| 2003 pre-season: | BRO trades Nelson CRUZ, 2003 MUN#5 and 2004 BRO#3 to MID for Valerio de los SANTOS |
| 2004 cutdown: | MID drops Jason BERE, Nelson CRUZ, Ryan DRESE, Seth ETHERTON, Rusty GREER, Graeme LLOYD, Jim MECIR, Frank MENECHINO, Chan Ho PARK, Greg SWINDELL, Andres TORRES and Esteban YAN |
| 2016 mid-season: | IND trades Aaron ALTHERR, 2017 IND#1 (Jameson TAILLON) and 2017 NBO#3 (Edubray RAMOS) to RYE for Nelson R. CRUZ |
| 2018 pre-season: | STM trades Joe SMITH, Adam WAINWRIGHT, Luke WEAVER, Matt WIETERS, 2018 RIV#1 (Ozzie ALBIES), 2018 STM#BonA (Drew STECKENRIDER), 2018 STM#3 (Trevor HILDENBERGER), 2018 STM#8 (Miguel DIAZ) and 2018 STM#9 to IND for Chris ARCHER, Jacob BARNES, Nelson R. CRUZ, Ryan MADSON and 2018 KNX#5 (Mark Jr. LEITER) |
| 2019 pre-season: | STM trades Nelson R. CRUZ, Trevor ROSENTHAL and 2020 MID#5 (Josh ROJAS) to RIV for Alex CLAUDIO, 2020 RIV#1 (Vladimir Jr. GUERRERO) and 2020 RIV#4 (Evan MARSHALL) |
| 2020 pre-season: | BRO trades Clay BUCHHOLZ, 2020 RIV#2 (Austin RILEY) and 2020 BRO#9 (Jose QUIJADA) to RIV for Nelson R. CRUZ |
| 2021 pre-season: | BRO trades Nelson R. CRUZ and Oliver PEREZ to MID for 2021 MID#2 (Luis PATINO) and 2022 MID#2 (Patrick WISDOM) |
| 2022 pre-season: | MID trades Nelson R. CRUZ and 2022 MID#6 (Bruce ZIMMERMANN) to BRO for Willians ASTUDILLO and 2022 MLR#4 (A.J. PUK) |
| 2023 pre-season: | BRO trades Nelson R. CRUZ to MID for 2024 MID#6 (Ben JOYCE) |
| 2024 cutdown: | MID drops Hanser ALBERTO, Jorge ALFARO, Nelson R. CRUZ, Tyler DUFFEY, Josh HARRISON, Eric HOSMER, Rougned ODOR, David PRICE and Terrin VAVRA |
