2017 Tampa Bay Rays Transactions

Source Official MLB StatsAPI transactions feedThrough 2026-10-22Rows 112

Every official 2017 MLB transaction involving the Tampa Bay Rays on either side of the move: 112 trades, signings and releases dated and grouped by month, with MLB’s own description of each move. Both directions are covered: 99 moves land with the Rays and 13 depart from them.

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Showing 112 of 112 Tampa Bay Rays transactions

December 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, December 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Dec 20, 2017	Trade	Evan Longoria	Tampa Bay Rays	San Francisco Giants	Tampa Bay Rays traded 3B Evan Longoria and cash to San Francisco Giants for SS Christian Arroyo, LF Denard Span, LHP Matt Krook and RHP Stephen Woods.
Dec 19, 2017	Trade	Jonah Heim	Tampa Bay Rays	Athletics	Tampa Bay Rays traded C Jonah Heim to Oakland Athletics.
Dec 18, 2017	Signed as free agent	Jelfry Marte	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Jelfry Marte to a minor league contract.
Dec 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	R.J. Alaniz	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Ruben Alaniz to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Dec 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	Cody Hall	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Cody Hall to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Dec 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	Colton Murray	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Colton Murray to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Dec 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	Vidal Nuño	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Vidal Nuno to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Dec 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	Brandon Snyder	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent 1B Brandon Snyder to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Dec 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	Jonny Venters	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Jonny Venters to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Dec 13, 2017	Trade	Anthony Misiewicz	Tampa Bay Rays	Seattle Mariners	Tampa Bay Rays traded LHP Anthony Misiewicz to Seattle Mariners for Future Considerations.
Dec 12, 2017	Trade	Ryan Schimpf	San Diego Padres	Tampa Bay Rays	San Diego Padres traded 3B Ryan Schimpf to Tampa Bay Rays for SS Deion Tansel.
Dec 11, 2017	Trade	Joey Wendle	Athletics	Tampa Bay Rays	Oakland Athletics traded 2B Joey Wendle to Tampa Bay Rays for Player To Be Named Later.

November 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, November 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Nov 30, 2017	Trade	Curtis Taylor	Arizona Diamondbacks	Tampa Bay Rays	Arizona Diamondbacks traded RHP Curtis Taylor to Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Brad Boxberger.

October 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, October 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Oct 31, 2017	Signed as free agent	Gustavo Andujar	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Gustavo Andujar to a minor league contract.
Oct 5, 2017	Trade	Osmy Gregorio	Seattle Mariners	Tampa Bay Rays	Seattle Mariners traded SS Osmy Gregorio to Tampa Bay Rays.

September 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, September 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Sep 20, 2017	Signed as free agent	Reissel Silvestre	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent CF Reissel Silvestre to a minor league contract.
Sep 8, 2017	Signed as free agent	Joseph Utrera	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Joseph Utrera to a minor league contract.
Sep 2, 2017	Signed as free agent	Argenis Liriano	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Argenis Liriano to a minor league contract.
Sep 1, 2017	Signed as free agent	Shuruendy Valeriano	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Shuruendy Valeriano to a minor league contract.

August 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, August 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Aug 25, 2017	Signed as free agent	Danny Espinosa	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Danny Espinosa.
Aug 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	Dahiandy Johnson	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RF Dahiandy Johnson to a minor league contract.
Aug 6, 2017	Trade	Ryan Garton	Tampa Bay Rays	Seattle Mariners	Tampa Bay Rays traded C Mike Marjama and RHP Ryan Garton to Seattle Mariners for Player To Be Named Later, LHP Anthony Misiewicz and 2B Luis Rengifo.

