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| Monday, December 29th, 1997 |
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| Released RP Chuck Cary. |
| Traded 34-year-old catcher Matt Nokes to the Toronto Blue Jays, getting 35-year-old minor league reliever German Jimenez and 25-year-old minor league catcher Walt McKeel in return. |
| Traded 27-year-old starting pitcher Steve Avery and 24-year-old center fielder Johnny Damon to the Montreal Expos, getting 30-year-old starting pitcher Chris Nabholz, 33-year-old minor league third baseman Jeff King and 27-year-old minor league catcher Doug Mirabelli in return. |
| Traded 30-year-old minor league starting pitcher Chris Nabholz to the Colorado Rockies, getting nothing in return. |
| Traded 30-year-old center fielder Kenny Lofton to the Orlando Devil Rays, getting 32-year-old minor league reliever Dale Polley and 28-year-old minor league left fielder Jon Zuber in return. |
| Saturday, March 8th, 1997 |
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| Demoted SP Steve Avery to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SP Jose DeLeon to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SP Dwight Gooden to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SP Ben McDonald to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SP David Wells to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP Hector Fajardo to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP T J Mathews to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP Roger McDowell to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP Jose Mercedes to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP Jeff Nelson to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP Russ Springer to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP Julian Tavarez to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted RP Tom Urbani to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted C Jim Leyritz to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted C Matt Nokes to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted 1B Matt Franco to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted 1B Ed Sprague Jr. to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted 2B Bill Spiers to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted 3B Kelly Gruber to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SS Rich Aurilia to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SS Alvaro Espinoza to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SS Pat Meares to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SS Miguel Tejada to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted LF Lyle Mouton to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted LF Troy O'Leary to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted CF Johnny Damon to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted CF Kenny Lofton to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted CF Terrell Lowery to Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted CF Damon Mashore to Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of C Jim Leyritz from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of C Matt Nokes from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of 1B Matt Franco from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of 1B Ed Sprague Jr. from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of 2B Bill Spiers from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SS Alvaro Espinoza from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SS Miguel Tejada from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SS Pat Meares from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of 3B Kelly Gruber from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of LF Lyle Mouton from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of CF Johnny Damon from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of CF Kenny Lofton from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of LF Troy O'Leary from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SP Dwight Gooden from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SP Steve Avery from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SP Wade Taylor from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SP Jose DeLeon from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SP David Wells from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of RP Hector Fajardo from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of RP Jeff Nelson from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of RP Julian Tavarez from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of RP Chuck Cary from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of RP Roger McDowell from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of RP T J Mathews from Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of RP Russ Springer from Triple A Rochester. |
| Demoted SP Wade Taylor to Triple A Rochester. |
| Purchased the contract of SP Ben McDonald from Triple A Rochester. |
