The Transactions for the 1986 Atlanta Braves (original) (raw)
The Transactions for the 1986 Atlanta Braves
January, 1986
Bob Long signed as a free agent.
January 14, 1986
Amateur Free-Agent Draft
11th round Jorge Pedre (did not sign) 1st round (2nd pick) secondary phase Kevin Brown
February 13, 1986
David Palmer signed as a free agent.
February 28, 1986
Omar Moreno signed as a free agent.
March 5, 1986
Traded Rick Cerone, Dave Clay and Flavio Alfaro to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Ted Simmons.
April 1, 1986
Len Barker released.
Rick Camp released.
Terry Forster released.
Pascual Perez released.
April 2, 1986
Traded Mike Santiago to New York Mets in exchange for Ed Olwine.
April 4, 1986
Jose Alvarez signed as a free agent.
May 21, 1986
Matt Turner signed as a non-drafted free agent.
June 2, 1986
Amateur Free-Agent Draft
1st round (5th pick) Kent Mercker (signed June 3, 1986) 4th round Mike Bell 11th round Steve Finley (did not sign) 18th round Tim Salmon (did not sign) 27th round Ben McDonald (did not sign) 29th round Jim Czajkowski (signed June 9, 1986)
June 19, 1986
Rusty Richards signed as a non-drafted free agent.
Ron Tingley released.
June 30, 1986
Traded Claudell Washington and Paul Zuvella to New York Yankees in exchange for Ken Griffey and Andre Robertson.
July 6, 1986
Traded Duane Ward to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Doyle Alexander.
Traded Joe Johnson to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Jim Acker.
August 15, 1986
Matt Sinatro released.
September 23, 1986
Traded Steve Shields to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Darryl Motley.
September 27, 1986
Eddie Perez signed as a non-drafted free agent.
October 13, 1986
Omar Moreno released.
Mike Payne released.
October 15, 1986
Granted Free Agency
Dave Beard Larry Owen John Rabb
October 16, 1986
Chris Cron released.
November 12, 1986
Granted Free Agency
Doyle Alexander Chris Chambliss Bob Horner David Palmer Billy Sample
November 15, 1986
Ben Rivera signed as a non-drafted free agent.
November 17, 1986
Trench Davis signed as a free agent.
Chuck Hensley signed as a free agent.
Al Pardo signed as a free agent.
December 8, 1986
Major League Draft
Selected Joe Redfield from Baltimore Orioles.
December 19, 1986
David Palmer signed as a free agent.
December 20, 1986
Jeff Bittiger signed as a free agent.