1996 Florida Marlins Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 2, 1995

  Signed Tommy Gregg as a free agent.

• November 7, 1995

  Signed Russ Morman as a free agent.

  Andre Dawson granted Free Agency.

• November 21, 1995

  Signed Devon White as a free agent.

• November 30, 1995

  Signed Joe Siddall as a free agent.

• December 4, 1995

  Traded Ty Narcisse (minors) and Chuck Carr to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Juan Gonzalez (minors).

• December 5, 1995

  Signed Joe Orsulak as a free agent.

• December 8, 1995

  Signed Mark Gardner as a free agent.

• December 12, 1995

  Signed Alejandro Peña as a free agent.

• December 13, 1995

  Signed Mark Davis as a free agent.

• December 14, 1995

  Signed Al Leiter as a free agent.

• December 21, 1995

  John Johnstone granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 1995

  Signed Kevin Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Craig Grebeck as a free agent.

• January 5, 1996

  Signed Andre Dawson as a free agent.

• January 13, 1996

  Signed Liván Hernández as an amateur free agent.

• January 23, 1996

  Aaron Small selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• February 19, 1996

  Signed Jerry Brooks as a free agent.

• March 11, 1996

  Traded Randy Veres to the Detroit Tigers. Received Matt Brunson (minors).

• March 23, 1996

  Released Mark Davis.

• March 28, 1996

  Mark Gardner granted Free Agency.

• March 29, 1996

  Released Tom McGraw.

  Selected Robbie Beckett off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• March 31, 1996

  Signed Marc Ronan as a free agent.

• April 25, 1996

  Signed Donn Pall as a free agent.

• April 26, 1996

  Robbie Beckett selected by the Colorado Rockies off waivers.

• April 28, 1996

  Signed Luis Ugueto as an amateur free agent.

• June 4, 1996

  Drafted Mark Kotsay in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 1996.

  Drafted Blaine Neal in the 4th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 1996.

  Drafted Brent Billingsley in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1996.

  Drafted Scott Dunn in the 26th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 31, 1996

  Traded David Weathers to the New York Yankees. Received Mark Hutton.

• August 8, 1996

  Traded John Burkett to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later and Ryan Dempster. The Texas Rangers sent Rick Helling (September 3, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• August 13, 1996

  Traded Terry Pendleton to the Atlanta Braves. Received Roosevelt Brown.

• August 21, 1996

  Traded Terry Mathews to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Gregg Zaun (August 23, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• September 30, 1996

  Joe Siddall granted Free Agency.

• October 3, 1996

  Wilson Heredia selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• October 4, 1996

  Chris Hammond granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1996

  Tommy Gregg granted Free Agency.

  Russ Morman granted Free Agency.

  Bob Natal granted Free Agency.

  Donn Pall granted Free Agency.

  Marc Ronan granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1996

  Craig Grebeck granted Free Agency.

  Alejandro Peña granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1996

  Signed Brian Daubach as a free agent.

• November 20, 1996

  Jerry Brooks player rights sold to Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan Pacific).

• November 21, 1996

  Traded Quilvio Veras to the San Diego Padres. Received Dustin Hermanson.

• November 22, 1996

  Signed Bobby Bonilla as a free agent.

• November 25, 1996

  Traded Joel Adamson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ed Collins (minors) (December 10, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

  Traded Jesús Tavárez to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Bobby Rodgers (minors) (December 10, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• November 26, 1996

  Signed John Cangelosi as a free agent.

• December 3, 1996

  Signed Jim Eisenreich as a free agent.

• December 4, 1996

  Signed Alex Delgado as a free agent.

• December 9, 1996

  Will Cunnane drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Héctor Mercado from the Houston Astros in the 1996 minor league draft.

  Signed Alex Fernandez as a free agent.

• December 10, 1996

  Signed Dennis Cook as a free agent.

• December 12, 1996

  Signed Moisés Alou as a free agent.

  Marc Valdes selected by the Montreal Expos off waivers.

• December 13, 1996

  Traded Yorkis Pérez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Martin Sanchez (minors).

• December 17, 1996

  Miguel Batista selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• December 20, 1996

  Greg Colbrunn granted Free Agency.

• January 2, 1997

  Signed Donn Pall as a free agent.

• January 16, 1997

  Signed Russ Morman as a free agent.

  Signed Bob Natal as a free agent.

• March 21, 1997

  Signed John Wehner as a free agent.

• March 26, 1997

  Traded Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak to the Montreal Expos. Received Cliff Floyd.

• March 27, 1997

  Selected Kirt Ojala off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 31, 1997

  Signed Reid Cornelius as a free agent.