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Date Transaction
12/31/02 Named Ron Jackson Major League hitting coach.
12/29/02 Ramiro Mendoza: Agreed to terms with RHP Ramiro Mendoza on a two-year contract.
12/24/02 Agreed to terms with RHP Mike Timlin and RHP Chad Fox on 2003 contracts.
12/20/02 Offered contracts to C Doug Mirabelli, OF Trot Nixon, INF Lou Merloni and OF Benny Agbayani; did not offer a contract to INF Brian Daubach.
12/19/02 Cliff Floyd: Announced that OF Cliff Floyd had declined arbitration.
12/18/02 Damian Jackson: Agreed to terms with free agent INF Damian Jackson on a 2003 contract.
12/17/02 Jeremy Giambi: Agreed to terms with 1B/OF Jeremy Giambi on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.
12/16/02 Acquired INF/OF Cesar Crespo from the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor league INF Luis Cruz.
  Selected LHP Javier Lopez, LHP Matt White and OF Adrian Brown in the Major League phase of the 2002 Rule 5 Draft; selected RHP Elvis Dejesus, RHP Junior Herndon, LHP Alex Carbajal and OF Jeremy Owens in the Triple-A phase of the 2002 Rule 5 Draft.
12/15/02 Acquired 1B/OF Jeremy Giambi from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for RHP Josh Hancock.
12/12/02 Todd Walker: Acquired INF Todd Walker from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for two minor league players to be named later.
12/10/02 Announced that Lee Thomas would remain special assistant to the general manager.
12/7/02 Offered arbitration to OF Cliff Floyd; did not offer arbitration to RHP Ugueth Urbina, INF Carlos Baerga, INF Rey Sanchez, RHP Dustin Hermanson, OF Rickey Henderson, INF Tony Clark and INF Shane Andrews.
  Frank Castillo: Agreed to terms with RHP Frank Castillo on a 2003 contract, thus avoiding arbitration.
  Named Josh Byrnes assistant general manager and Craig Shipley special assistant to the general manager/player development; promoted Ben Cherington to director of player development Rob Leary to the position of field coordinator, Raquel Ferreira to director of minor league administration and Jed Hoyer to baseball operations assistant; specified Bill Lajoie''s position as special assistant to the general manager/scouting.
12/6/02 Wayne Gomes: Released RHP Wayne Gomes.
  Announced that Mike Port would remain with the Red Sox organization as vice president/baseball operations.
  Announced the return of Buddy Bailey as manager and Bill Coffey as trainer for Pawtucket (AAA) and Ron Johnson as manager and B.J. Jaquette as trainer for Portland (AA); named Mike Griffin pitching coach and U.L. Washington hitting coach for Pawtucket; named Bob Kipper pitching coach and Mark Budaska hitting coach for Portland.
12/5/02 Agreed to terms with RHP Willie Banks on a 2003 contract; agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Rupe on a 2003 contract.
12/3/02 Named Jerry Narron bench coach.
12/2/02 Named Euclides Rojas bullpen coach.