2000 Colorado Rockies

Trades and Transactions

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1999 / 2001

82-80, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buddy Bell (82-80)
Scored 968 runs, Allowed 897 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75

Ballparks: Coors Field · Attendance: 3,295,129 (3rd of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 125, Pitching - 125 · one-year: Batting - 129, Pitching - 129

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

October 4, 1999

Mike Kelly granted Free Agency.

October 7, 1999

Signed Chin-hui Tsao as an amateur free agent.

October 12, 1999

Dave Wainhouse granted Free Agency.

October 14, 1999

Purchased Luis Ayala from Saltillo (Mexican).

October 15, 1999

Chris Hatcher granted Free Agency.

Mark Holzemer granted Free Agency.

Chris Petersen granted Free Agency.

Chris Sexton granted Free Agency.

Pete Walker granted Free Agency.

Pat Watkins granted Free Agency.

October 29, 1999

Terry Shumpert granted Free Agency.

October 30, 1999

Traded Dante Bichette and cash to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Stan Belinda and Jeffrey Hammonds.

November 1, 1999

Kurt Abbott granted Free Agency.

Kirt Manwaring granted Free Agency.

November 3, 1999

Jerry Dipoto granted Free Agency.

Signed Jeff Manto as a free agent.

November 16, 1999

Traded Luther Hackman, Darryl Kile and Dave Veres to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Manny Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore and Jose Jimenez.

November 17, 1999

Signed Jerry Dipoto as a free agent.

Signed Ed Vosberg as a free agent.

Signed Pete Walker as a free agent.

Traded Curt Leskanic to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Mike Myers.

November 18, 1999

Mark Brownson selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

Signed Brandon Puffer as a free agent.

November 21, 1999

Selected Julian Tavarez off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

November 23, 1999

Signed Aaron Small as a free agent.

November 29, 1999

Released J.R. Phillips.

Sold Roberto Ramirez to Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).

December 1, 1999

Signed Bubba Carpenter as a free agent.

Signed Giovanni Carrara as a free agent.

Signed Kevin Jarvis as a free agent.

December 7, 1999

Traded Scott Randall to the Minnesota Twins. Received Chris Latham.

December 8, 1999

Signed Phil Hiatt as a free agent.

December 9, 1999

Signed Tom Goodwin as a free agent.

December 12, 1999

Signed Butch Henry as a free agent.

December 13, 1999

Traded Vinny Castilla to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma.

As part of a 3-team trade, traded Justin Miller to the Oakland Athletics and Henry Blanco and Jamey Wright to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jeff Cirillo and Scott Karl from the Milwaukee Brewers. In addition, the Oakland Athletics sent Jimmy Haynes to the Milwaukee Brewers; and the Milwaukee Brewers sent cash to the Oakland Athletics.

December 15, 1999

Signed Raul Casanova as a free agent.

December 16, 1999

Signed Brent Mayne as a free agent.

December 17, 1999

Signed Scott Servais as a free agent.

December 20, 1999

Sold Jeff Barry to Chiba Lotte Marines (Japan Pacific).

January 1, 2000

Signed Terry Shumpert as a free agent.

January 14, 2000

Traded Lariel Gonzalez and Bobby Jones to the New York Mets. Received Masato Yoshii.

January 26, 2000

Signed Jeff Tabaka as a free agent.

February 1, 2000

Signed Darren Bragg as a free agent.

February 4, 2000

Signed Billy Taylor as a free agent.

February 15, 2000

Signed Scott McClain as a free agent.

Signed Walt McKeel as a free agent.

February 21, 2000

Signed Doug Linton as a free agent.

March 23, 2000

Released Billy Taylor.

March 24, 2000

Released Raul Casanova.

Derrick Gibson selected by the Florida Marlins off waivers.

March 27, 2000

Released Mike Porzio.

March 28, 2000

Signed Mike Porzio as a free agent.

March 29, 2000

Traded Edgard Clemente to the Anaheim Angels. Received Jason Dewey (minors) and Norm Hutchins (minors).

March 31, 2000

Signed Brian Hunter as a free agent.

Received Carlos Mendoza from the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.

April 7, 2000 (Standings)

Traded Manny Aybar to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Gabe White.

April 28, 2000 (Standings)

Released Jeff Manto.

May 15, 2000 (Standings)

Signed Jaime Navarro as a free agent.

May 18, 2000 (Standings)

Released Brandon Puffer.

June 5, 2000 (Standings)

Drafted Jason Young in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 26, 2000.

Drafted Cory Vance in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2000.

Drafted Garrett Atkins in the 5th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2000.

Drafted Scott Dohmann in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2000.

Drafted Clint Barmes in the 10th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2000.

Drafted Brad Hawpe in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2000.

