Friday 1/25/2003 : Kevin Cash was activated from the DL. Doug Creek was activated from the DL. Reed Johnson was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Trade with St. Louis : We get : LF Albert Pujols St. Louis gets : LF Shannon Stewart P Kelvim Escobar P John Rocker Albert Pujols was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Ken Huckaby was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Trade with Houston : Houston gets : P Adam Wainwright P Donnie Bridges We get : P Octavio Dotel Octavio Dotel was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Garrett Atkins was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Gabe Gross was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Kevin Cash was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Gabe Gross was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Garrett Atkins was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Coach/Scout signed: Minors Manager Bob Geren, 400,000 per year, for 3 years. Coach/Scout signed: Minors Manager Dave Trembley, 550,000 per year, for 5 years.
Sunday 1/27/2003 : Doug Creek was put on the DL. Eric Stephenson was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Eric Stephenson was sent down from the active roster to A Auburn Doubledays. Coach/Scout signed: Hitting Coach Rick Down, 550,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 1/29/2003 : Trade with Houston : We get : P Roy Oswalt 2B Craig Biggio Houston gets : P Justin Miller P Luke Prokopec Craig Biggio was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Roy Oswalt was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Brian Bowles was promoted from AA Tennessee Smokies to the active roster.
Wednesday 1/30/2003 : Trade with Arizona : Arizona gets : RF Jose Cruz Jr. We get : P Jose Valverde Trade with Chicago (A) : We get : P Felix Diaz Chicago (A) gets : 2B Craig Biggio P Tim Drew Trade with Chicago (A) : We get : P Tim Drew Chicago (A) gets : P Felix Diaz Trade with Milwaukee : Milwaukee gets : P Tim Drew We get : P Luis Vizcaino P Kyle Peterson Trade with Milwaukee : Milwaukee gets : P Kyle Peterson We get : P Tim Drew Luis Vizcaino was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Tim Drew was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Tim Drew was sent down from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to AA Tennessee Smokies. Brian Bowles was sent down from the active roster to AA Tennessee Smokies. Trade with Chicago (A) : Chicago (A) gets : P Chris Carpenter P Brett Evert We get : P Mark Buehrle Trade with Chicago (A) : Chicago (A) gets : P Mark Buehrle We get : P Chris Carpenter P Brett Evert Chris Carpenter was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster.
Thursday 1/31/2003 : Trade with Chicago (A) : Chicago (A) gets : P Brett Evert P Chris Carpenter C Kevin Cash We get : P Mark Buehrle Mark Buehrle was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Free agent P Matt Dewitt has been signed to a contract of $100,000 per year, for 4 years.
Friday 2/1/2003 : Matt Dewitt was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AA Tennessee Smokies. Free agent C A.J. Hinch has been signed to a contract of $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/3/2003 : Free agent P Jeff Wallace has been signed to a contract of $400,000 per year, for 4 years.
Monday 2/4/2003 : Jeff Wallace was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AA Tennessee Smokies. A.J. Hinch was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Jeff Wallace was promoted from AA Tennessee Smokies to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs.
Thursday 2/7/2003 : Free agent 3B Phil Nevin has been signed to a contract of $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Saturday 2/9/2003 : Phil Nevin was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Jeff Wallace was sent down from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to AA Tennessee Smokies.
Thursday 2/14/2003 : Reed Johnson was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster.
Sunday 2/17/2003 : Free agent P Mike Williams has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 2/19/2003 : Mike Williams was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to the active roster. Bob File was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Bob File was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Doug Creek was activated from the DL. Doug Creek was put on the DL. Free agent 2B Dave Berg has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/24/2003 : Free agent P Matt Clement has been signed to a contract of $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Thursday 2/28/2003 : Dave Berg was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Matt Clement was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Reed Johnson was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Dave Berg was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Bob File was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Matt Clement was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster.
Friday 3/1/2003 : Mark Hendrickson was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Reed Johnson was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster.
