| Friday, April 3rd , 1896 |
| Signed Manager Chris Luscher. |
| Signed Pitching Coach Tim Crowder. |
| Signed Hitting Coach Ted Marcus. |
| Drafted SP Josh Neubert in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Matthew Niesen in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 15th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Matt Rinker in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Frank Brinton in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 31st overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Jason Jones in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 39th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Joe McMichael in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 7, 47th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Ryan Wissler in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Nick Harbaugh in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 8, Pick 7, 63rd overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Randy Shrode in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 9, Pick 7, 71st overall pick). |
| Drafted SP William Bernat in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 10, Pick 7, 79th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Jobst Eberhardt in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 11, Pick 7, 87th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Jon Albert in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 12, Pick 7, 95th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Mark Walsh in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 13, Pick 7, 103rd overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Chris Scipione in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 14, Pick 7, 111st overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Eddie Epstein in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 15, Pick 7, 119th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Mike Kindred in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 16, Pick 7, 127th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Edward Todd in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 17, Pick 7, 135th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP John Cross in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 18, Pick 7, 143rd overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Randy Correia in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 19, Pick 7, 151st overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Jordan Tharpe in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 20, Pick 7, 159th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Edward Muchler in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Thomas Sheehy in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 2, 10th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Henry Keaton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SS James Hawkins in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 2, 26th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Charles Halley in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 39th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Walter Zimmer in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 2, 42nd overall pick). |
| Drafted SP John Clements in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Harry Kemper in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 2, 58th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP George H Williams in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 7, 71st overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Abner Wexler in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 2, 74th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Albert Paige in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 7, 87th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Jack Kilkenny in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 2, 90th overall pick). |
| Drafted RF Sam Price in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 7, 103rd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Tommy Nelson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 2, 106th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Tommy Lawson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 7, 119th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Joe Bowles in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 2, 122nd overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Jack Cavenee in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 7, 135th overall pick). |