July 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, July 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Jul 31, 2017	Trade	Tim Beckham	Tampa Bay Rays	Baltimore Orioles	Tampa Bay Rays traded SS Tim Beckham to Baltimore Orioles for RHP Tobias Myers.
Jul 31, 2017	Signed as free agent	Over Galue	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Over Galue to a minor league contract.
Jul 29, 2017	Trade	Erasmo Ramírez	Tampa Bay Rays	Seattle Mariners	Seattle Mariners traded RHP Steve Cishek to Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Erasmo Ramirez.
Jul 27, 2017	Trade	Casey Gillaspie	Tampa Bay Rays	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox traded LHP Dan Jennings to Tampa Bay Rays for 1B Casey Gillaspie.
Jul 27, 2017	Trade	Lucas Duda	New York Mets	Tampa Bay Rays	New York Mets traded 1B Lucas Duda to Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Drew Smith.
Jul 25, 2017	Signed as free agent	Joaquin Genao	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Joaquin Genao to a minor league contract.
Jul 24, 2017	Released	Rickie Weeks Jr.	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays released 1B Rickie Weeks Jr..
Jul 22, 2017	Trade	Sergio Romo	Los Angeles Dodgers	Tampa Bay Rays	Los Angeles Dodgers traded RHP Sergio Romo to Tampa Bay Rays for cash.
Jul 18, 2017	Trade	Chaz Roe	Atlanta Braves	Tampa Bay Rays	Atlanta Braves traded RHP Chaz Roe to Tampa Bay Rays for cash.
Jul 16, 2017	Trade	Taylor Featherston	Philadelphia Phillies	Tampa Bay Rays	Philadelphia Phillies traded 3B Taylor Featherston to Tampa Bay Rays for cash.
Jul 10, 2017	Signed as free agent	Kyle Goodbrand	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Kyle Goodbrand to a minor league contract.
Jul 10, 2017	Signed as free agent	Paul Campbell	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Paul Campbell to a minor league contract.
Jul 10, 2017	Signed	Michael Smith	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed OF Michael Smith.
Jul 9, 2017	Signed as free agent	Michael Roth	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Michael Roth.
Jul 7, 2017	Signed as free agent	Oscar Toussaint	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent CF Oscar Toussaint to a minor league contract.
Jul 7, 2017	Signed	Alex Valverde	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Alex Valverde.
Jul 6, 2017	Signed	Logan Darnell	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed LHP Logan Darnell.
Jul 5, 2017	Signed as free agent	Roybell Santodomingo	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Roybell Santodomingo to a minor league contract.
Jul 3, 2017	Signed as free agent	Tyler Zombro	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Tyler Zombro to a minor league contract.
Jul 3, 2017	Signed as free agent	Edgardo Rodriguez	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Edgardo Rodriguez to a minor league contract.
Jul 3, 2017	Signed as free agent	Alberto Figuereo	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Alberto Figuereo to a minor league contract.
Jul 3, 2017	Signed as free agent	Maicor Leon	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Maicor Leon to a minor league contract.
Jul 2, 2017	Signed as free agent	Wander Franco	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Wander Franco to a minor league contract.
Jul 2, 2017	Signed as free agent	Henry Torres	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Henry Torres to a minor league contract.
Jul 2, 2017	Signed as free agent	Johan Cuevas	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Johan Cuevas to a minor league contract.
Jul 2, 2017	Signed as free agent	Victor Munoz	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Victor Munoz to a minor league contract.

June 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, June 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Jun 29, 2017	Signed as free agent	Billy King	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent 1B Billy King to a minor league contract.
Jun 28, 2017	Signed	Brendan McKay	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed 1B Brendan McKay.
Jun 28, 2017	Signed	Hunter Adkins	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Hunter Adkins.
Jun 26, 2017	Released	Derek Norris	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays released C Derek Norris.
Jun 26, 2017	Trade	Ethan Clark	Tampa Bay Rays	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins traded SS Adeiny Hechavarria to Tampa Bay Rays for CF Braxton Lee and RHP Ethan Clark.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed as free agent	Jake Stone	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Jake Stone to a minor league contract.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed	Allen Smoot	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed 1B Allen Smoot.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed	Jordyn Muffley	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed C Jordyn Muffley.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed	Erik Ostberg	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed C Erik Ostberg.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed as free agent	Chris Carden	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Chris Carden to a minor league contract.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed as free agent	Trevor Charpie	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Trevor Charpie to a minor league contract.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed	Michael Mercado	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Michael Mercado.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed	Zack Mozingo	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Zack Mozingo.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed	Ivan Pelaez	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed LHP Ivan Pelaez.
Jun 25, 2017	Signed	Blake Pflughaupt	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed LHP Blake Pflughaupt.
Jun 22, 2017	Signed	Mike Broadway	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Mike Broadway.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Garrett Anderson	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Garrett Anderson.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Tyler Day	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Tyler Day.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Josh Fleming	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed LHP Josh Fleming.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Riley O'Brien	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Riley O'Brien.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Phoenix Sanders	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Phoenix Sanders.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Andrew Miller	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed C Andrew Miller.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Trey Hair	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed 2B Trey Hair.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Zach Rutherford	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed SS Zach Rutherford.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Seaver Whalen	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed SS Seaver Whalen.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Bryce Brown	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed OF Bryce Brown.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Carl Chester	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed OF Carl Chester.
Jun 20, 2017	Signed	Justin Bridgman	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed SS Justin Bridgman.
Jun 19, 2017	Signed	Vincent Byrd	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed 1B Vincent Byrd.
Jun 19, 2017	Signed	Taylor Walls	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed 3B Taylor Walls.
Jun 18, 2017	Signed	Hunter Schryver	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed LHP Hunter Schryver.
Jun 17, 2017	Trade	Trevor Plouffe	Athletics	Tampa Bay Rays	Oakland Athletics traded 3B Trevor Plouffe to Tampa Bay Rays.
Jun 15, 2017	Signed as free agent	Ryan Askew	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Ryan Askew to a minor league contract.
Jun 13, 2017	Signed	Andrew Gist	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed LHP Andrew Gist.
Jun 13, 2017	Signed	Drew Strotman	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Drew Strotman.

