett/P.

EUGENE trades Grant Roberts/P to ATLANTIC CITY for Brett Laxton/P.

MIDDLE VILLAGE trades Brian Rose/P to ALTOONA for Derek Bell/OF.

LOUISIANA trades Kevin McGlinchey/P to PHILADELPHIA for Ted Lilly/P, T.J. Tucker/P and Luke Prokopec/P.

EUGENE trades Eric Young/2B and Eric Munson/C to CALIFORNIA for Cliff Floyd/OF and Dermal Brown/OF.

ALEXANDRIA releases Delino DeShields/2B, promotes David Ortiz/1B and adds Junior Guerrero/P.

LOUISIANA trades Charles Johnson/C to EUGENE for Mike Lamb/3B.

VANCOUVER trades Aaron Sele/P to PHILADELPHIA for Richie Sexson/1B, Mike Sirotka/P and Joe Nathan/P

ALTOONA trades Chuck Finley/P to VANCOUVER for Adam Piatt/3B, Mike Sirotka/P and Joe Nathan/P.

WEST VIRGINIA trades Denny Neagle/P and Corey Patterson/OF to EUGENE for Brian Jordan/OF and Alfonso Soriano/SS. WEST VIRGINIA releases Scott Comer/P and Michael Tejera/P.

ALEXANDRIA trades J.D. Drew/OF to PHILADELPHIA for Jack Cust/OF, John Patterson/P and Michael Cuddyer/3B. ALEXANDRIA releases Lance Niekro/3B.

ALTOONA activates Moises Alou/OF from DL, demotes Jeremy Powell/P, and releases Hideo Nomo/P, Billy Taylor/P and Scott Schoenweis/P.

WEST VIRGINIA trades Freddie Garcia/P to VANCOUVER for Gabe Kapler/OF and Bruce Chen/P.

ALEXANDRIA trades Miguel Tejada/SS and Gil Meche/P to VANCOUVER for Jose Lima/P.

EUGENE demotes Ben Davis/C, Bobby Howry/P and Jacque Jones/OF and promotes Brian Simmons/OF and Edgard Clemente/OF.

WEST VIRGINIA trades Ben Grieve/OF to ATLANTIC CITY for Antonio Alfonseca/P.

12-23-1999

ALTOONA releases Bronson Arrojo/P and adds Andy Tracy/3B.

12-22-1999

ALTOONA releases Chris Fussell/P and adds Scott Strickland/P.

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases Vladimir Nunez/P and adds Jake Westbrook/P.

12-19-1999

EUGENE releases Nathan Haynes/OF and Clint Johnson/P and adds Rico Washington/C and Juan Pierre/OF.

12-16-1999

VANCOUVER releases Pat Cline/C and Jason Christiansen/P, promotes Kazuhiro Sasaki/P, demotes Byun-Hyung Kim/P, and adds Sean McNally/3B and Ty Howington/P.

12-13-1999

ALTOONA releases Matt Duff/P and adds Chad Ricketts/P.

12-12-1999

ALEXANDRIA releases Chris Gissell/P and adds Nick Neugabauer/P.

12-11-1999

LAS VEGAS claims Fernando Seguignol/OF and releases Carl Crawford/OF.

12-09-1999

WEST VIRGINIA releases Jorge Toca/1B and Fernando Seguignol/OF and adds Antonio Perez/2B and Mark Ellis/SS.

12-08-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE promotes Matt Clement/P, releases David Segui/1B, Dante Powell/OF and Damian Jackson/SS, and adds Andy Pratt/P, Jim Serrano/P and Jeriome Robertson/P.

12-04-1999

MAINE claims Eric Dubose/P and releases Edwards Guzman/3B.


11-30-1999

ALEXANDRIA releases Juan Rivera/OF and adds Scott Sobkowiak/P.

EUGENE releases Scott Heard/C and Antonio Perez/2B and adds Adam Dunn/OF and Chad Durbin/P.

11-24-1999

EUGENE claims Juan Pena/P and releases Pat Manning/2B.

11-21-1999

ALTOONA claims Paul Ah Yat/P and releases Kevin Haverbusch/3B.

11-20-1999

VANCOUVER demotes Tim Hudson/P and promotes Brian Daubach/1B.

11-19-1999

LOUISIANA releases Brian Bevil/P and adds Chris Hatcher/C.

11-17-1999

ALTOONA franchise moved to Connie Mack (West) Division by the league.

11-11-1999

ALEXANDRIA releases Bob Ramsey/P and Ben Ford/P and adds Jeremy Ward/P and Jared Camp/P.

LOUISIANA releases Masao Kida/P, Dan Serafini/P, Jonathan Johnson/P, Brandon Knight/P and Jaime Jones/OF and adds Doug Davis/P, Sun-Woo Kim/P, Eric Knott/P, Chad Alexander/OF and Chris Wakeland/OF.

11-09-1999

EUGENE releases Chris Haas/3B and Ramon Soler/SS and adds Ben Broussard/OF and Scott Heard/C.

11-02-1999

ALTOONA releases Jason Jennings/P, Jeremy Jackson/OF and Jason Regan/3B and adds Eric Ireland/P, Luke Allen/3B and Brady Clark/OF.


