1992 Major League Baseball expansion draft

{{Short description|Selection of players by the Marlins and Rockies}}

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On November 17, 1992, during the 1992–93 offseason, Major League Baseball (MLB) held an expansion draft in New York City to allow two expansion teams, the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies, to build their rosters prior to debuting in the National League's (NL) East and West divisions, respectively, in the 1993 MLB season.

The 1990 collective bargaining agreement between MLB owners and the MLB Players Association allowed the NL to expand by two members to match the American League (AL). In June 1991, MLB accepted bids of groups from Miami, Florida, and Denver, Colorado, with debuts set for 1993.

The Marlins and Rockies used the expansion draft to build their teams using different strategies. As the Rockies had a smaller operating budget than the Marlins, the Rockies targeted prospects with low salaries, while the Marlins selected older players intended to provide more immediate impact. All three rounds of the draft were televised by ESPN.

Background

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Major League Baseball (MLB) team owners and the MLB Players Association agreed to expand the National League (NL) by two teams in the 1990 collective bargaining agreement.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50478419.html?dids=50478419:50478419&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+16%2C+1989&author=MARC+TOPKIN%3B+JOHN+ROMANO&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=NL+will+grow+by+2%2C+but+first+.+.+.+%2F%2F+1.+Players%2C+owners+must+agree+on+labor+contract+%3B+the+current+pact+expires+Dec.+31.+%2F%2F+2.+Within+three+months+of+a+laboar+agreement%2C+commissioner+will+announce+timetable&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201013818/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50478419.html?dids=50478419:50478419&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+16,+1989&author=MARC+TOPKIN;+JOHN+ROMANO&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=NL+will+grow+by+2,+but+first+.+.+.+//+1.+Players,+owners+must+agree+on+labor+contract+;+the+current+pact+expires+Dec.+31.+//+2.+Within+three+months+of+a+laboar+agreement,+commissioner+will+announce+timetable&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=NL will grow by 2, but first . . . // 1. Players, owners must agree on labor contract ; the current pact expires Dec. 31. // 2. Within three months of a labor agreement, commissioner will announce timetable|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|first1=Marc|last1=Topkin|first2=John|last2=Romano|date=June 16, 1989|access-date=October 28, 2011|page=1.C}}{{Subscription required|date=October 2011}} Prior to expansion, the NL had 12 teams while the American League had 14.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/473645466/|title=Giamatti Refuses to Agree to Further MLB Expansion|agency=Associated Press|work=The Daily Review|location=Morgan City, Louisiana|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 3, 1989|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928162412/https://www.newspapers.com/image/473645466/|url-status=live}}