May 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, May 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
May 26, 2017	Signed as free agent	Matthew Peguero	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Matthew Peguero to a minor league contract.
May 18, 2017	Trade	Michael Martinez	Cleveland Guardians	Tampa Bay Rays	Cleveland Indians traded 2B Michael Martinez to Tampa Bay Rays for cash.
May 9, 2017	Trade	Bryan Bonnell	Tampa Bay Rays	Seattle Mariners	Tampa Bay Rays traded RHP Bryan Bonnell to Seattle Mariners for Future Considerations.
May 9, 2017	Signed as free agent	Fernando Melo	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Fernando Melo to a minor league contract.

April 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, April 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Apr 28, 2017	Trade	Drew Smith	Detroit Tigers	Tampa Bay Rays	Detroit Tigers traded RHP Drew Smith to Tampa Bay Rays.

March 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, March 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Mar 28, 2017	Trade	Peter Bourjos	Chicago White Sox	Tampa Bay Rays	Chicago White Sox traded CF Peter Bourjos to Tampa Bay Rays for Player To Be Named Later.
Mar 28, 2017	Signed as free agent	Julio Meza	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Julio Meza to a minor league contract.
Mar 27, 2017	Trade	Eddie Gamboa	Tampa Bay Rays	Texas Rangers	Tampa Bay Rays traded RHP Eddie Gamboa to Texas Rangers for Player To Be Named Later.
Mar 27, 2017	Signed as free agent	Emilio Alfonzo	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Emilio Alfonzo to a minor league contract.
Mar 27, 2017	Signed as free agent	Adam Kolarek	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Adam Kolarek to a minor league contract.
Mar 27, 2017	Signed as free agent	Jonny Venters	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Jonny Venters to a minor league contract.
Mar 26, 2017	Signed as free agent	Derek Norris	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Derek Norris to a minor league contract.
Mar 24, 2017	Signed as free agent	Fermin Villasmil	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Fermin Villasmil to a minor league contract.
Mar 10, 2017	Signed as free agent	Jason Coats	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Jason Coats to a minor league contract.

February 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, February 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Feb 16, 2017	Signed as free agent	Freddvil Chevez	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent 1B Freddvil Chevez to a minor league contract.
Feb 14, 2017	Signed as free agent	Nathan Eovaldi	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Nathan Eovaldi.
Feb 10, 2017	Signed as free agent	Rafael Prensa	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Rafael Prensa to a minor league contract.
Feb 8, 2017	Trade	Jesús Sucre	Seattle Mariners	Tampa Bay Rays	Seattle Mariners traded C Jesus Sucre to Tampa Bay Rays for Player To Be Named Later.
Feb 7, 2017	Signed as free agent	Logan Morrison	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent 1B Logan Morrison.
Feb 7, 2017	Trade	Enny Romero	Tampa Bay Rays	Washington Nationals	Tampa Bay Rays traded LHP Enny Romero to Washington Nationals for RHP Jeffrey Rosa.
Feb 4, 2017	Signed as free agent	Rickie Weeks Jr.	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LF Rickie Weeks Jr. to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

January 2017

Tampa Bay Rays transactions, January 2017
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Jan 31, 2017	Signed as free agent	Cory Rasmus	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Cory Rasmus to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Jan 30, 2017	Signed as free agent	Colby Rasmus	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LF Colby Rasmus.
Jan 30, 2017	Released	Jason Coats	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays released RF Jason Coats.
Jan 26, 2017	Signed as free agent	David Carpenter	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP David Carpenter to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Jan 23, 2017	Signed as free agent	Shawn Tolleson	—	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Shawn Tolleson.
Jan 23, 2017	Trade	Logan Forsythe	Tampa Bay Rays	Los Angeles Dodgers	Tampa Bay Rays traded 2B Logan Forsythe to Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP Jose De Leon.
Jan 18, 2017	Trade	Mikie Mahtook	Tampa Bay Rays	Detroit Tigers	Tampa Bay Rays traded CF Mikie Mahtook to Detroit Tigers for Player To Be Named Later.
Jan 11, 2017	Trade	Ryan Yarbrough	Seattle Mariners	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays traded LHP Drew Smyly to Seattle Mariners for SS Carlos Vargas, CF Mallex Smith and LHP Ryan Yarbrough.

Every row is captured from MLB’s official StatsAPI transactions feed with MLB’s published description unedited. A trade appears on both clubs’ pages for the season; signings include both major-league and minor-league contracts signed with the club; injury-list moves and minor-league affiliate-only transactions are outside this archive’s scope.

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