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January 5, 1996

Dave Magadan signed as a free agent.

January 16, 1996

Bob Patterson signed as a free agent.

January 24, 1996

Bret Barberie signed as a free agent.

Leo Gomez signed as a free agent.

February 6, 1996

Brian Dorsett signed as a free agent.

February 18, 1996

Carlos Pulido signed as a free agent.

March 9, 1996

Kent Bottenfield signed as a free agent.

March 12, 1996

Terry Shumpert signed as a free agent.

March 13, 1996

Jon Ratliff returned from Detroit Tigers.

April 8, 1996

Traded Matt Franco to New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later;
Chicago Cubs received Chris DeWitt (June 11, 1996).

May 29, 1996

Felix Fermin signed as a free agent.

June 4, 1996

Amateur Free-Agent Draft

4th round Chris Gissell (signed June 6, 1996)
5th round Chad Meyers (signed June 7, 1996)
10th round Phil Norton (signed June 6, 1996)
20th round Courtney Duncan (signed June 20, 1996)
23rd round Jason Smith (signed May 25, 1997)
29th round Kyle Lohse (signed May 20, 1997)

June 15, 1996

Doug Jones released.

June 27, 1996

Traded Ismael Villegas to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Tyler Houston.

August 9, 1996

Felix Fermin released.

October 9, 1996

Lost Mike Campbell to Boston Red Sox on waivers.

October 15, 1996

Granted Free Agency

Bret Barberie
Brian Dorsett
Todd Haney
Hector Ortiz
Mike Perez
Carlos Pulido
Roberto Rivera
Terry Shumpert
Tanyon Sturtze

October 28, 1996

Granted Free Agency

Jaime Navarro

October 29, 1996

Granted Free Agency

Dave Magadan

November 5, 1996

Granted Free Agency

Ryne Sandberg

November 15, 1996

Francis Beltran signed as a non-drafted free agent.

November 20, 1996

Claimed Marc Pisciotta from Pittsburgh Pirates on waivers.

Traded Jason Stevenson to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Miguel Cairo.

November 27, 1996

Ryne Sandberg signed as a free agent.

November 30, 1996

Kevin Tolar signed as a free agent.

December 2, 1996

Shawon Dunston signed as a free agent.

December 7, 1996

Granted Free Agency

Luis Gonzalez

December 9, 1996

Major League Draft

Selected Terrell Lowery from New York Mets.
Selected Ramon Tatis from New York Mets.

Scott Bullett released.

Terry Mulholland signed as a free agent.

December 10, 1996

Mel Rojas signed as a free agent.

December 13, 1996

Mark Dalesandro signed as a free agent.

Kevin Tapani signed as a free agent.

December 16, 1996

Alex Cabrera released.

December 17, 1996

Granted Free Agency

Leo Gomez

Claimed Miguel Batista from Florida Marlins on waivers.

December 20, 1996

Granted Free Agency

Jim Bullinger

December 30, 1996

Julio Valera signed as a free agent.

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