In June 1991, MLB accepted two bids for expansion franchises: one for Miami, Florida, and the other for Denver, Colorado. Both teams were set to debut in 1993.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/11/sports/baseball-ready-to-add-miami-and-denver-teams.html|title=Baseball Ready to Add Miami and Denver Teams|first=Murray|last=Chass|author-link=Murray Chass|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 11, 1991|access-date=October 28, 2011|archive-date=July 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717231030/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/11/sports/baseball-ready-to-add-miami-and-denver-teams.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61319127.html?dids=61319127:61319127&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+13%2C+1991&author=ROSS+NEWHAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Owners%27+Group+Approves+Denver%2C+Miami+Baseball%3A+Final+hurdle+is+vote+by+all+owners.+AL+executives+still+angry+with+Vincent%27s+solution+on+expansion+money.&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720065028/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61319127.html?dids=61319127:61319127&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+13,+1991&author=ROSS+NEWHAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Owners'+Group+Approves+Denver,+Miami+Baseball:+Final+hurdle+is+vote+by+all+owners.+AL+executives+still+angry+with+Vincent's+solution+on+expansion+money.&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2012|title=Owners' Group Approves Denver, Miami Baseball: Final hurdle is vote by all owners. AL executives still angry with Vincent's solution on expansion money.|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Ross|last=Newhan|page=2|date=June 13, 1991|access-date=October 28, 2011}} Expansion was approved unanimously by all teams in July 1991.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/06/sports/baseball-the-marlins-the-rockies-get-used-to-it-it-s-official.html|title=BASEBALL; The Marlins? The Rockies? Get Used to It. It's Official|first=Murray|last=Chass|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 6, 1991|access-date=October 28, 2011|archive-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928161013/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/06/sports/baseball-the-marlins-the-rockies-get-used-to-it-it-s-official.html|url-status=live}} The Denver group chose to call their franchise the Colorado Rockies, the same name used as the National Hockey League franchise that played in Denver from 1976 to 1982. The Miami group chose to call themselves the Florida Marlins to broaden their fanbase to the entire state, while reviving the nickname of the Miami Marlins, a defunct Minor League Baseball team.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24322783.html?dids=24322783:24322783&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+07%2C+1992&author=Joey+Reaves.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=More+than+just+Barnum+on+the+bill+for+expansion+Marlins&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713033954/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24322783.html?dids=24322783:24322783&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+07,+1992&author=Joey+Reaves.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=More+than+just+Barnum+on+the+bill+for+expansion+Marlins&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=More than just Barnum on the bill for expansion Marlins|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Joey|last=Reaves|page=3|date=November 7, 1992|access-date=October 28, 2011}} An expansion draft to stock both franchises was set for November 1992.

Procedure

In contrast to previous expansion drafts, players from both the American League (AL) and National League (NL) were available to the expansion clubs. Each existing club could protect 15 players on their 40-man roster from being drafted and only one player could be drafted from each team in each round. At the end of each round, NL teams could protect an additional three players and AL teams could protect an additional four. To further protect the AL teams, a maximum of eight AL teams could have three players chosen.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8zdFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gbsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6698,3693315|title=Major League Baseball 1992 Expansion Draft|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|date=November 16, 1992|access-date=October 17, 2011}}

All unprotected MLB and minor league players were eligible except those chosen in the amateur drafts of 1991 or 1992 and players who were 18 or younger when signed in 1990. Players who were free agents after the 1992 season were not eligible for selection in the draft. The Rockies and Marlins, however, were not restricted in offering contracts to free agents. The Rockies signed their first free agent, Andrés Galarraga, to a one-year contract the day before the expansion draft.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56240682.html?dids=56240682:56240682&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18%2C+1992&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Galarraga+signs+with+Rockies&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713203643/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56240682.html?dids=56240682:56240682&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18,+1992&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Galarraga+signs+with+Rockies&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=Galarraga signs with Rockies|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 18, 1992|page=1.B|access-date=October 17, 2011}}{{Subscription required|date=October 2011}}

The draft order was determined by a coin toss, the winner of which could choose either: (a) the first overall pick in the expansion draft and the 28th, and last, pick in the first round of the 1993 MLB amateur draft; or (b) allow the other team to pick first and receive both the second and third overall expansion draft picks, the right to pick first in the subsequent rounds of the expansion draft, and the 27th, and next-to-last, overall pick in the 1993 MLB amateur draft. Colorado won the toss and chose to pick first overall. The three rounds of the draft were televised by ESPN.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDNUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P44DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6618,568062|title=Win now or later: Marlins, Rockies must decide today|first=Tony|last=DeMarco|newspaper=The News|date=November 17, 1992|access-date=October 18, 2011}}

