Transactions| Date | Transaction | |||
| 3/27/03 | Placed OF Carlos Beltran on the 15-day disabled list and purchased the contracts of INF Mendy Lopez and C Mike DiFelice from Triple-A Omaha. | |||
| 3/26/03 | Optioned LHP Scott Mullen to Triple-A Omaha and reassigned LHP Rick DeHart, RHP Sean Lowe and 3B Jarrod Patterson to minor league camp. | |||
| 3/25/03 | Acquired OF Benny Agbayani from Reds for cash considerations. | |||
| 3/23/03 | Reduced camp roster to 32 players. Pitchers Kyle Snyder, Brad Voyles, Jeremy Hill and OF Aaron Guiel will report to Triple-A Omaha. Catcher Mike Tonis was optioned to Double-A Wichita. | |||
| 3/17/03 | Reduced the camp roster to 37 players by sending RHPs Shawn Sedlacek and Wes Obermueller and OF Alexis Gomez to Triple-A Omaha. INFs Julius Matos, Morgan Burkhart and Luis Ordaz and LHP Jimmy Osting were assigned to minor league camp. | |||
| 3/14/03 | Claimed OF Rontrez Johnson from Oakland. Under Rule 5 specifications, Johnson must be waived if he does not make the 25-man roster. | |||
| 3/13/03 | Returned Rule 5 draftee Ronny Paulino to the Pirates organization. | |||
| 3/11/03 | Optioned left-hander Jimmy Gobble and infielder Alejandro Machado to Double-A Wichita and right-hander Ian Ferguson to Triple-A Omaha. Assigned to minor league camp were right-handers Buddy Carlyle, Brian Rose, Jason Turman, Nate Field and Zack Greinke. | |||
| Royals release outfielder Mark Quinn. | ||||
| 3/6/03 | Traded RHP Jeff Austin and LHP Brian Shackelford to the Reds for INF Damaso Espino & OF Alan Moye. | |||
| 3/5/03 | Released infielder Elvis Peña, reducing the Spring Training roster to 54 players. | |||
