1993 Colorado Rockies

Trades and Transactions

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1994

67-95, Finished 6th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Baylor (67-95)
Scored 758 runs, Allowed 967 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-99

Ballparks: Mile High Stadium · Attendance: 4,483,350 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 116, Pitching - 118 · one-year: Batting - 120, Pitching - 123

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Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

May 1, 1991

Signed John Moses as a free agent.

July 19, 1991

Released John Moses.

June 1, 1992

Drafted John Burke in the 1st round (27th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1992.

Drafted Mark Thompson in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1992.

Drafted Roger Bailey in the 3rd round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1992.

Drafted Jason Bates in the 7th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1992.

Drafted Garvin Alston in the 10th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1992.

Drafted Craig Counsell in the 11th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1992.

Drafted Juan Acevedo in the 14th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1992.

Drafted Angel Echevarria in the 17th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1992.

Drafted Quinton McCracken in the 25th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1992.

Drafted Mark Strittmatter in the 28th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1992.

October 26, 1992

Signed Chris Jones as a free agent.

Signed Nelson Liriano as a free agent.

October 29, 1992

Signed Mark Knudson as a free agent.

Signed Pat Lennon as a free agent.

Signed Danny Sheaffer as a free agent.

Signed Gerald Young as a free agent.

October 30, 1992

Signed Trent Hubbard as a free agent.

November 9, 1992

Signed Neifi Perez as an amateur free agent.

Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Travis Buckley (minors). The Colorado Rockies sent Matt Connolly (minors) (December 8, 1992) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

November 16, 1992

Signed Andres Galarraga as a free agent.

November 17, 1992

Traded Kevin Reimer to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Dante Bichette.

Traded Jody Reed to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Rudy Seanez.

Drafted David Nied from the Atlanta Braves as the 1st pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Charlie Hayes from the New York Yankees as the 3rd pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Darren Holmes from the Milwaukee Brewers as the 5th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Jerald Clark from the San Diego Padres as the 7th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Kevin Reimer from the Texas Rangers as the 9th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Eric Young from the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 11th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Jody Reed from the Boston Red Sox as the 13th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Scott Aldred from the Detroit Tigers as the 15th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Alex Cole from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 17th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Joe Girardi from the Chicago Cubs as the 19th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Willie Blair from the Houston Astros as the 21st pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Jayhawk Owens from the Minnesota Twins as the 23rd pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Andy Ashby from the Philadelphia Phillies as the 25th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Freddie Benavides from the Cincinnati Reds as the 28th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Roberto Mejia from the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 30th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Doug Bochtler from the Montreal Expos as the 32nd pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Lance Painter from the San Diego Padres as the 34th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Butch Henry from the Houston Astros as the 36th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Ryan Hawblitzel from the Chicago Cubs as the 38th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Vinny Castilla from the Atlanta Braves as the 40th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Brett Merriman from the California Angels as the 42nd pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Jim Tatum from the Milwaukee Brewers as the 44th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Kevin Ritz from the Detroit Tigers as the 46th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Eric Wedge from the Boston Red Sox as the 48th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Keith Shepherd from the Philadelphia Phillies as the 50th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Calvin Jones from the Seattle Mariners as the 52nd pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Brad Ausmus from the New York Yankees as the 54th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Marcus Moore from the Toronto Blue Jays as the 56th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Armando Reynoso from the Atlanta Braves as the 58th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Steve Reed from the San Francisco Giants as the 60th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Mo Sanford from the Cincinnati Reds as the 62nd pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Pedro Castellano from the Chicago Cubs as the 64th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Curt Leskanic from the Minnesota Twins as the 66th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Scott Fredrickson from the San Diego Padres as the 68th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Braulio Castillo from the Philadelphia Phillies as the 70th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Drafted Denis Boucher from the Cleveland Indians as the 72nd pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

December 7, 1992

Signed Bruce Ruffin as a free agent.

Signed Bryn Smith as a free agent.

December 21, 1992

Signed Daryl Boston as a free agent.

January 21, 1993

Signed Jeff Parrett as a free agent.

March 21, 1993

Traded Denis Boucher to the San Diego Padres. Received Jay Gainer.

