| Friday, April 3rd , 1896 |
| Signed Manager Tom Thogersen. |
| Signed Pitching Coach Josh DeStefanis. |
| Signed Hitting Coach Sean Allen. |
| Drafted SP Eric Walling in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Dillon Dziedzic in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 8, 16th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Ryan Bartz in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 8, 24th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Ryan Larson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 8, 32nd overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Austin Jacobson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 8, 40th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B John Johnson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 8, 48th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Joseph Josselyn in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 8, 56th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Sean Jordan in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 8, Pick 8, 64th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Brad Pittser in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 9, Pick 8, 72nd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Jack Kilkenny in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 10, Pick 8, 80th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Justin DuBois in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 11, Pick 8, 88th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Dave Druse in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 12, Pick 8, 96th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Jacob Sullivan in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 13, Pick 8, 104th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Nate Hooser in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 14, Pick 8, 112nd overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Ron Hartt in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 15, Pick 8, 120th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Jace Parker in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 16, Pick 8, 128th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Fred Aulner in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 17, Pick 8, 136th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Aubrey Turner in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 18, Pick 8, 144th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Chris Offutt in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 19, Pick 8, 152nd overall pick). |
| Drafted SS James Hawkins in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 20, Pick 8, 160th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Joseph Harper in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP James Ingram in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 1, 9th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Joe Peterson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 8, 24th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Jimmy Langley in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 1, 25th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Edward Ray in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 8, 40th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP John Horn in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 1, 41st overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Tom Bryant in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 8, 56th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Walter Franzen in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 1, 57th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Samuel Simpson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 8, 72nd overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Ernest Stokes in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 1, 73rd overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Freddie Rogers in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 8, 88th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Henry Manning in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 1, 89th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Ben Graves in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 8, 104th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Joe Lord in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 1, 105th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Tom Henderson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 8, 120th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Jesse Gale in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 1, 121st overall pick). |
| Drafted C Warren Crosswell in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 8, 136th overall pick). |
