| | | Monday, December 17th, 2012 | | Drafted CF Takanibu Kobayashi in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 15, 15th overall pick). | | Drafted CF Mathieu Bodin in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 15, 39th overall pick). | | Drafted 1B Mitsuzuka Kobayashi in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 15, 63rd overall pick). | | Drafted C Qi-chao Ya in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 15, 87th overall pick). | | Drafted 1B Hideyori Kiyomizu in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 15, 111st overall pick). | | Drafted RF Katsumi Sato in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 15, 135th overall pick). | | Drafted CL Nobuhisa Sumita in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 15, 159th overall pick). | | Drafted 3B David Bright in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 15, 183rd overall pick). | | Drafted RF Hideo Aoki in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 15, 207th overall pick). | | Drafted 3B Ron Rendell in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 15, 231st overall pick). | | Drafted SP Mike Humphries in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 15, 255th overall pick). | | Drafted SS Kichibei Kato in the 2012 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 15, 279th overall pick). |
| Saturday, December 8th, 2012 | | Signed free agent SP Pepe López to a 4-year contract worth a total of $16,000,000. |
| Thursday, December 6th, 2012 | | Signed free agent MR Bob Hardin to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,880,000. |
| Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 | | Signed SP Charles Luce to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $28,800,000. |
| Friday, November 23rd, 2012 | | Signed 1B Dan Smith to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $57,360,000. | | Placed SS Ed Denton on the 40-man roster. |
| Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 | | SP Stephen Lawrence received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. | | SP Edward Griffith received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $500,000. | | C John Robertson received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. | | SS Bret Garrison received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. | | 2B Domingo Blanchard received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $500,000. | | MR Juan Velázquez becomes a free-agent. | | RF Derek Tyler received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $500,000. | | 2B Artie Walker becomes a free-agent. |
| Sunday, November 18th, 2012 | | 1B Dan Smith received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $8,125,000. | | MR Derek Sears received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $750,000. | | CL Gregory Erwin received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $5,953,750. | | MR Willie Patterson received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,640,000. | | LF Dennis Crawford received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,800,000. | | CF Mike Hamilton becomes a free-agent. | | CF Mark Bennett received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $750,000. | | MR Bob Hardin becomes a free-agent. | | RF Miguel Torres received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $5,280,000. |
| Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 | | Signed 2B Chris Cook to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $3,150,000. |
| Friday, November 2nd, 2012 | | Signed hitting coach Jack O'Callahan to a 5-year, $420,000 per year contract. |
| Sunday, October 28th, 2012 | | RF Bill Lee retires. | | Hitting Coach Ed Taylor leaves the team, his contract was not renewed. |
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