March 26, 1993

Traded Brett Merriman to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bob Wassenaar (minors) and Gary Wayne.

April 2, 1993 (Standings)

Released Pat Lennon.

April 3, 1993 (Standings)

Signed Dale Murphy as a free agent.

April 29, 1993 (Standings)

Scott Aldred selected by the Montreal Expos off waivers.

May 14, 1993 (Standings)

Signed Mike Munoz as a free agent.

May 19, 1993 (Standings)

Signed Lariel Gonzalez as an amateur free agent.

Mark Knudson granted Free Agency.

Released Gerald Young.

May 20, 1993 (Standings)

Traded Braulio Castillo to the Houston Astros. Received Mark Grant.

June 2, 1993 (Standings)

Released Bryn Smith.

June 3, 1993 (Standings)

Drafted Jamey Wright in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1993.

Drafted Bryan Rekar in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1993.

Drafted John Thomson in the 7th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1993.

Drafted Edgard Clemente in the 10th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1993.

Drafted Derrick Gibson in the 13th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1993.

Drafted Mark Brownson in the 30th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 1994.

Drafted Terry Jones in the 40th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1993.

June 22, 1993 (Standings)

Signed Elvis Pena as an amateur free agent.

June 28, 1993 (Standings)

Selected Scott Service off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 7, 1993 (Standings)

Scott Service selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.

July 16, 1993 (Standings)

Rudy Seanez granted Free Agency.

Traded Butch Henry to the Montreal Expos. Received Kent Bottenfield.

July 26, 1993 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later, Brad Ausmus and Doug Bochtler to the San Diego Padres. Received Greg Harris and Bruce Hurst. The Colorado Rockies sent Andy Ashby (July 27, 1993) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

July 28, 1993 (Standings)

Released Mark Grant.

October 8, 1993 (Standings)

Signed Mike Garcia as a free agent.

October 12, 1993 (Standings)

Released Kevin Ritz.

October 15, 1993 (Standings)

Trent Hubbard granted Free Agency.

October 21, 1993

Alex Cole granted Free Agency.

October 25, 1993

Andres Galarraga granted Free Agency.

October 26, 1993

Bruce Hurst granted Free Agency.

October 29, 1993

Signed Marvin Freeman as a free agent.

November 1, 1993

Daryl Boston granted Free Agency.

November 10, 1993

Released Jeff Parrett.

November 15, 1993

Signed Alan Cockrell as a free agent.

Signed Webster Garrison as a free agent.

November 18, 1993

Selected Darrell Sherman off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

November 19, 1993

Signed Howard Johnson as a free agent.

November 30, 1993

Signed Ellis Burks as a free agent.

December 1, 1993

Signed Kevin Ritz as a free agent.

December 2, 1993

Signed Ty Van Burkleo as a free agent.

December 3, 1993

Signed Jorge Brito as a free agent.

Signed Jim Czajkowski as a free agent.

Signed Trent Hubbard as a free agent.

Signed Mike Kingery as a free agent.

Signed Bruce Walton as a free agent.

December 6, 1993

Signed Andres Galarraga as a free agent.

December 13, 1993

Drafted Mike Farmer from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1993 minor league draft.

Drafted Marc Pisciotta from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1993 rule 5 draft.

December 20, 1993

Jerald Clark granted Free Agency.

Chris Jones granted Free Agency.

Mo Sanford granted Free Agency.

Jim Tatum granted Free Agency.

Gary Wayne granted Free Agency.

December 22, 1993

Signed Chris Jones as a free agent.

December 23, 1993

Signed Jim Tatum as a free agent.

January 4, 1994

Signed Mike Harkey as a free agent.

January 7, 1994

Signed Jack Daugherty as a free agent.

Signed Walt Weiss as a free agent.

Traded Freddie Benavides to the Montreal Expos. Received Ivan Arteaga (minors) and Rodney Pedraza (minors).

March 26, 1994

Released Mike Garcia.

March 28, 1994

Returned Marc Pisciotta (earlier draft pick) to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 29, 1994

Released Eric Wedge.

March 31, 1994

Purchased John Vander Wal from the Montreal Expos.

1994 Trades and Transactions