10-31-1999

VANCOUVER releases Fred McGriff/1B and Ty Howington/OF, promotes Octavio Dotel/P, and adds Steve Lomasney/C and Armando Almanza/P.

10-29-1999

NEW JERSEY franchise moved to ALTOONA, PA where it is renamed the Altoona Crickets. The new field will be Cricket Field, and minor league affiliates also changed.

10-19-1999

LOUISIANA releases Ron Wright/1B and adds Carlos Urquiola/2B.

10-18-1999

NEW JERSEY promotes Paul Konerko/1B, releases Ryan Klesko/OF and Humberto Cota/C, and adds Felipe Crespo/1B and Matt Duff/P.

EUGENE releases Corey Smith/SS and A.J. Zapp/1B and adds Chris Meares/P and Jake Esteves/P.

10-17-1999

NEW JERSEY releases Jason Middlebrook/P and Mike Kusiewicz/P and adds Jason Jennings/P and Mike Cepicky/OF.

10-15-1999

LAS VEGAS releases Randall Simon/OF, Elvin Hernandez/P, DeWayne Wise/OF, Jason Brester/P, Brandon Leese/P and Evan Thomas/P and adds Josh Girdley/P, Carl Crawford/OF, Chip Ambres/OF, Nate Bump/P, Nate Cornejo/P and Mike Nannini/P.

10-13-1999

VANCOUVER releases Brandon Parker/P and adds Dannys Baez/P.

10-09-1999

MAINE releases Bo Donaldson/P and adds Terrence Long/OF.

10-08-1999

MAINE releases Todd Williams/P adn adds Enmanuel Ulloa/P.

EUGENE releases Randy Myers/P from DL.

10-06-1999

LOUISIANA releases John Valentin/3B and Terrell Wade/P, places Justin Thompson/P and Odalis Perez/P on DL, and adds Shane Monahan/OF, Jaime Jones/OF, Nerio Rodriguez/P, Juan Melo/SS and Hiram Bocachica/SS.

10-05-1999

VANCOUVER releases Jamie Brown/P and adds Adam Piatt/3B.

ALEXANDRIA activates Javy Lopez/C from DL, demotes BIlly Koch/P, releases Jose Leon/3B and adds Jorge Piedra/OF.

10-04-1999

EUGENE releases Bill Mueller/3B, Miguel Cairo/2B, Bobby Smith/3B, Ron Walker/3B, Jose Salas/C, Bill Wilkerson/OF and Jorge Piedra/OF, promotes Erubiel Dorazo/1B and Jacque Jones/OF, and adds Austin Kearns/OF, Antonio Perez/2B, Corey Smith/SS, Travis Dawkins/SS, Adam Eaton/P, Nathan Haynes/OF, Pat Manning/2B and Mike Lamb/3B.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Cliff Politte/P, Doug Mientkiewicz/1B and J.D. Brammer/P and adds Scott Comer/P, Barry Zito/P and Javier Cardona/C.

10-03-1999

VANCOUVER activates Jason Christiansen/P and releases Kevin Tapani/P from DL, and releases David Weathers/P.

9-30-1999

MAINE activates Tom Gordon/P and releases Dave Veres/P.

9-18-1999

EUGENE activates Bobby Jones/P from DL and releases Butch Huskey/OF.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Jose Santiago/P from DL.

9-10-1999

CALIFORNIA activates Cliff Floyd/OF from DL and releases Tim Wakefield/P.

MIDDLE VILLAGE activates Jay Buhner/OF and Todd Stottlemyre/P from DL, releases Chris Widger/C, Rick Aguilera/P and Carlos Perez/P, and promotes Rick Ankiel/P and Kelvim Escobar/P.

9-09-1999

LAS VEGAS activates Alan Benes/P from DL and releases Todd Greene/C.

MAINE activates Carlton Loewer/P from DL and releases Mark Portugal/P.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Sandy Alomar Jr/C from DL.

9-06-1999

VANCOUVER activates Travis Fryman/3B and John Franco/P from DL, places Kevin Tapani/P on DL, and releases Ryan Dempster/P.


8-30-1999

MILWAUKEE releases Benito Santiago/C, Pete Zamora/P and Mike Neal/SS, demotes Jeff Zimmerman/P, places Steve Woodard/P on DL, promotes Brian Meadows/P, and adds Randy Velarde/2B, Dave Mlicki/P, Pat Hentgen/P, Brett Laxton/P and Marshall MacDougall/2B.

8-27-1999

WEST VIRGINIA releases Dan Wilson/C and adds Brook Fordyce/C

8-25-1999

ALEXANDRIA promotes Scott Elarton/P and releases Chili Davis/1B.

MAINE activates Jose Canseco/OF from DL and releases Darryl Hamilton/OF.

8-24-1999

MILWAUKEE activates Jeremy Burnitz/OF from and places Carlos Febles/2B on DL, and adds Jeff Sexton/P, Rick Elder/1B, Aaron Rowand/OF, Juan Camilo/OF and Jon Hamilton/OF.

8-23-1999

ALEXANDRIA releases Marshall McDougall/2B and adds Bob Ramsey/P.

8-21-1999

WEST VIRGINIA promotes Kris Benson/P and releases Bret Saberhagen/P.

ALEXANDRIA releases Pat Hentgen/P and adds Joe Mays/P.

