| 1 - Royals receive pitcher Darren Oliver from Texas for $100,000 2 - Royals receive short stop All Star Alex Rodriguez, draft pick 30, and $5 million from Texas for pitcher Chad Durbin, out fielder Mark Quinn, short stop Neifi Perez, and draft pick 43 3 - Royals receive out fielder/second baseman Chuck Knaublach, and pitcher Orlando Hernandez from New York for $3 million 4 - Royals receive pitcher Hideo Nomo, first baseman/designated hitter Dante Bichette, and third baseman John Valentin from Boston for $700,000 5 - Royals receive third baseman Chris Stynes, and out field prosepect Michael Colemon from Boston for $700,000 6 - Royals receive minors draft picks 1-8 with pick 9 in each round, and $2 million from Atlanta for draft pick 15 7 - Royals receive out fielder J.D. Drew, out fielder Placido Polanco, pitcher Gene Steuchetle, pick 67, and minor league draft pick in RD 7 from St. Louis for out fielder Carlos Beltran, third baseman Joe Randa, and pick 30 8 - Royals are given the rights to all of Chicago's (AL) free agents including David Wells, Jose Canseco, Alan Embree, Bill Simas, Cal Eldred, and Harold Baines for $100,000 per player ($600,000) 9 - Royals receive catcher Ryan Christianson, pitcher Ryan Anderson, out fielder Chris Snelling, short stop Antonio Perez and RDS 2-8 in the minors draft from Seattle in exchange for Mike Sweeney and pick 85 10 - Royals receive Frank Thomas, pick 173, pick 89, and $1 million for Jason Grimsley, Raul Ibanez and pick 67 11 - Royals receive Adam Wainwright, Kelly Johnson, Ryan Langerhans, Carlos Duran and pick 23 from Atlanta for J.D. Drew and $2 million 12 - Royals receive amateur draft picks RD 1 and RD 2, picks - 121 - 135 - 149 - 163 - 177 - 191 - and 205 for $5.9 million 13 - Royals receive Ray Durham for cash 14 - Royals receive Brad Penny, Paul Quantrill, Raul Mondesi, Esteban Loaiza, Felipe Lopez, Cesar Izturis, and Mike Sirotka for Alex Rodriguez, Jeromy Burnitz, and cash 15 - Royals receive Brian Dabauch and cash for Jeff Suppan 16 - Royals receive Lance Berkman, Carlos Hernandez, and Luis Castillo for Vlad, Esteban German and Ruben Salazar 17 - Royals receive 75 grand for David Wells 18 - Royals receive cash for Jose Rosado 19 - Royals receive Brandon Duckworth for Jason Schmidt and Ray Durham 20 - Royals receive closer Armando Benitez for Sterling Hitchcock and Dee Brown |