Results

With the first pick, the Rockies chose David Nied, who had a 3–0 win–loss record with a 1.17 earned run average in six MLB appearances with the Atlanta Braves.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56240629.html?dids=56240629:56240629&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18%2C+1992&author=Rod+Beaton&pub=USA+TODAY+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Prospects+are+first+to+go+%2F%2F+Braves%27+Nied+has+promise&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906091459/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56240629.html?dids=56240629:56240629&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18,+1992&author=Rod+Beaton&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Prospects+are+first+to+go+//+Braves'+Nied+has+promise&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2012|title=Prospects are first to go // Braves' Nied has promise|newspaper=USA Today|page=4.C|first=Rod|last=Beaton|date=November 18, 1992|access-date=October 26, 2011}}{{Subscription required|date=October 2011}} The Marlins' first selection, Nigel Wilson, spent the 1992 season with the Double-A Knoxville Smokies of the Toronto Blue Jays organization, and had no MLB experience.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9apJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sg4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6255,608409|title=Marlins make Wilson's dream a reality|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|agency=Associated Press|page=17|date=November 18, 2011|access-date=October 26, 2011|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114030157/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9apJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sg4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6255,608409|url-status=live}}

In total, the Rockies and Marlins chose 41 pitchers with their combined 72 selections.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9apJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sg4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6255,608409|title=Trade flurry follows expansion draft|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|agency=Associated Press|pages=13, 17|date=November 18, 2011|access-date=October 26, 2011|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114030157/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9apJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sg4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6255,608409|url-status=live}} Of the 72 players chosen, 11 were All-Stars during their careers. Jack Armstrong,{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/armstja01.shtml |title=Jack Armstrong Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629144653/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/armstja01.shtml |url-status=live }} Bryan Harvey,{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harvebr01.shtml |title=Bryan Harvey Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105172346/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harvebr01.shtml |url-status=live }} and Danny Jackson{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksda02.shtml |title=Danny Jackson Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401233032/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksda02.shtml |url-status=live }} had been All-Stars before the expansion draft, while Andy Ashby,{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ashbyan01.shtml |title=Andy Ashby Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113065341/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ashbyan01.shtml |url-status=live }} Brad Ausmus, Vinny Castilla,{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml |title=Vinny Castilla Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=December 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210122829/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml |url-status=live }} Jeff Conine,{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coninje01.shtml |title=Jeff Conine Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=December 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210144144/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coninje01.shtml |url-status=live }} Carl Everett,{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/evereca01.shtml |title=Carl Everett Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222013658/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/evereca01.shtml |url-status=live }} Joe Girardi, Harvey, Trevor Hoffman,{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoffmtr01.shtml |title=Trevor Hoffman Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425185649/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoffmtr01.shtml |url-status=live }} Jackson, and Eric Young{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/younger01.shtml |title=Eric Young Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110173756/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/younger01.shtml |url-status=live }} became All-Stars later on in their careers. Hoffman would also be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2018.

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File:Trevor Hoffman 01.jpg, the one-time career leader in saves,{{cite news|last=Bloom |first=Barry |title='Trevor Time' reaches immortality |work=MLB.com |date=September 24, 2006 |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060924&content_id=1680705&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629185720/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060924&content_id=1680705&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }} was selected with the 7th pick overall.|alt=A man in a white baseball uniform in his pitching motion.]]

File:Ausmuscrop.jpg never played for the Rockies, but had an 18-year MLB career.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ausmubr01.shtml|title=Brad Ausmus Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 6, 2011}}|alt=A man in a red baseball uniform stands and looks towards his left.]]

File:Eric Wedge.jpg managed the Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners after his playing career.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/wedgeer01.shtml|title=Eric Wedge Managerial Record|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 6, 2011}}|alt=A man in a blue jacket with the word "Indians" written across the chest]]

File:Joe Girardi by Keith Allison.jpg played for the Rockies (1993–1995) and managed the Marlins (2006).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/girarjo01.shtml|title=Joe Girardi Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 6, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/girarjo01.shtml|title=Joe Girardi Managerial Record|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 6, 2011}}|alt=A man in a navy blue baseball uniform with the word "New York" written across the front]]