8-18-1999

WEST VIRGINIA releases Scott LInebrink/P and Aaron Scheffer/P, and adds Aaron McNeal/1B and Randy Dorame/P.

8-14-1999

EUGENE promotes Ron Belliard/2B and releases Matt Lawton/OF.

MILWAUKEE releases John Thompson/P, places Fernando Vina/2B on DL, and promotes Antonio Alfonseca/P and Jason Varitek/C.

LAS VEGAS releases Brian Boehringer/P and adds Chris Holt/P.

8-12-1999

ALEXANDRIA adds Lance Niekro/3B.

8-07-1999

CALIFORNIA releases Shannon Withem/P and adds Choo Freeman/OF.

8-03-1999

LAS VEGAS releases Wilson Alvarez/P and adds Jason Isringhausen/P.

WEST VIRGINIA activates Denny Neagle/P and Jim Edmonds/OF from DL, demotes Troy Glaus/3B and releases Jeff Fassero/P.

PHILADELPHIA activates Jaret Wright/P from DL and places Carl Pavano/P on DL.

8-01-1999

ALEXANDRIA places Javy Lopez/C on DL and promotes J.D. Drew/OF.

7-31-1999

VANCOUVER places Travis Fryman/3B and Jason Christiansen/P on DL, and adds Keith Foulke/P and David Weathers/P.

7-27-1999

LAS VEGAS releases Tim Belcher/P and Juan Acevedo/P and adds Brian Boehringer/P and Luis Castillo/2B.

ALEXANDRIA activates Delino Deshields/2B from DL, demotes Scott Elarton/P and releases Oscar Henriquez/P.

7-26-1999

NEW JERSEY activates Rod Beck/P from DL, places Chris Brock/P on DL, promotes Jeremy Powell/P and demotes Ryan Glynn/P.

VANCOUVER demotes Gabe Kapler/OF and promotes Tim Hudson/P.

PHILADELPHIA activates T.J. Mathews/P from DL and places Jaret Wright/P on DL.

7-24-1999

LOUISIANA activates Tony Gwynn/OF from DL and releases Bruce Aven/OF.

7-23-1999

CALIFORNIA places Cliff Floyd/OF on DL and adds Orel Hershiser/P.

MAINE demotes Matt Anderson/P and adds Mike Morgan/P.

7-19-1999

ALEXANDRIA activates Tim Salmon/OF from DL and releases Einar Diaz/C.

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases A.J. Pierzynski/C and adds Ryan Christensen/P.

MILWAUKEE places Jeremy Burnitz/OF on DL and promotes Magglio Ordonez/OF.

7-17-1999

PHILADELPHIA places Jason Kendall/C on DL and adds Brady Anderson/OF.

7-16-1999

EUGENE ctivates Michael Barrett/3B from DL and adds Ramon Soler/SS.

MAINE places Jose Canseco/OF on DL and promotes Benny Agbayani/OF.

7-14-1999

LOUISIANA activates John Valentin/3B from DL and releases Ed Sprague/3B.

7-12-1999

WEST VIRGINIA promotes Braden Looper/P, releases Gregg Olson/P and Jeff Montgomery/P, and adds Manny Aybar/P.

7-10-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE trades Billy Koch/P to ALEXANDRIA for Dustin Hermanson/P.

MILWAUKEE releases Jeff Sexton/P and Bo Porter/OF, adds Miguel Cabrera/SS and Jacobo Sequea/P, and places Jeff Brantley/P on DL.

7-09-1999

VANCOUVER places John Franco/P on DL, promotes Byun-Hyung Kim/P and adds Tim Hudson/P.

7-05-1999

NEW JERSEY places Alex Gonzalez/SS-Tor on DL, demotes Preston Wilson/OF, promotes Ryan Glynn/P and Geoff Jenkins/OF, and adds Gabe Molina/P.

7-04-1999

MAINE releases Mike O'Quist/P, promotes John Halama/P and adds Marcus Castillo/P.

PHILADELPHIA places T.J. Mathews/P on DL and adds Mike Sweeney/C.

7-03-1999

PHILADELPHIA trades Bartolo Colon/P, Justin Thompson/P and Chuck Knoblauch/2B to LOUISIANA for Mike Hampton/P and Todd Walker/2B. LOUISIANA releases Ken Hill/P. PHILADELPHIA adds Cal Ripken Jr.

WEST VIRGINIA places Jose Santiago/P on DL and adds Paul Quantrill/P.

7-01-1999

ALEXANDRIA adds Ron Villone/P, demotes J.D. Drew/OF and releases Nerio Rodriguez/P.


6-29-1999

WEST VIRGINIA trades Eli Marrero/C to VANCOUVER for Dan Wilson/C.

PHILADELPHIA trades Raul Mondesi/OF and Jim Parque/P to VANCOUVER for Jeff Kent/2B and Sidney Ponson/P. PHILADELPHIA releases James Baldwin/P, promotes Richie Sexson/1B and adds Jason Romano/2B.

6-26-1999

LOUISIANA places Tony Gwynn/OF on DL and adds Bruce Aven/OF.

ALEXANDRIA trades Brian Moehler/P to EUGENE for Eddie Taubensee/C.

VANCOUVER activates Travis Fryman/3B from DL, demotes Byun-Hyung Kim/P and releases Enmanuel Ulloa/P.

