| Friday, April 3rd , 1896 |
| Signed Manager Mike Hutchinson. |
| Signed Pitching Coach Gregg Brown. |
| Signed Hitting Coach Jeremy Berg. |
| Drafted RP Joe David in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Matt Turner in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 12th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Cody Davis in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 20th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Steve Myers in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Tom Hutson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 4, 36th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Blake LaTour in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 4, 44th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Jimmy Kaplan in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 4, 52nd overall pick). |
| Drafted RF Sam Price in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 8, Pick 4, 60th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Henry Engel in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 9, Pick 4, 68th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Adrian Crabtree in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 10, Pick 4, 76th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Mark Reichert in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 11, Pick 4, 84th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Bill Redmon in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 12, Pick 4, 92nd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP John Berth in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 13, Pick 4, 100th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Matt Leger in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 14, Pick 4, 108th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS James Adams in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 15, Pick 4, 116th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Bill Fox in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 16, Pick 4, 124th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Paul Kozlowski in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 17, Pick 4, 132nd overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Billy Sweany in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 18, Pick 4, 140th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Mark Afflerbach in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 19, Pick 4, 148th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Mark Polman in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 20, Pick 4, 156th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Fred Jones in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Clive Metzger in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 13th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Fred James in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 20th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Jimmy Jackson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Albert Geisert in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 4, 36th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Tommy Jennings in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 5, 45th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Will Greer in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 4, 52nd overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Al Vincent in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 5, 61st overall pick). |
| Drafted SP George Fleishmann in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 4, 68th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Jim Atwood in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 5, 77th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP William Leland in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 4, 84th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Bobby Rayford in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 5, 93rd overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Joseph Tucker in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 4, 100th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Fred Long in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 5, 109th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Edward Caldwell in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 4, 116th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Jesse Neill in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 5, 125th overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Walter Mulwee in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 4, 132nd overall pick). |