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{{sort\|02\|1}}	2 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Nigel\|Wilson\|dab=baseball}} \|Outfielder	Toronto Blue Jays	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|03\|1}}	3 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Charlie\|Hayes}} \|Third baseman	New York Yankees	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|04\|1}}	4 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|José\|Martínez\|dab=pitcher}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	New York Mets	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|05\|1}}	5 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Darren\|Holmes\|dab=baseball}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Milwaukee Brewers	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|06\|1}}	6 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Bret\|Barberie}} \|Shortstop	Montreal Expos	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|07\|1}}	7 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jerald\|Clark}} \|Outfielder	San Diego Padres	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|08\|1}}	8 !scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Trevor\|Hoffman}}{{sup\|{{dagger}}}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Cincinnati Reds	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|09\|1}}	9 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Kevin\|Reimer}} \|Outfielder	Texas Rangers	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|10\|1}}	10 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Pat\|Rapp}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	San Francisco Giants	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|11\|1}}	11 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Eric\|Young Sr.}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|Second baseman	Los Angeles Dodgers	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|12\|1}}	12 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Greg\|Hibbard}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	Chicago White Sox	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|13\|1}}	13 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jody\|Reed}} \|Second baseman	Boston Red Sox	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|14\|1}}	14 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Chuck\|Carr\|dab=baseball}} \|Outfielder	St. Louis Cardinals	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|15\|1}}	15 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Scott\|Aldred}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	Detroit Tigers	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|16\|1}}	16 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Darrell\|Whitmore}} \|Outfielder	Cleveland Indians	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|17\|1}}	17 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Alex\|Cole}} \|Outfielder	Pittsburgh Pirates	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|18\|1}}	18 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Eric\|Helfand}} \|Catcher	Oakland Athletics	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|19\|1}}	19 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Joe\|Girardi}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|Catcher	Chicago Cubs	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|20\|1}}	20 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Bryan\|Harvey}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	California Angels	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|21\|1}}	21 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Willie\|Blair}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Houston Astros	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|22\|1}}	22 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jeff\|Conine}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|First baseman/Outfielder	Kansas City Royals	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|23\|1}}	23 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jay\|Owens}} \|Catcher	Minnesota Twins	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|24\|1}}	24 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sort\|Yaughn\|Kip Yaughn}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Baltimore Orioles	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|25\|1}}	25 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Andy\|Ashby}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Philadelphia Phillies	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|26\|1}}	26 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jesús\|Tavárez}} \|Outfielder	Seattle Mariners	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|27\|2}}	27 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Freddie\|Benavides}} \|Shortstop	Cincinnati Reds	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|28\|2}}	28 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Carl\|Everett}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|Outfielder	New York Yankees	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|29\|2}}	29 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Roberto\|Mejia}} \|Second baseman	Los Angeles Dodgers	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|30\|2}}	30 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|David\|Weathers}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Toronto Blue Jays	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|31\|2}}	31 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Doug\|Bochtler}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Montreal Expos	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|32\|2}}	32 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|John\|Johnstone\|dab=baseball}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	New York Mets	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|33\|2}}	33 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Lance\|Painter}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	San Diego Padres	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|34\|2}}	34 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Ramón\|Martínez\|dab=infielder}} \|Shortstop	Pittsburgh Pirates	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|35\|2}}	35 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Butch\|Henry}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	Houston Astros	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|36\|2}}	36 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Steve\|Decker}} \|Catcher	San Francisco Giants	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|37\|2}}	37 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Ryan\|Hawblitzel}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Chicago Cubs	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|38\|2}}	