Chicago Cubs Transactions - 2012
| MAY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| May 22, 2012 | Placed C Welington Castillo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 19. Recalled LHP Travis Wood from Iowa (PCL). |
| May 20, 2012 | Placed RHP Kerry Wood on the voluntary retired list. |
| May 19, 2012 | Acquired C Koyie Hill from Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations. Placed C Geovany Soto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 17. Recalled RHP Randy Wells from Iowa (PCL). |
| May 18, 2012 | Selected the contract of C Blake Lalli from Iowa (PCL). Optioned RHP Chris Volstad to Iowa. |
| May 17, 2012 | Selected the contract of RHP Blake Parker from Iowa (PCL). Optioned LHP Scott Maine to Iowa. |
| May 16, 2012 | Placed RHP Lendy Castillo on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Scott Maine from Iowa (PCL). |
| May 12, 2012 | Placed RHP Carlos Marmol on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Casey Coleman from Iowa (PCL). |
| May 7, 2012 | Recalled INF Adrian Cardenas from Iowa (PCL). Optioned LHP Travis Wood to Iowa. |
| May 6, 2012 | Designated OF-INF Blake DeWitt for assignment. Recalled LHP Travis Wood from Iowa (PCL). |
| May 3, 2012 | Activated RHP Ryan Dempster and RHP Kerry Wood from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Scott Maine and RHP Randy Wells to Iowa (PCL). |
| APRIL | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| April 28, 2012 | Placed C Steve Clevenger on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 26. Recalled C Welington Castillo from Iowa (PCL). |
| April 23, 2012 | Added RHP Michael Bowden to the roster. Designated RHP Rodrigo Lopez for assignment. |
| April 22, 2012 | Recalled RHP Randy Wells from Iowa (PCL). |
| April 21, 2012 | Placed RHP Ryan Dempster on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 18. Recalled OF Tony Campana from Iowa (PCL). |
| April 20, 2012 | Placed RHP Kerry Wood on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 14. Recalled LHP Scott Maine from Iowa (PCL). |
| April 8, 2012 | Selected the contract of Rodrigo Lopez Iowa (PCL). Sent INF Luis Valbuena outright to Iowa. |
| April 5, 2012 | Selected the contract of INF Blake DeWitt from Iowa (PCL). Optioned OF Tony Campana to Iowa. Announced Tampa Bay claimed LHP John Gaub off waivers. |
| April 5, 2012 | Claimed INF Luis Valbuena off waivers from Toronto (AL). Sent RHP Frankie De La Cruz outright to Iowa (PCL). Placed RHP Marcos Mateo on the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Casey Coleman to Iowa. Selected the contracts of RHP Shawn Camp and OF Joe Mather from Iowa. |
| MARCH | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| March 29, 2012 | Optioned RHP Randy Wells, LHP Scott Maine, LHP Travis Wood, OF Dave Sappelt and C Welington Castillo to Iowa (PCL). Assigned RHP Blake Parker, INF Edgar Gonzalez, INF Matt Tolbert and C Blake Lalli to minor league camp. |
| March 26, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Camp on a minor league contract. |
| March 23, 2012 | Optioned INF Adrian Cardenas and INF Anthony Rizzo to Iowa (PCL). Reassigned RHP Jay Jackson, INF Bobby Scales, OF Jim Adduci, OF Brett Jackson and C Michael Brenly to their minor league camp. |
| March 22, 2012 | Assigned RHP Andy Sonnanstine outright to Iowa (PCL). |
| March 15, 2012 | Traded RHP Aaron Kurcz to Boston as part of the compensation deal for hiring executive Theo Epstein. Optioned RHP Alberto Cabrera, LHP Jeff Beliveau, LHP John Gaub, INF Josh Vitters to Iowa (PCL) and INF Junior Lake and OF Matt Szczur to Tennessee (SL). |
| March 13, 2012 | Assigned RHP Casey Weathers and RHP Esmailin Caridad to their minor league camp. |
| March 11, 2012 | Agreed to terms with LHP Gerardo Concepcion on a five-year contract. |
| March 10, 2012 | Assigned RHP Dae-Eun Rhee and C Micah Gibbs to their minor league camp. |
| March 9, 2012 | Assigned RHP Marco Carrillo, RHP Trey McNutt, INF Jonathan Mota and OF Jae-Hoon Ha to their minor league camp. |
| March 5, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Alberto Cabrera, RHP Lendy Castillo, RHP Casey Coleman, RHP Rafael Dolis, RHP Marcos Mateo, RHP Jeff Samardzija, RHP Casey Weathers, LHP Jeff Beliveau, LHP John Gaub, LHP Scott Maine, LHP James Russell, LHP Travis Wood, C Welington Castillo, C Steve Clevenger, INF Darwin Barney, INF Adrian Cardenas, INF Starlin Castro, INF Bryan LaHair, INF Junior Lake, INF Anthony Rizzo, INF Josh Vitters, OF Tony Campana, OF Dave Sappelt and OF Matt Szczur on one-year contracts. |
| FEBRUARY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| February 28, 2012 | Named Bryan Robinson vice president of human resources. |
| February 21, 2012 | Traded RHP Chris Carpenter and a player to be named to Boston for a player to be named to complete the compensation for Theo Epstein joining the Cubs as president of baseball operations. |
| February 6, 2012 | Claimed INF Adrian Cardenas off waivers from Oakland (AL). Designated INF Blake DeWitt for assignment. |
| February 3, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Garza on a one-year contract. |
| JANUARY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| January 30, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Rodrigo Lopez, LHP Trever Miller, C Jason Jaramillo, INF Alfredo Amezaga, INF Edgar Gonzalez, INF Bobby Scales, INF Matt Tolbert and OF Joe Mather on minor league contracts. |
| January 17, 2012 | Agreed to terms with INF Jeff Baker, INF Blake DeWitt, INF Ian Stewart, C Geovany Soto, RHP Chris Volstad and RHP Randy Wells. |
| January 13, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Kerry Wood on a one-year contract. |
| January 11, 2012 | Agreed to terms with LHP Paul Maholm on a one-year contract. |
| January 5, 2012 | Acquired RHP Chris Volstad from Miami for RHP Carlos Zambrano and cash considerations. |
| January 3, 2012 | Agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a one-year contract. |