| Friday, April 3rd , 1896 |
| Signed Manager Freddy Brownlee. |
| Signed Pitching Coach Tim Cairns. |
| Signed Hitting Coach Corey Buchanan. |
| Drafted RP Robbie Weber in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SP John Taylor in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 3, 11th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Barry LeMaster in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 3, 19th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Allen Mueller in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 3, 27th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Conor White in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 3, 35th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Ben Rockford in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 3, 43rd overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Brett Harvey in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 3, 51st overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Zachary Frederick in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 8, Pick 3, 59th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Benny Morrisey in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 9, Pick 3, 67th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Corey Robinson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 10, Pick 3, 75th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Ben Cofer in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 11, Pick 3, 83rd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Jim Lyttle in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 12, Pick 3, 91st overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Pete Oldham in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 13, Pick 3, 99th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Jim Mauch in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 14, Pick 3, 107th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Chris Ramsden in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 15, Pick 3, 115th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Russ Kos in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 16, Pick 3, 123rd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Jonathan Murphy in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 17, Pick 3, 131st overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Benny Stewart in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 18, Pick 3, 139th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Mike Childress in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 19, Pick 3, 147th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Juan Delgado in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 20, Pick 3, 155th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP William Tynan in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick). |
| Drafted C Milton Gosnell in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 6, 14th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Jim Foster in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 3, 19th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B George McIntyre in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 6, 30th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Henry Kenyon in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 3, 35th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Ernest Bullock in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 6, 46th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Joseph Strong in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 3, 51st overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Ernest Fletcher in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 6, 62nd overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Will Silvers in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 3, 67th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF James Donovan in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 6, 78th overall pick). |
| Drafted RF Benny Matthews in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 3, 83rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Frank Conner in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 6, 94th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Albert Perkins in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 3, 99th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP William Aldridge in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 6, 110th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Al Kelly in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 3, 115th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Ernest Slater in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 6, 126th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF John Petrey in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 3, 131st overall pick). |