38 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Cris\|Carpenter}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	St. Louis Cardinals	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|39\|2}}	39 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Vinny\|Castilla}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|Shortstop	Atlanta Braves	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|40\|2}}	40 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jack\|Armstrong\|dab=baseball}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Cleveland Indians	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|41\|2}}	41 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Brett\|Merriman}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	California Angels	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|42\|2}}	42 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Scott\|Chiamparino}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Texas Rangers	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|43\|2}}	43 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jim\|Tatum\|dab=baseball}} \|Third baseman	Milwaukee Brewers	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|44\|2}}	44 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Tom\|Edens}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Minnesota Twins	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|45\|2}}	45 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Kevin\|Ritz}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Detroit Tigers	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|46\|2}}	46 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Andrés\|Berumen}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Kansas City Royals	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|47\|2}}	47 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Eric\|Wedge}} \|Catcher	Boston Red Sox	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|48\|2}}	48 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Robert\|Person}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Chicago White Sox	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|49\|2}}	49 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Keith\|Shepherd}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Philadelphia Phillies	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|50\|2}}	50 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jim\|Corsi\|dab=baseball}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Oakland Athletics	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|51\|2}}	51 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Calvin\|Jones\|dab=baseball}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Seattle Mariners	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|52\|2}}	52 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Richie\|Lewis}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Baltimore Orioles	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|53\|3}}	53 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Brad\|Ausmus}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|Catcher	New York Yankees	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|54\|3}}	54 !scope="row" style="background:#cfc; text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Danny\|Jackson}}{{sup\|{{double-dagger}}}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	Pittsburgh Pirates	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|55\|3}}	55 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Marcus\|Moore}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Toronto Blue Jays	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|56\|3}}	56 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jamie\|McAndrew}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Los Angeles Dodgers	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|57\|3}}	57 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Armando\|Reynoso}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Atlanta Braves	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|58\|3}}	58 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Bob\|Natal}} \|Catcher	Montreal Expos	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|59\|3}}	59 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Steve\|Reed\|dab=baseball}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	San Francisco Giants	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|60\|3}}	60 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Junior\|Félix}} \|Outfielder	California Angels	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|61\|3}}	61 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Mo\|Sanford}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Cincinnati Reds	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|62\|3}}	62 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Kerwin\|Moore}} \|Outfielder	Kansas City Royals	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|63\|3}}	63 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Pedro\|Castellano}} \|Third baseman	Chicago Cubs	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|64\|3}}	64 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Ryan\|Bowen\|dab=baseball}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Houston Astros	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|65\|3}}	65 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Curtis\|Leskanic}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	Minnesota Twins	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|66\|3}}	66 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Scott\|Baker\|dab=left-handed pitcher}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	St. Louis Cardinals	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|67\|3}}	67 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Scott\|Fredrickson}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher R\|Right-handed pitcher}}	San Diego Padres	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|68\|3}}	68 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Chris\|Donnels}} \|Third baseman	New York Mets	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|68\|3}}	69 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Braulio\|Castillo\|dab=baseball}} \|Outfielder	Philadelphia Phillies	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|70\|3}}	70 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Monty\|Fariss}} \|Outfielder	Texas Rangers	Florida Marlins
{{sort\|71\|3}}	71 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Denis\|Boucher}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	Cleveland Indians	Colorado Rockies
{{sort\|72\|3}}	72 !scope="row" style="text-align:center"\|{{sortname\|Jeff\|Tabaka}} \|{{sort\|Pitcher L\|Left-handed pitcher}}	Milwaukee Brewers	Florida Marlins

