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Cubs Offseason Transactions Recap
Friday, February 11, 2005
We're all intimately familiar with what happened this offseason for the Cubs, but even a quiet off-season contains lots of news. So with pitchers and catchers reporting next week, a quick Cliff's notes recap of the Cubs offseason transactions from this year.
The Cliffs Notes - Players
- October 30: Exercised Ryan Dempster's 2005 option
- November 5: Re-signed Neifi Perez.
- November 20: Re-signed Glendon Rusch.
- December 8: Re-signed Nomar Garciappara, Todd Walker. Signed free agent Henry Blanco.
- December 13: Lost Andy Sisco and Luke Haggerty in the Rule 5 Draft. Selected Travis Ezi, Brad Stiles, and Jonathan Searles in the Triple-A draft.
- December 21: Re-signed Jose Macias.
- December 28: Re-signed Todd Hollandsworth.
- January 10: Traded for Stephen Randolph. The Cubs will send a player to be named later to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- January 15: Signed free agent Chad Fox to a minor league deal.
- January 18: Re-signed Corey Patterson, Kyle Farnsworth, and Michael Barrett. Signed free agent Scott Williamson to a minor league deal.
- February 2: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Baltimore Orioles. The Cubs received Jerry Hairston Jr., Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers. Signed free agent Jeromy Burnitz.
- February 5: Re-signed Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Zambrano. Signed free agent Dave Hansen to a minor league deal.
- February 9: Traded Kyle Farnsworth to the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs received Robert Novoa, Bo Flowers, and Scott Moore. Farnsworth will be accompanied by a player to be named later.
The Cliffs Notes - Personnel
- October 3: Chip Caray announced he will leave the Cubs to join the Braves as their play-by-play announcer.
- October 9: Fired Dave Groeschner and Sandy Krum, the trainer and assistant trainer.
- October 10: Fired Wendell Kim. Switched Gene Clines (to hitting coach) and Gary Matthews (to first base coach).
- October 21: Hired Chris Speier. Speier will be the new third base coach.
- October 28: Steve Stone announces he won't be back with the team in 2005.
- November 9: Bob Brenly is named as the Cubs color analyst.
- November 19: Len Kasper is named as the Cubs play-by-play man.
- December 7: Cubs hire Mark O'Neal as the trainer.
- December 22: Cubs sued by ex-assistant trainer Sandy Krum.
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New Cubs
- Henry Blanco
- Stephen Randolph
- Chad Fox
- Scott Williamson
- Jerry Hairston Jr.
- Mike Fontenot
- David Crouthers
- Jeromy Burnitz
- Dave Hansen
- Robert Novoa
- Bo Flowers
- Scott Moore
- Travis Ezi
- Brad Stiles
- Jonathan Searles
- Bob Brenly
- Len Kasper
- Chris Speier
- Mark O'Neal
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Ex-Cubs
- Mark Grudzielanek
- Moises Alou
- Paul Bako
- Matt Clement
- Tom Goodwin
- Ben Grieve
- Ramon Martinez
- Kent Mercker
- Kyle Farnsworth
- Sammy Sosa
- Andy Sisco
- Luke Haggerty
- PTBNL #1
- PTBNL #1
- Steve Stone
- Chip Caray
- Wendell Kim
- Sandy Krum
- Dave Groeschner
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Posted by Byron at February 11, 2005 9:23 PM
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