LAS VEGAS trades T.J. Tucker/P to PHILADELPHIA for Derrick Gibson/OF.

6-25-1999

WEST VIRGINIA claims Luis Gonzalez/OF and places Sandy Alomar Jr/C on DL.

6-24-1999

MAINE places Tom Gordon/P on DL and adds Dennis Cook/P.

ALEXANDRIA places Delino Deshields/2B on DL and adds Einar Diaz/C.

EUGENE places Michael Barrett/C-3B on DL and promotes Ben Davis/C.

6-23-1999

WEST VIRGINIA adds Jorge Toca/1B and Gary Glover/P.

MILWAUKEE trades Ted Lilly/P to PHILADELPHIA for Ben Sheets/P and John Curtice/P. MILWAUKEE releases Mike Metcalfe/2B. PHILADELPHIA adds Roy Oswalt/P.

LOUISIANA activates Gary DiSarcina/SS from DL and releases Willie Greene/3B.

6-22-1999

LOUISIANA releases Jarred Sandberg/3B and adds Tomiakozu Ohka/P and Wascar Serrano/P.

6-20-1999

CALIFORNIA trades Jose Lima/P, B.J. Surhoff/OF and Brian Daubach/1B to VANCOUVER for Juan Gonzalez/OF. VANCOUVER releases Ryan Christenson/OF and places Travis Fryman/3B on DL.

PHILADELPHIA releases Jason Isringhausen/P and adds Jermaine Dye/OF.

CALIFORNIA adds David Bell/2B and Ruben Quevedo/P.

ALEXANDRIA activates J.D. Drew/OF from DL and releases Luis Gonzalez/OF.

6-19-1999

PHILADELPHIA demotes Richie Sexson/1B and promotes Randy Wolf/P.

6-17-1999

MAINE claims Darryl Hamilton/OF and releases Randy Winn/OF.

6-16-1999

LOUISIANA trades Scott Erickson/P to ALEXANDRIA for Ryan Rupe/P.

VANCOUVER releases Steve Avery/P and adds Pedro Astacio/P.

6-14-1999

PHILADELPHIA promotes Richie Sexson/1B, releases Brian Anderson/P, and adds Eric Cammack/P.

MIDDLE VILLAGE activates Barry Bonds/OF from DL and releases Reggie Sanders/OF.

6-13-1999

CALIFORNIA releases Einar Diaz/C and adds Tim Wakefield/P.

LOUISIANA activates Tony Gwynn/OF from DL and releases Darryl Hamilton/OF.

MAINE releases Jose Valentin/SS and Jose Ortiz/SS, places Carlton Loewer/P on DL, and adds Charles Nagy/P and Benny Agbayani/OF.

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases Cristian Guzman/SS and adds John Stephens/P.

6-07-1999

PHILADELPHIA demotes Marlon Anderson/2B, releases Jason Jennings/P, and adds James Baldwin/P.

6-06-1000

NEW JERSEY releases Eric Davis/OF and promotes Preston Wilson/OF. NEW JERSEY adds Jason Rakers/P.

6-05-1999

VANCOUVER trades Todd Jones/P, Brian Bohanon/P and Odalis Perez/P to LOUISIANA for Octavio Dotel/P, Ryan Christenson/OF and Pablo Ozuna/SS.

6-03-1999

EUGENE places Tony Saunders/P on DL.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Mike Zwicka/OF and Matt Miller/P, and adds Bobby Bradley/P and Mike Paradis/P.

PHILADELPHIA releases Jorge Padilla/OF and adds Ben Sheets/P.

6-01-1999

CALIFORNIA activates John Smoltz/P from DL and releases Carl Everett/OF.


5-31-1999

NEW JERSEY claims Ryan Klesko/OF and releases Rickey Henderson/OF.

MIDDLE VILLAGE promotes Brian Rose/P and demotes Matt Clement/P.

5-30-1999

MAINE places Antonio Osuna/P on DL and adds Tyler Houston/3B.

MILWAUKEE activates Fernando Vina/2B from and places Mike Lansing/2B on DL.

5-29-1999

MAINE trades Kevin Appier/P to CALIFORNIA for Barry Larkin/SS.

WEST VIRGINIA places Denny Neagle/P and Chad Fox/P on DL, and promotes Warren Morris/2B and Freddie Garcia/P.

5-27-1999

LAS VEGAS claims Juan Guzman/P and places Mark Leiter/P on DL.

5-26-1999

PHILADELPHIA trades Javier Vazquez/P, Jose Silva/P, Tony Saunders/P and Wayne Gomes/P to EUGENE for Brian Anderson/P, C.C. Sabathia/P and Carlos Guillen/2B. EUGENE releases Derek Lee/1B and Brian L. Hunter/OF and adds Erubiel Durazo/1B.

5-25-1999

PHILADELPHIA releases Ryan Klesko/OF, promotes Carl Pavano/P, and adds Jason Jennings/P.

5-24-1999

ALEXANDRIA places J.D. Drew/OF on DL and adds Roger Cedeno/OF.

5-23-1999

PHILADELPHIA releases Felix Heredia/P and adds Wayne Gomes/P.

NEW JERSEY activates Rickey Henderson/OF from DL and releases Pedro Astacio/P.

LOUISIANA places Tony Gwynn/OF on DL and adds Darryl Hamilton/OF.

