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| Monday, December 29th, 1997 |
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| Released SP John Wetteland. |
| Released CF Ryan Thompson. |
| Released RP Mark Langston. |
| Released CL Kirk McCaskill. |
| Released 3B Ed Giovanola. |
| Released 1B Phil B. Clark. |
| Released C Jeff Grotewold. |
| Released SP Brian Bohanon. |
| Released RP Greg Gohr. |
| Released RP Brian Boehringer. |
| Released RF Alex Hernandez. |
| Released RF Darryl Hamilton. |
| Released 2B Carter Haney. |
| Released 2B Tilson Brito. |
| Released 2B Carlos Garcia. |
| Released 2B Edgar Caceres. |
| Released 1B Chris Pritchett. |
| Released C Alberto T Castillo. |
| Released 2B Andy Stankiewicz. |
| Released RP Lee Smith. |
| Released SP Ramon J. Martinez. |
| Traded 27-year-old left fielder Quinton McCracken and 25-year-old third baseman Kevin Orie to the Florida Marlins, getting 28-year-old third baseman Travis Fryman in return. |
| Released CF Miguel Mejia. |
| Traded 29-year-old minor league starting pitcher Osvaldo Fernandez to the Kansas City Royals, getting 33-year-old minor league right fielder Jose Canseco in return. |
| Friday, October 31st, 1997 |
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| Released 1B Dave Hansen. |
| Released RP Greg Hibbard. |
| Released RP Mike Henneman. |
| Wednesday, September 17th, 1997 |
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| Placed SP Brian Moehler on the 1-day injured list, retroactive to 09/13/1997. |
| Purchased the contract of SP Mark Leiter from Triple A Columbus. |
| Saturday, August 9th, 1997 |
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| Demoted 2B Edgar Caceres to Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of SP John Wetteland from Triple A Columbus. |
| Thursday, July 31st, 1997 |
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| Traded 29-year-old first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara and 27-year-old minor league reliever Chris Brock to the Kansas City Royals, getting 34-year-old minor league starting pitcher Mark Leiter and 30-year-old minor league left fielder Riccardo Ingram in return. |
| Traded 30-year-old reliever Doug Simons and 28-year-old third baseman Travis Fryman to the Florida Marlins, getting 28-year-old minor league reliever Brad Cornett, 24-year-old minor league second baseman Carter Haney and 28-year-old minor league third baseman Dave Hansen in return. |
| Purchased the contract of C Alberto T Castillo from Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of 1B Derrek Lee from Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of 3B Kevin Orie from Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of RF Bubba Trammell from Triple A Columbus. |
| Friday, July 18th, 1997 |
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| Purchased the contract of RP Mark Langston from Triple A Columbus. |
| Friday, July 11th, 1997 |
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| Traded 30-year-old reliever Andy Ashby and 25-year-old catcher Mike Lieberthal to the San Diego Padres, getting 36-year-old starting pitcher Mark Langston, 32-year-old minor league right fielder Darryl Hamilton and 25-year-old minor league reliever Rich Loiselle in return. |
| Monday, June 2nd, 1997 |
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| Demoted RF Alex Hernandez to Triple A Columbus. |
| Placed 1B Phil B. Clark on the active roster. |
| Activated 1B Phil B. Clark from the injured list. |
| Sunday, May 18th, 1997 |
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| Placed 1B Phil B. Clark on the 1-day injured list, retroactive to 05/12/1997. |
| Purchased the contract of RF Alex Hernandez from Triple A Columbus. |
| Thursday, April 24th, 1997 |
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| Placed 2B Andy Stankiewicz on the 1-day injured list, retroactive to 04/23/1997. |
| Purchased the contract of 3B Ed Giovanola from Triple A Columbus. |
| Saturday, March 1st, 1997 |
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| Demoted SP Chris Carpenter to Triple A Columbus. |
| Demoted SP John Wetteland to Triple A Columbus. |
| Demoted RP Marc Wilkins to Triple A Columbus. |
| Demoted 1B Derrek Lee to Triple A Columbus. |
| Demoted 3B Kevin Orie to Triple A Columbus. |
| Demoted 3B Ed Giovanola to Triple A Columbus. |
| Demoted RF Bubba Trammell to Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of SP Brian Moehler from Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of RP Bryan Eversgerd from Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of 2B Edgar Caceres from Triple A Columbus. |
| Purchased the contract of CF J.R. Phillips from Triple A Columbus. |