Draft-day trades

The following trades were announced at the conclusion of the expansion draft:{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UghXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=skINAAAAIBAJ&pg=1342,4166862&dq=1992+expansion+draft&hl=en |title=Rockies draft for the present, Marlins plan for the future |newspaper=The Rochester Sentinel|agency=Associated Press |date=November 18, 1992 |access-date=October 18, 2011}}

The Marlins traded Danny Jackson to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joel Adamson and Matt Whisenant.
The Marlins traded Greg Hibbard to the Chicago Cubs for Gary Scott and Alex Arias.
The Marlins traded Eric Helfand and Scott Baker to the Oakland Athletics for Walt Weiss.
The Marlins traded Tom Edens to the Houston Astros for Héctor Carrasco and Brian Griffiths.
The Rockies traded Kevin Reimer to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dante Bichette.
The Rockies traded Jody Reed to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rudy Seánez.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Norm Charlton to the Seattle Mariners for Kevin Mitchell.

Aftermath

Several older star players who were left unprotected, including Danny Tartabull, Jack Morris, and Shawon Dunston, were not selected due to their high salaries and advanced age. Based on the results of the expansion draft, the Marlins were projected to have a higher payroll in 1993 than the Rockies.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DBA5DE363B37&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Marlins' Projected Payroll More Than Double The $5.3 Million Of The Rockies|first=Tracy|last=Ringolsby|author-link=Tracy Ringolsby|newspaper=The Rocky Mountain News|date=November 22, 1992|access-date=October 18, 2011|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235947/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DBA5DE363B37&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}{{Subscription required|date=October 2011}} The Rockies' payroll appeared to be $4 million, less than what the Marlins would pay Bryan Harvey.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JlccAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yFIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3602,1786717&dq=1992+expansion+draft&hl=en |title=Marlins, Rockies ignored unprotected star players |newspaper=The Dispatch |date=November 19, 1992|first=Ronald|last=Blum |access-date=October 18, 2011}}

The New York Yankees challenged the validity of the draft on the basis that the Marlins did not compensate the Yankees for the loss of territory in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where the Yankees had a minor league team. They attempted to revoke the assignment of Hayes and Ausmus to the Rockies and Everett to the Marlins. Invoking the "best interests of baseball" clause, Commissioner Bud Selig and the major league executive council affirmed the draft results.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DE173FF936A15752C1A964958260|title=Baseball; Expansion Draft Will Stand, Yankees Are Told by Council|first=Murray|last=Chass|author-link=Murray Chass|date=November 25, 1992|access-date=January 2, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215022813/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DE173FF936A15752C1A964958260|url-status=live}}

In the 1993 Major League Baseball season, the Marlins and Rockies both finished sixth out of seven teams in their respective divisions.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1993-standings.shtml|title=1993 National League Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=January 30, 2012|archive-date=November 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122174847/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1993-standings.shtml|url-status=live}} The Rockies were the first team to reach the playoffs, using the roster they developed through the expansion draft to win the wild card in 1995, a record for the shortest amount of time for an expansion baseball team to make the playoffs at the time.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9EpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q1YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6645,1226648|title=Baseball makes history as playoffs start|first=Jay|last=Pinsonnault|newspaper=Kingman Daily Miner|page=7|date=October 3, 1995|access-date=October 26, 2011}} (The Arizona Diamondbacks would go on to break the record by reaching the playoffs in 1999, their second year of existence.){{cite news|url=http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/ari/history/timeline.jsp|title=Timeline|newspaper=dbacks.com|access-date=May 17, 2014|archive-date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305084730/http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/ari/history/timeline.jsp|url-status=dead}} Ritz and Painter, both selected in the expansion draft, started Games 1 and 2 of the 1995 National League Division Series for the Rockies. The Rockies added free agent acquisition Larry Walker to a lineup of power hitters in Galarraga, Bichette, and Castilla, known collectively as the "Blake Street Bombers".{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/72596071.html?dids=72596071:72596071&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+23%2C+1995&author=Rod+Beaton&pub=USA+TODAY+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Blake+Street%27s+big+bash+%2F%2F+Rockies+reach+the+rare+air+of+playoff+race&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716115524/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/72596071.html?dids=72596071:72596071&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+23,+1995&author=Rod+Beaton&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Blake+Street's+big+bash+//+Rockies+reach+the+rare+air+of+playoff+race&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=Blake Street's big bash: Rockies reach the rare air of playoff race|newspaper=USA Today|first=Rod|last=Beaton|page=1.C|date=August 23, 1995|access-date=October 26, 2011}} {{Subscription required|date=October 2011}}