ALEXANDRIA releases Juan Guzman/P and adds Ryan Rupe/P.

5-22-1999

CALIFORNIA places John Smoltz/P on DL and adds Einar Diaz/C.

MIDDLE VILLAGE places Todd Stottlemyre/P and Jay Buhner/OF on DL and adds Jeff Suppan/P and Troy O'Leary/OF.

5-19-1999

EUGENE activates Bill Mueller/3B from DL, releases George Arias/3B and James Baldwin/P, and adds Steve Karsay/P and Rafael Furcal/SS.

NEW JERSEY trades Freddie Garcia/P and Scott Linebrink/P to WEST VIRGINIA for Billy Taylor/P and Rob Crabtree/P. NEW JERSEY adds Jeremy Powell/P and Bronson Arrojo/P. WEST VIRGINIA releases Benji Sampson/P.

5-17-1999

NEW JERSEY releases Tim Wakefield/P and adds Chris Brock/P.

MILWAUKEE promotes Carlos Febles/2B, activates Jeff Brantley/P and Alex Fernandez/P from DL, and places Fernando Vina/2B, Donovan Osborne/P and Rich Loiselle/P on DL.

MIDDLE VILLAGE activates Roger Clemens/P from DL and releases Gabe White/P.

CALIFORNIA trades Troy Percival/P and Rolando Arrojo/P to LOUISIANA for Tom Glavine/P and Bill Simas/P.

5-15-1999

CALIFORNIA activates Roberto Rincon/P from DL and releases Brad Fullmer/1B.

LOUISIANA places Mitch Meluskey/C on DL and adds Paul Byrd/P.

5-14-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE trades Matt Williams/3B, Shawn Green/OF, Freddie Garcia/P and Shawn Estes/P to NEW JERSEY for Chipper Jones/3B, Tony Batista/SS, Jeff Shaw/P, Richard Hidalgo/OF and Jorge Posada/C.

NEW JERSEY trades Craig Biggio/2B, Jason Marquis/P and Ben Ford/P to ALEXANDRIA for Roberto Alomar/2B and Mike Jackson/P. ALEXANDRIA promotes Scott Elarton/P and releases Jesus Colome/P.

5-13-1999

NEW JERSEY trades Aaron Sele/P and Carlos Pena/1B to VANCOUVER for Andy Benes/P, Todd Zeile/3B and Tony Batista/SS. NEW JERSEY adds Heath Murray/P and Chris Fussell/P.

ALEXANDRIA places Tim Salmon/OF on DL and adds Luis Gonzalez/OF.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Rob Ryan/OF and adds Michael Tejera/P.

5-10-1999

MILWAUKEE places Alex Fernandez/P and Jeff Brantley/P on the DL, promotes Steve Woodard/P, and adds Jeff Zimmerman/P

ALEXANDRIA adds Marshall MacDougall/2B.

EUGENE activates George Arias/3B from DL, releases Dmitri Young/1B and promotes Carlos Beltran/OF.

VANCOUVER trades Corey Patterson/OF and Matt LeCroy/C to WEST VIRGINIA for Micah Bowie/P and John Sneed/P.

NEW JERSEY trades Bartolo Colon/P, Ryan Klesko/OF and Pat Burrell/1B to PHILADELPHIA for Brian Giles/OF, Mike Lieberthal/C, Paul Konerko/1B and Jason Dewey/C. NEW JERSEY releases Orel Hershiser/P, places Rickey Henderson/OF on DL, and adds Hideo Nomo/P and John Snyder/P.

VANCOUVER trades Tony Saunders/P and Richie Sexson/1B to PHILADELPHIA for Brett Tomko/P.

5-09-1999

LAS VEGAS activates Terry Adams/P and Paul Shuey/P from DL and releases Mike Sweeney/C and Wayne Gomes/P.

MAINE adds Edwards Guzman/3B.

5-08-1999

ALEXANDRIA trades Vinny Castilla/3B, Sidney Ponson/P and Odalis Perez/P to VANCOUVER for Randy Johnson/P and Marcus Giles/2B. ALEXANDRIA activates Alex Rodriguez/SS from DL, promotes J.D. Drew/OF and demotes Miguel Tejada/SS.

5-07-1999

PHILADELPHIA releases Danny Klassen/SS and adds Randy Keisler/P.

5-05-1999

EUGENE releases Jacob Cruz/OF from DL.

5-03-1999

MILWAUKEE activates Scott Brosius/3B from DL and demotes Corey Koskie/3B.

5-02-1999

MAINE activates Rick Reed/P from DL, promotes Jeff Weaver/P, demotes John Halama/P, and releases Mark Gardner/P and Rick Elder/OF.


4-29-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE claims Reggie Sanders/OF and places Barry Bonds/OF on DL.

LAS VEGAS activates Mark Leiter/P from and places Paul Shuey/P on DL.

4-28-1999

CALIFORNIA activates Cliff Floyd/OF from DL and releases Ellis Burks/OF.

4-25-1999

CALIFORNIA activates Ray Lankford/OF from DL and releases Reggie Sanders/OF.

4-24-1999

NEW JERSEY activates Mo Vaughn/1B from DL, demotes Richard Hidalgo/OF and releases Bubba Crosby/OF.

