| | | Friday, July 18th, 1997 | | Signed pitching coach Milt Wilcox. | | Thursday, June 19th, 1997 | | Drafted SP Diego Segui in the 1997 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). | | Drafted RP Bill Ayers in the 1997 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 17th overall pick). | | Drafted RP John H Fitzgerald in the 1997 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 27th overall pick). | | Drafted LF Frank Wyman in the 1997 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 37th overall pick). | | Drafted 2B Putsy Caballero in the 1997 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 47th overall pick). | | Drafted LF Bob Kahle in the 1997 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 7, 57th overall pick). | | |
