Saturday 2/23/1981 :
     Free agent LF Jose Ortiz has been signed to a contract of
     $1,675,000 per year, for 3 years.

 
 Sunday 2/24/1981 :
     Free agent RF Ron Cash has been signed to a contract of
     $1,575,000 per year, for 4 years.

 
 Monday 4/8/1981 :
  Trade with San Diego :
   San Diego gets :
     P  Silvio Martinez
     P  Bill Parsons
   We get :
     P  Dave Tomlin
     P  Dave Laroche
 
  Trade with Oakland :
   We get :
     P  Sandy Vance
   Oakland gets :
     1B Keith Hernandez
 

 
 Monday 5/27/1981 :
    Jack Clark has been signed to a contract extension,
     $3,800,000 per year, for 5 years.

 
 Monday 6/10/1981 :
  Trade with California :
   We get :
     P  Bobby Castillo
     P  Matt Keough
   California gets :
     P  Mark Lemongello
 

 
 Monday 7/29/1981 :
    Manny Sarmiento has been signed to a contract extension,
     $2,555,000 per year, for 5 years.