PHILADELPHIA activates Jose Silva/P from DL.

4-21-1999

WEST VIRGINIA places Jim Edmonds/OF on DL, promotes Sean Casey/1B and adds Harry Herndon/P.

4-19-1999

NEW JERSEY releases Jerry DiPoto/P and adds Derek Lowe/P.

MAINE adds Jhensy Sandoval/OF.

MILWAUKEE places Scott Brosius/3B on DL and promotes Corey Koskie/3B.

4-18-1999

NEW JERSEY releases Emil Brown/OF and adds Kevin Haverbusch/3B.

4-17-1999

MAINE trades Braden Looper/P to WEST VIRGINIA for Jin Ho Cho/P.

CALIFORNIA places Roberto Rincon/P on DL and adds Kent Bottenfield/P.

4-16-1999

MAINE releases Jeff Frye/2B, places Mark Wohlers/P on DL, and adds Mike O'Quist/P.

4-15-1999

EUGENE places Carlos Guillen/2B on DL, demotes Carlos Beltran/OF, promotes Michael Barrett/3B and adds Miguel Batista/P.

LAS VEGAS activates Tony Womack/2B from DL and releases Scott Spiezio/2B.

PHILADELPHIA claims T.J. Mathews/P, demotes Carl Pavano/P, and releases Josh Towers/P.

4-14-1999

MAINE places Jose Valentin/SS and Rick Reed/P, releases Tom Evans/3B, promotes John Halama/P, and adds Mark Loretta/SS and Mark Portugal/P.

4-12-1999

NEW JERSEY releases Mike Sirotka/P and adds Gil Heredia/P.

4-11-1999

LAS VEGAS releases T.J. Mathews/P and adds Mike Sweeney/C.

MILWAUKEE places Ramon Martinez/P on DL and adds Masato Yoshii/P.

4-10-1999

MAINE places Antonio Osuna/P on DL and adds Dave Veres/P.

4-09-1999

LAS VEGAS places Tony Womack/2B, Mark Leiter/P, Terry Adams/P and Alan Benes/P on DL, releases Derek Lowe/P, and adds Wilson Alvarez/P, Russ Ortiz/P, Mike Williams/P and Scott Spiezio/2B.

NEW JERSEY places Mo Vaughn/1B on DL and promotes Richard Hidalgo/OF.

ALEXANDRIA demotes Alex Gonzalez-Fla/SS and promotes Miguel Tejada/SS.

4-08-1999

EUGENE places Randy Myers/P, George Arias/3B and Bill Mueller/3B on DL, promotes Jacob Cruz/OF and places him on DL, promotes Carlos Beltran/OF, Carlos Guillen/2B and Bobby Smith/3B, and adds Kyle Snyder/P, Josh Hamilton/OF, and B.J. Garbe/OF.

ALEXANDRIA puts Alex Rodriguez/SS on DL and promotes Alex Gonzalez-Fla/SS.

4-06-1999

CALIFORNIA places Ray Lankford/OF on DL and adds Ellis Burks/OF.

4-04-1999

CALIFORNIA places Cliff Floyd/OF on DL and releases Ellis Burks/OF.

PHILADELPHIA places Jose Silva/P on the DL, promotes John Rocker/P, and adds Joe Nathan/P.

ALEXANDRIA releases Tim Crabtree/P, promotes Orlando Hernandez/P and adds Wily Mo Pena/OF.

EUGENE releases Jeff King/1B, Esteban Loiaza/P and Bubba Trammell/OF and adds Butch Huskey/OF, James Baldwin/P and George Arias/3B.

LOUISIANA trades Fernando Tatis/3B, Miguel Tejada/SS and David Ortiz/1B to ALEXANDRIA for Omar Vizquel/SS, Mitch Meluskey/C and Ryan Christianson/OF.

4-03-1999

NEW JERSEY releases Brad Ausmus/C and adds Eric Davis/OF.

LOUISIANA places Andres Galarraga/1B on DL and adds Ken Hill/P, Jarrod Washburn/P and Jarred Sandberg/P.

EUGENE places Seth Greisinger/P on DL, releases Jhnsey Sandoval/OF and Marcus Jensen/C, promotes Bobby Howry/P, and adds Josh Beckett/P and Eric Munson/C.

4-02-1999

PHILADELPHIA places Matt Morris/P on DL and adds Jim Parque/P.

4-01-1999

NEW JERSEY names Paul Murphy as GM, fires Don Mattingly and hires Bill Mazeroski as Manager.

EUGENE trades Tino Martinez/1B to LOUISIANA for Woody Williams/P and Marcus Jensen/C.

LOUISIANA promotes Mitch Meluskey/C and demotes Todd Dunwoody/OF.

NEW JERSEY places Moises Alou/OF on DL and adds Dave Nilsson/C.

VANCOUVER trades Jose Offerman/2B and Kirk Rueter/P to MAINE for Jeff Kent/2B. MAINE releases Steve Sparks/P.


3-30-1999

MAINE releases Steve Avery/P and Walt Weiss/SS and activates Antonio Osuna/P and Jeff Frye/2B from DL.

VANCOUVER trades Roberto Hernandez/P, Tony Gwynn/OF and Todd Dunwoody/OF to LOUISIANA for Edgardo Alfonzo/2B and Kelly Dransfeldt/SS.