Meanwhile, the Marlins kept fewer players they selected in the expansion draft than the Rockies. In 1996, the Rockies retained 13 players from the draft, while the Marlins had six.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF44954B4FBAB0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Rockies clearly had the better expansion draft|first=Irv|last=Moss|newspaper=Denver Post|date=May 10, 1996|page=D–05|access-date=October 26, 2011|archive-date=May 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517122908/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF44954B4FBAB0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}{{Subscription required|date=October 2011}} Jeff Conine, nicknamed "Mr. Marlin", was the only player selected in the expansion draft on the Marlins' 1997 World Series championship roster.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/20940229.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26%2C+1997&author=Gordon+Edes%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=For+Conine%2C+it%27s+time+to+revel+in+here%2C+now&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713153658/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/20940229.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26,+1997&author=Gordon+Edes,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=For+Conine,+it's+time+to+revel+in+here,+now&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=For Conine, it's time to revel in here, now|newspaper=Boston Globe|first=Gordon|last=Edes|author-link=Gordon Edes|date=October 26, 1997|page=F.11|access-date=October 26, 2011}}{{Subscription required|date=October 2011}} However, the Marlins used the players selected in the expansion draft to craft their 1997 roster. The Marlins traded three players selected in the draft, Hoffman, Martínez and Berumen, to the San Diego Padres for Gary Sheffield,{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77468891.html?dids=77468891:77468891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+11%2C+1993&author=Gordon+Edes%2C+Fort+Lauderdale+Sun-Sentinel&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=MARLINS+DEVELOP+MORE+THAN+A+FOLLOWING+THE+EXPANSION+CLUB+HAS+SEVERAL+HIGH+MARKS+ON+ITS+GROWTH+CHART+AS+IT+HEADS+INTO+THE+ALL-STAR+BREAK.&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718211342/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77468891.html?dids=77468891:77468891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+11,+1993&author=Gordon+Edes,+Fort+Lauderdale+Sun-Sentinel&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=MARLINS+DEVELOP+MORE+THAN+A+FOLLOWING+THE+EXPANSION+CLUB+HAS+SEVERAL+HIGH+MARKS+ON+ITS+GROWTH+CHART+AS+IT+HEADS+INTO+THE+ALL-STAR+BREAK.&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012|title=Marlins develop more than a following: The expansion club has several high marks on its own growth chart as it heads into the All-Star break|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|first=Gordon|last=Edes|date=July 11, 1993|page=C.5|access-date=October 26, 2011}}{{Subscription required|date=October 2011}} a key member of the 1997 Florida Marlins.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/22/sports/97-world-series-finally-in-series-spotlight-sheffield-is-slugging-away.html|title='97 World Series; Finally in Series Spotlight, Sheffield Is Slugging Away|first=Buster|last=Olney|author-link=Buster Olney|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 22, 1997|access-date=October 26, 2011|archive-date=May 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527065833/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/22/sports/97-world-series-finally-in-series-spotlight-sheffield-is-slugging-away.html|url-status=live}} However, other key players to the Marlins' World Series championship were signed as free agents.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/11/13/expansion-draft-no-joke-anymore/|title=Expansion Draft No Joke Anymore|first=Jerome|last=Holtzman|author-link=Jerome Holtzman|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 13, 1997|access-date=October 19, 2011|archive-date=June 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617034829/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-11-13/sports/9711130100_1_expansion-new-owners-clubs|url-status=live}} The 1997 Marlins set records by reaching and winning the World Series in the team's fifth year{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1997|title=1997 World Series|newspaper=MLB.com|access-date=May 17, 2014|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901143559/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1997|url-status=live}} (these records were broken by the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, who won the World Series in their fourth year of existence) and were the first wild card team to win the World Series.{{cite news|url=http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/mia/history/mia_history_feature.jsp?feature=ws_97|title=The Road to the 1997 World Series|newspaper=marlins.com|access-date=May 17, 2014|archive-date=May 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152919/http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/mia/history/mia_history_feature.jsp?feature=ws_97|url-status=dead}}

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