January 19, 2011: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Washington Nationals for Michael Burgess (minors), Graham Hicks (minors) and A.J. Morris.

July 28, 2011: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Cleveland Indians for Abner Abreu (minors) and Carlton Smith (minors).

December 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Pierce Johnson (Cubs-1s) - Supplemental Pick for loss of Free Agent Aramis Ramirez

January 5, 2012: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Miami Marlins for Chris Volstad.

January 24, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.

Paul Blackburn (Cubs-1s) - Supplemental Pick for loss of Free Agent Carlos Pena

April 21, 2012: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Michael Bowden. The Boston Red Sox sent Hunter Cervenka (May 15, 2012) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

July 30, 2012: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Reed Johnson and cash to the Atlanta Braves for Jaye Chapman and Arodys Vizcaino.

July 30, 2012: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Paul Maholm and cash to the Atlanta Braves for Jaye Chapman and Arodys Vizcaino.

July 31, 2012: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Texas Rangers for Christian Villanueva (minors) and Kyle Hendricks.

July 31, 2012: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Texas Rangers for Jake Brigham and player to be named or cash.