3-29-1999

ALEXANDRIA drafts Chili Davis/1B and Tim Crabtree/P.

NEW JERSEY drafts Mike Sirotka/P, Alex Gonzalez/SS-Tor and Orel Hershiser/P, releases Glenn Williams/SS and adds Humberto Cota/C.

CALIFORNIA drafts Robert Person/P, B.J. Surhoff/OF and Carl Everett/OF.

LAS VEGAS drafts Tim Belcher/P, Wayne Gomes/P and Derek Lowe/P.

LOUISIANA drafts Terrell Wade/P, Chuck McElroy/P and Mickey Morandini/2B.

MIDDLE VILLAGE drafts Gabe White/P, Chris Widger/C and Mike Trombley/P.

MILWAUKEE drafts Ramon Martinez/P, Benito Santiago/C, Alex Fernandez/P, Russ Davis/3B, and Armando Reynoso/P.

PHILADELPHIA drafts Felix Heredia/P, Javier Vasquez/P and Jose Silva/P.

ALEXANDRIA trades Danny Klassen/SS to PHILADELPHIA for Oscar Henriquez/P.

3-28-1999

NEW JERSEY announces the firing of GM Peter Enits.

3-21-1999

NEW JERSEY adds Santiago Perez/SS, Ryan Glynn/P and Scott Linebrink/P.

3-20-1999

WEST VIRGINIA activates Rondell White/OF from DL and releases Tom Goodwin/OF.

LOUISIANA demotes Miguel Tejada/SS and releases Jarrod Washburn/P, Scott Hatteburg/C and Bob Tewksbury/P.

ALEXANDRIA demotes J.D. Drew/OF and Orlando Hernandez/P and releases Homer Bush/2B and Marcus Thames/OF.

MILWAUKEE demotes Brian Meadows/P and Steve Woodard/P, releases Al Martin/OF, Shane Spencer/OF, Craig Counsell/2B, Blake Stein/P and Joel Bennett/P.

PHILADELPHIA demotes John Rocker/P and Paul Konerko/1B, and releases Mark Kotsay/OF, Matt Belisle/P and Randy Keisler/P.

LAS VEGAS activates Pokey Reese/2B from DL, releases Jim Mecir/P and Brady Anderson/OF, demotes Kerry Wood/P and promotes Chris Carpenter/P.

CALIFORNIA releases Rico Brogna/1B.

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases Brian Bohanon/P and Chris Hoiles/C.



2-28-1999

EUGENE releases Shane Monahan/OF, Wes Helms/3B and Jayson Tyner/OF and adds C.C. Sabathia/P, Clint Johnson/P and Matt Holliday/3B.

PHILADELPHIA promotes Paul Konerko/1B and adds Matt Belisle/P.

2-27-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE promotes Kelvim Escobar/P, releases Juan Melo/SS, and adds Tom Davey/P and Vladimir Nunez/P.

2-26-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE promotes Matt Clement/P and adds Guillermo Mota/P.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Wonderful Terrific Monds/OF and Philip Norton/P and adds Kyle Peterson/P and Dicky Gonzalez/P.

2-25-1999

LAS VEGAS releases Brandon Copeland/OF and Kevin Barker/1B and adds DeWayne Wise/OF and RIcardo Aramboles/P.

2-23-1999

WILDWOOD announces the approved move of the franchise to PHILADELPHIA, Pa where it will be known as the Philadelphia Athletics (A's) and play in Shibe Park.

2-18-1999

ALEXANDRIA releases Craig Wilson/C and adds Homer Bush/2B.


1-30-1999

CALIFORNIA releases Ryan Jones/1B and adds Norm Hutchins/OF.

1-21-1999

ALEXANDRIA adds Jose Leon/3B.

1-17-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases Justin Baughman/2B and adds Juan Melo/SS.

1-14-1999

LAS VEGAS adds T.J. Tucker/P, Evan Thomas/P and Wes Anderson/P.

1-12-1999

ALEXANDRIA releases Paxton Crawford/P and adds Jesus Colome/P.

1-11-1999

ALEXANDRIA releases Mike Stoner/OF and adds Marcus Thames/OF.

1-10-1999

MILWAUKEE trades Danny Graves/P and Angel Pena/C to ALEXANDRIA for Juan Pena/P and Luis Rivera/P. ALEXANDRIA releases Troy O'Leary/OF.

MIDDLE VILLAGE releases David Delucci/OF and adds Damian Jackson/SS.

LOUISIANA promotes Miguel Tejada/SS and releases Jay Payton/OF, Eddie Furniss/1B and Robin Jennings/OF.

WEST VIRGINIA trades Bobby Jones/P to EUGENE for Fernando Seguignol/OF. EUGENE demotes Carlos Guillen/2B. WEST VIRGINIA releases Jeriome Robertson/P.

CALIFORNIA trades Elvin Hernandez/P to LAS VEGAS for Darrin Fletcher/C. CALIFORNIA adds Jose Jiminez/P and Chad Harville/P.

MILWAUKEE trades Jeff Fassero/P and Mark Grudzielanek/SS to WEST VIRGINIA for Mike Caruso/SS.

1-09-1999

WILDWOOD trades Trot Nixon/OF and Orlando Cabrera/SS to MILWAUKEE for John Curtice/P. PHILADELPHIA adds Robbie Morrison/P.