Drafted Sean Green in the 12th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.

Drafted Justin Huisman in the 15th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.

Drafted Darren Clarke in the 35th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 7, 2001.

June 15, 2000 (Standings)

Released Jaime Navarro.

June 17, 2000 (Standings)

Signed Bobby Chouinard as a free agent.

Received Adam Melhuse from the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a conditional deal.

June 21, 2000 (Standings)

Selected David Moraga off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

June 27, 2000 (Standings)

Signed Alberto Arias as an amateur free agent.

June 28, 2000 (Standings)

Sent Ed Vosberg to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

July 7, 2000 (Standings)

Signed Steve Ontiveros as a free agent.

July 11, 2000 (Standings)

Released Mike Saipe.

July 15, 2000 (Standings)

Traded Todd Sears and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Butch Huskey and Todd Walker.

July 19, 2000 (Standings)

Angel Echevarria selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

July 24, 2000 (Standings)

Darren Bragg granted Free Agency.

July 25, 2000 (Standings)

Released Stan Belinda.

July 27, 2000 (Standings)

Traded Rolando Arrojo, Rich Croushore, Mike Lansing and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jeff Taglienti (minors), Jeff Frye, Brian Rose and John Wasdin.

July 28, 2000 (Standings)

Released Bubba Carpenter.

July 31, 2000 (Standings)

Traded Tom Goodwin and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Kevin Gibbs (minors), Randey Dorame (minors) and Todd Hollandsworth.

August 6, 2000 (Standings)

Traded Brian Hunter to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Robert Averette (minors).

August 22, 2000 (Standings)

Sent Scott Karl to the Anaheim Angels as part of a conditional deal.

August 31, 2000 (Standings)

Scott Servais selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

September 9, 2000 (Standings)

Released Steve Ontiveros.

October 2, 2000 (Standings)

Aaron Ledesma granted Free Agency.

October 4, 2000 (Standings)

Giovanni Carrara granted Free Agency.

October 13, 2000 (Standings)

Selected Jason Green off waivers from the Houston Astros.

October 15, 2000 (Standings)

Phil Hiatt granted Free Agency.

Doug Linton granted Free Agency.

Scott McClain granted Free Agency.

Walt McKeel granted Free Agency.

David Moraga granted Free Agency.

Mike Porzio granted Free Agency.

Aaron Small granted Free Agency.

October 18, 2000

Rigo Beltran granted Free Agency.

Chris Latham granted Free Agency.

Adam Melhuse granted Free Agency.

Carlos Mendoza granted Free Agency.

Jeff Tabaka granted Free Agency.

October 27, 2000

Jeffrey Hammonds granted Free Agency.

Todd Hollandsworth granted Free Agency.

October 30, 2000

Jeff Frye granted Free Agency.

October 31, 2000

Julian Tavarez granted Free Agency.

November 6, 2000

Signed Mike Bell as a free agent.

November 7, 2000

Signed Mark Little as a free agent.

November 8, 2000

Signed Joe Davenport as a free agent.

Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Ron Villone. The Colorado Rockies sent Justin Carter (minors) (December 20, 2000) and Jeff Taglienti (minors) (December 20, 2000) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

November 13, 2000

Released Pete Walker.

November 16, 2000

Signed Todd Hollandsworth as a free agent.

November 20, 2000

Released Jason Green.

Signed David Moraga as a free agent.

December 1, 2000

Signed Brooks Kieschnick as a free agent.

December 4, 2000

Signed Denny Neagle as a free agent.

December 10, 2000

Signed Ron Gant as a free agent.

December 11, 2000

Jorge Sosa selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 2000 minor league draft.

December 12, 2000

Signed Mike Hampton as a free agent.

December 21, 2000

Butch Huskey granted Free Agency.

Kevin Jarvis granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2001

Traded David Lee to the New York Yankees. Received Seth Taylor (minors) and Jay Tessmer.

January 5, 2001

Signed Greg Norton as a free agent.

January 8, 2001

Signed Walt McKeel as a free agent.

January 11, 2001

Signed Kevin Sefcik as a free agent.

January 12, 2001

Signed Roberto Kelly as a free agent.

January 29, 2001

Signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.

Signed Melvin Nieves as a free agent.

March 17, 2001

Signed Sean Bergman as a free agent.

March 26, 2001

Traded Brian Rose to the New York Mets. Received Mark Leiter.

March 27, 2001

Signed Brad Clontz as a free agent.

March 28, 2001

Released Masato Yoshii.

March 30, 2001

Selected Horacio Estrada off waivers from the Florida Marlins.

Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Craig Dingman. The Colorado Rockies sent Jorge De Paula (April 20, 2001) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

1999 / 2001 Trades and Transactions