Friday 3/1/2003 : Trade with Colorado : Colorado gets : P Mark Hendrickson P Corey Thurman We get : P Aaron Myette P Matt Belisle 3B Jared Sandberg CF David Krynzel Aaron Myette was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Jared Sandberg was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Matt Belisle was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AA Tennessee Smokies. Reed Johnson was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. A.J. Hinch was sent down from the active roster to AA Tennessee Smokies. A.J. Hinch was promoted from AA Tennessee Smokies to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Ken Huckaby was sent down from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to AA Tennessee Smokies. Bob File was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Walter Murch was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AA Tennessee Smokies. Ken Huckaby was promoted from AA Tennessee Smokies to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Scott Cassidy has been released. Chad Ricketts has been released.
Monday 4/15/2003 : Doug Creek was activated from the DL. Doug Creek was put on the DL. Mike Jones was put on the DL.
Monday 4/22/2003 : Pasqual Coco was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Roy Halladay has been signed to a contract extension, $10,000,000 per year, for 5 years. Vernon Wells has been signed to a contract extension, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Monday 5/6/2003 : Mike Jones was activated from the DL. Mike Jones was sent down from AA Tennessee Smokies to A Auburn Doubledays. Mark Buehrle was put on the DL. Aaron Myette was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Trade with Oakland : We get : C Brad Cresse Oakland gets : P William Guyton Trade with Oakland : We get : P William Guyton Oakland gets : C Brad Cresse
Monday 5/20/2003 : William Guyton was sent down from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to AA Tennessee Smokies. William Guyton was sent down from AA Tennessee Smokies to A Auburn Doubledays. Doug Creek was activated from the DL. Felix Heredia was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Aaron Myette has been signed to a contract extension, $900,000 per year, for 6 years. Darrin Fletcher was put on the DL. A.J. Hinch was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Gabe Gross was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Doug Creek was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Doug Creek was sent down from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to AA Tennessee Smokies. Felix Heredia was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Mike Lincoln has been signed to a contract extension, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Chris Woodward has been signed to a contract extension, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Monday 7/1/2003 : Roy Oswalt was put on the DL. Brandon League was promoted from A Auburn Doubledays to AA Tennessee Smokies. Tim Drew was promoted from AA Tennessee Smokies to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Mark Buehrle was activated from the DL. Free agent D.K. R.I.P. has been signed to a contract of $0 per year, for 0 years. Trade with Detroit : We get : P Adam Bernero Detroit gets : P D.K. R.I.P.
Monday 7/15/2003 : Eric Stephenson was put on the DL.
Monday 7/29/2003 : Trade with Detroit : We get : P Adam Pettyjohn RF Donald Gill P Arthur Rhodes Detroit gets : P Tony Caldera P Matt Belisle Adam Pettyjohn was sent down from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to AA Tennessee Smokies. Donald Gill was sent down from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to A Auburn Doubledays. Bob File was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Arthur Rhodes was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Trade with Chicago (A) : We get : P Elmer Dessens Chicago (A) gets : P Tim Drew RF Alexis Rios Aaron Myette was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Elmer Dessens was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Trade with New York (N) : We get : CF Jacque Jones New York (N) gets : P Adam Pettyjohn CF David Krynzel Trade with Texas : We get : LF Geoff Jenkins Texas gets : P Enger Veras Gabe Gross was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Jacque Jones was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Rob Mackowiak was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Geoff Jenkins was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Trade with San Francisco : San Francisco gets : RF Gabe Gross We get : CF Ken Griffey Jr. Ken Griffey Jr. has been signed to a contract extension, $11,000,000 per year, for 4 years. Trade with Anaheim : We get : P Ramon Ortiz Anaheim gets : CF Ken Griffey Jr. P Bob File Trade with San Francisco : San Francisco gets : RF Rob Mackowiak We get : P D.K. R.I.P. D.K. R.I.P. has been released. Elmer Dessens was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Ramon Ortiz was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Ramon Ortiz was sent down from the active roster to AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs. Elmer Dessens was promoted from AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs to the active roster. Trade with Montreal : Montreal gets : CF Jacque Jones We get : LF Pat Burrell Pat Burrell has been signed to a contract extension, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years. Trade with Montreal : Montreal gets : P Ramon Ortiz We get : LF Carl Crawford Trade with Montreal : Montreal gets : LF Pat Burrell We get : CF Jacque Jones
Monday 8/12/2003 : Seth McClung was put on the DL. Roy Oswalt was activated from the DL. Roy Oswalt was put on the DL.