Friday 1/25/2003 : Trade with San Diego : San Diego gets : 2B Delino Deshields We get : RF Bubba Trammell Trade with Colorado : Colorado gets : CF Chad Hermansen We get : P Chris Nichting P Todd Jones RF Rene Reyes
Tuesday 1/29/2003 : Trade with Tampa Bay : We get : P Denny Neagle Tampa Bay gets : 2B Augie Ojeda RF Roscoe Crosby Chris Nichting was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Todd Jones was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Bubba Trammell was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Denny Neagle was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Courtney Duncan was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Ed Vosberg was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Rene Reyes was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Thursday 1/31/2003 : Free agent C Mark Johnson has been signed to a contract of $1,330,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 2/5/2003 : Free agent P Jim Parque has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/11/2003 : Free agent C Brad Ausmus has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/14/2003 : Trade with Minnesota : We get : DH David Ortiz Minnesota gets : C Todd Hundley
Sunday 2/24/2003 : Trade with Seattle : We get : SS Desi Relaford Seattle gets : P Scott Chiasson
Friday 3/1/2003 : David Ortiz was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Julio Zuleta was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs. Courtney Duncan was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs. Bubba Trammell was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs. Brad Ausmus was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Mark Johnson was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Desi Relaford was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to the active roster. Jim Parque was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AAA Iowa Cubs. Roosevelt Brown was sent down from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to A Daytona Cubs. Jose Rosado was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
Sunday 3/31/2003 : Phil Norton was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
Monday 4/22/2003 : Trade with Los Angeles : Los Angeles gets : CF Willie Randall P Antonio Alfonseca We get : P Kyle Lohse SS Robert Daniels P Dave Veres P Leon Quezada Trade with Cincinnati : Cincinnati gets : P Leon Quezada We get : P Anthony Pluta RF Wily Mo Pena Luis Ordaz was sent down from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to A Daytona Cubs. Francis Beltran was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Ben Christensen was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
Monday 5/6/2003 : Kyle Lohse was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs. Denny Neagle was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs. Carlos Zambrano was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Dave Veres was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Wily Mo Pena was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Daytona Cubs. Robert Daniels was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Daytona Cubs. Anthony Pluta was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Daytona Cubs. Francis Beltran was sent down from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to A Daytona Cubs. Mike Meyers was sent down from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to A Daytona Cubs. Bradley Peterson was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Roosevelt Brown was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Adam Melhuse was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
Monday 7/1/2003 : Carlos Zambrano was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs. Hee Seop Choi was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Ron Mahay was promoted from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to AAA Iowa Cubs. Luis Ordaz was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Adam Melhuse was sent down from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to A Daytona Cubs.
Monday 7/15/2003 : Nate Frese was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Benjamin Lopez was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Roosevelt Brown was sent down from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to A Daytona Cubs. Dave Veres has been signed to a contract extension, $750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 7/29/2003 : Trade with Charlotte : Charlotte gets : P Kyle Lohse P Denny Neagle 1B Rene Reyes P Will Ohman We get : P Travis Harper 2B Brent Abernathy Joe Girardi has been released. Todd Jones has been released. Chris Nichting has been released. Alan Benes has been released. Travis Harper was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Courtney Duncan was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Bubba Trammell was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster. Kevin Orie was promoted from AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx to AAA Iowa Cubs. Anthony Pluta was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Adam Melhuse was promoted from A Daytona Cubs to AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.