1-08-1999

WEST VIRGINIA promotes Troy Glaus/3B and adds Benji Sampson/P and Philip Norton/P.

EUGENE releases Brian Johnson/C and adds Jeff Austin/P.

MIDDLE VILLAGE trades Mitch Meluskey/C to ALEXANDRIA for Ed Yarnall/P.

1-07-1999

LOUISIANA trades Ricky Bottalico/P and Mark Leiter/P to VANCOUVER for Juan Encarnacion/OF and Carlos Lee/3B.

1-06-1999

WILDWOOD release Thomas Jacquez/P and Adam Eaton/P, and adds Pat Strange/P and Randy Keisler/P.

1-05-1999

MAINE promotes Matt Anderson/P and Randy Winn/OF.

1-04-1999

VANCOUVER trades Kris Benson/P and Cliff Politte/P to WEST VIRGINIA for Jeff Cirillo/3B.

1-03-1999

MIDDLE VILLAGE trades Todd Zeile/3B and Bruce Chen/P to VANCOUVER for Shane Reynolds/P. MIDDLE VILLAGE adds Ramon Ortiz/P.

LOUISIANA trades Milton Bradley/OF to WILDWOOD for Jarrod Washburn/P and Masao Kida/P.

MAINE trades Denny Neagle/P and Rondell White/OF to WEST VIRGINIA for Matt Anderson/P and Randy Winn/OF.

LOUISIANA trades Ken Griffey Jr/OF to VANCOUVER for Greg Vaughn/OF, Tom Glavine/P and Mike Hampton/P.

WILDWOOD trades Sean Casey/1B to WEST VIRGINIA for Dennys Reyes/P.

WILDWOOD promotes Carl Pavano/P and John Rocker/P, releases Osmani Romero/P and adds Jorge Padilla/OF and J.M. Gold/P.

WEST VIRGINIA releases Chris Fussell/P and adds Jeriome Robertson/P.

1-02-1999

MAINE trades Justin Thompson/P to WILDWOOD for Kevin Appier/P and Steve Trachsel/P.

VANCOUVER trades Mike Piazza/C to LAS VEGAS for Kevin Brown/P, Shane Reynolds/P and Jeremy Burnitz/OF.

VANCOUVER releases John Roskos/P and adds Geoff Goetz/P.

EUGENE trades John Valentin/3B to LOUISIANA for Eric Young/2B and Jacque Jones/OF.

CALIFORNIA trades Brian Jordan/OF and Jeff King/1B to EUGENE for Kevin Young/1B and Roberto Rincon/P.

LOUISIANA trades Ray Lankford/OF and Brad Fullmer/1B to CALIFORNIA for Kerry Ligtenburg/P and Jason Schmidt/P.

WILDWOOD trades Tino Martinez/1B and Livan Hernandez/P to EUGENE for Jaret Wright/P and Jason Dewey/C.

MAINE trades Dan Wilson/C and Jeremy Giambi/OF to VANCOUVER for Royce Clayton/SS and Kyle Farnsworth/P.

CALIFORNIA trades Kevin Millwood/P, Carl Pavano/P and Mark Kotsay/OF to WILDWOOD for John Smoltz/P. CALIFORNIA adds Tyrone Pendergrass/OF.

EUGENE trades Tony Saunders/P and Calvin Pickering/1B to VANCOUVER for Frank Thomas/1B.

ALEXANDRIA trades Gabe Kapler/OF and Clayton Andrews/P to VANCOUVER for David Wells/P. ALEXANDRIA adds J.D. Closser/C and Craig Wilson/C.

MILWAUKEE trades Shannon Stewart/OF to CALIFORNIA for Fernando Vina/2B, Brent Billingsley/P and Angel Pena/C. CALIFORNIA adds Shannon Withem/P.

NEW JERSEY trades Al Leiter/P and Marcus Giles/2B to VANCOUVER for Moises Alou/OF.

CALIFORNIA trades Juan Gonzalez/OF to VANCOUVER for Manny Ramirez/OF.

WEST VIRGINIA trades Nerio Rodriguez/P and Mike Stoner/OF to ALEXANDRIA for Bobby

LOUISIANA trades Francisco Cordova/P to ALEXANDRIA for Octavio Dotel/P and Kevin McGlinchey/P.

VANCOUVER trades Vladimir Nunez/P to WILDWOOD for Adam Eaton/P.

ALEXANDRIA trades Roberto Rincon/P and Michael Barrett/C to EUGENE for Omar Daal/P and Alex Gonzalez-Fla/SS.

ALEXANDRIA trades Brad Radke/P and Carlos Delgado/1B to WILDWOOD for Darren Dreifort/P and Pat Hentgen/P.

NEW JERSEY trades Paul O'Neill/OF and Jeff Montgomery/P to WEST VIRGINIA for Mo Vaughn/1B.

MAINE releases Jose Nieves/SS and Geoff Goetz/P and adds Rick Elder/OF and Elpidio Guzman/OF.

VANCOUVER trades Andy Pettitte/P, Damion Easley/2B and Troy Glaus/3B to WEST VIRGINIA for Randy Johnson/P.

1-01-1999

EUGENE releases Nate Rolison/1B and adds Adam Kennedy/2B.