2016 Houston Astros - Transactions

2016 Offseason Transactions:

Steven Wright - PP1 Free Drop
Shane Greene - PP1 Free Drop
Juan Nicasio - $.4M penalty in 2016 only

Tags:
Luke Gregerson - Restricted (accepted offer 2.5M for 5 yrs)
Hisashi Iwakuma - Restricted (decline offer)
Mat Latos - Let go to free agency
Ian Desmond - Restricted (accepted offer 5M for 3 yrs, + 2yrs CO)
Justin Upton - Franchised
Jonathan Lucroy - Franchised

Options:
Brian Dozier - Accepted
Carlos Santana - Accepted
Henderson Alvarez - Declined
Aroldis Chapman - Accepted
Greg Holland - Declined

Trade 1 2/14/2016 with Oakland A's
Give: AJ Pollock PP3
Get: Gerrit Cole PP3

Trade 2 2/15/2016 with Rays
Astros trade:
Brian Dozier MIN 2B - 16: .6M 17: .6M CO
Michael Conforto OF NYM - .2M (minors)
Nick Gordon SS MIN - .2M (Minors)
Rays trade:
David Price SP TAM 2016-19: 17M and 50% salary each year

Trade 3 2/26/2016
Jays trade:
Lucas Giolito
Astros trade:
Evan Gattis UT HOU .75M PP3
Kolby Allard SP ATL .2M Minors
Manuel Margot OF SDP .2M Minors
Amir Garrett SP CIN .2M Minors
Draft picks: 2016 draft - first round (1x15) and fifth round (5x15)

Restricted Free Agency
Ian Desmond - TEX - 16: 4M, 17: 5M, 18: 6M, 19: 6M CO, 20: 6M CO
Luke Gregerson - HOU - 16: 3M, 17: 2M, 18: 2M, 19: 2.5M, 20: 3M
Iwakuma - Declining whatever it ends up being. Not enough cap room.

UFA Win:
C - Cameron Rupp 16: 1.2M, 17: .8M, 18: .8M, 19: 1M, 20: 1.2M
C - Miguel Montero CHC - 16: 1.5M, 17: 1.5M, 18: 1.5M 19: 1.8M CO, 20: 1.8M CO
Eduardo Nunez - .5M, .5M, .6M CO, .6M CO

Trade 4 5/3/2016
Cameron Rupp for Chase Utley 2016: 1M

Trade 5 5/20/2016 with Rays
Give Anibal Sanchez: 16: 4M and Chad Bettis: 16: PP1
Get: SP Kyle Zimmer
, SP German Marquez
, 1B/3B Ryon Healy all minors contracts

Drops
RP - Mark Lowe - DET - 16: .5M 17: .6M CO 18: .6M CO
penalty in 2016 only .2M
RP - JJ Hoover - CIN - 16: .5M 17: .6M CO 18: .6M CO
Penalty of .2M this year
3B - Alex Rodriguez - NYY - 16: .5M, 17: .5M 18: .6M CO, 19: .6M CO
Paying off the 2016 and 2017 penalties this year totaling .4M

Paid off Melky Cabrera waiver penalty for 2017 of 4.8m in 2016.

Trade 6 7/26/2016
Astros receive:
Danny Duffy - 2016: 3.6M 2017: 3.6 M 2018: 4.5M 2019: 5.4M 2020: 5.4M
Adam Ottavino - 2016: 0.5M 2017: 0.5M 2018: 0.5M 2019:0.6M CO 2020: 0.6M CO
David Paulino HOU - .2M MiLB
Rays to pay $1.8M of Duffy contract for 2016, 2017, & 2018 and .25M toward Ottavino in 2016 only and .1M toward Paulino in 2016 only

Rays receive:
Alex Reyes MiLB .2M
Koji Uehara BOS - 16: 2.4M, 17: 1.6M, 18: 2.4M CO, 19: 2.4M CO
Dylan Cease MiLB .2M

trade 7 8/2
Astros receive:
Matt Moore SFG 16: 2.5M PP4, 17: 5.0M PP5 (Royals will pay 1.25M toward Moore's salary each year 2016-2017)

Royals receive: Headliner - Joe Musgrove HOU SP .2M Minors, Ryan Cordell TEX OF .2M Minors, Matt Szczur CHC OF .2M Minors, Chasen Shreve RP NYY .2M Minors

Trade 8 - 8/8/2016
CWS receives:
Shin-Soo Choo - TEX - 16: 12.8M, 17: 16M, 18: 19.2M (6.0M paid for '16)
Tony Kemp 2B/OF HOU .2M Minors
John Gant SP ATL .2M Minors
Astros receive:
Alex Bregman .2M Minors
Colby Rasmus 16: 4m, 17: 4m, 18: 4m, 19: 4m

Trade 9 - 8/8/2016
Phils receive Sean Newcomb
Astros receive Aaron Altherr

Drop
C - Miguel Montero CHC - 16: 1.5M, 17: 1.5M, 18: 1.5M 19: 1.8M CO, 20: 1.8M CO
penalties: 16: 1.5M, 17: .6M, 18: .6M 19-20: 0.0

Trade 10 - 8/22/2016
Orioles receive:
SP Alex Wood 0.5M PP2
Astros receive:
RP Kenley Jansen 2.5M PP4 (was incorrectly marked as PP5 and Orioles pay 2.5M toward contract)


Trade 11 - 8/22/2016
Astros receive:
Chance Sisco C BAL minors
Jordan Montgomery SP NYY minors
Blue Jays receive:
Jimmy Nelson .25M PP1
Trade 12 - 8/23/2016
Orioles receive - Dario Alvarez minors deal and Carter Capps 16: .5M, 17: .6M CO, 18: .6M CO
Astros receive - Carl "CJ" Edwards Jr. Minors