1992 Expansion Draft
From SoSH
November 17, 1992: Major League Baseball held an expansion draft to stock the rosters of the National League's two new teams, the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies. A total of 72 players are chosen. The best picks for Florida are Trevor Hoffman, eventually packaged for Gary Sheffield; Jeff Conine, and Cris Carpenter, later dealt to the Texas Rangers for Robb Nen. For Colorado, their best picks are Eric Young, Joe Girardi, Vinny Castilla, Armando Reynoso, Andy Ashby, Brad Ausmus, Charlie Hayes and Doug Bochtler. The next season, Ashby, Ausmus and Bochtler will go to the San Diego Padres in an ill-fated deal for pricey veteran pitchers Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris.
| Colorado Rockies | Florida Marlins | |||||||
| ## | PLAYER | POS | PREVIOUS TEAM | ## | PLAYER | POS | PREVIOUS TEAM | |
| 1 | David Nied | RHP | Atlanta Braves | 1 | Nigel Wilson | LF | Toronto Blue Jays | |
| 2 | Charlie Hayes | 3B | New York Yankees | 2 | Jose Martinez | RHP | New York Mets | |
| 3 | Darren Holmes | RHP | Milwaukee Brewers | 3 | Bret Barberie | SS | Montreal Expos | |
| 4 | Jerald Clark | OF | San Diego Padres | 4 | Trevor Hoffman | RHP | Cincinnati Reds | |
| 5 | Kevin Reimer | OF | Texas Rangers | 5 | Pat Rapp | RHP | San Francisco Giants | |
| 6 | Eric Young | 2B | Los Angeles Dodgers | 6 | Greg Hibbard | LHP | Chicago White Sox | |
| 7 | Jody Reed | 2B | Boston Red Sox | 7 | Chuck Carr | CF | St. Louis Cardinals | |
| 8 | Scott Aldred | LHP | Detroit Tigers | 8 | Darrell Whitmore | OF | Cleveland Indians | |
| 9 | Alex Cole | OF | Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | Eric Helfand | C | Oakland A's | |
| 10 | Joe Girardi | C | Chicago Cubs | 10 | Bryan Harvey | RHP | California Angels | |
| 11 | Willie Blair | RHP | Houston Astros | 11 | Jeff Conine | 1B-OF | Kansas City Royals | |
| 12 | Jay Owens | C | Minnesota Twins | 12 | Kip Yaughn | RHP | Baltimore Orioles | |
| 13 | Andy Ashby | RHP | Philadelphia Phillies | 13 | Jesus Tavarez | CF | Seattle Mariners | |
| 14 | Freddie Benavides | SS | Cincinnati Reds | 14 | Carl Everett | OF | New York Yankees | |
| 15 | Roberto Mejia | 2B | Los Angeles Dodgers | 15 | Dave Weathers | RHP | Toronto Blue Jays | |
| 16 | Doug Bochtler | RHP | Montreal Expos | 16 | John Johnstone | RHP | New York Mets | |
| 17 | Lance Painter | LHP | San Diego Padres | 17 | Ramon Martinez | SS | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| 18 | Butch Henry | LHP | Houston Astros | 18 | Steve Decker | C | San Francisco Giants | |
| 19 | Ryan Hawblitzel | RHP | Chicago Cubs | 19 | Cris Carpenter | RHP | St. Louis Cardinals | |
| 20 | Vinny Castilla | SS | Atlanta Braves | 20 | Jack Armstrong | RHP | Cleveland Indians | |
| 21 | Brett Merriman | RHP | California Angels | 21 | Scott Chiamparino | RHP | Texas Rangers | |
| 22 | Jim Tatum | 3B | Milwaukee Brewers | 22 | Tom Edens | RHP | Minnesota Twins | |
| 23 | Kevin Ritz | RHP | Detroit Tigers | 23 | Andres Berumen | RHP | Kansas City Royals | |
| 24 | Eric Wedge | C-1B | Boston Red Sox | 24 | Robert Person | RHP | Chicago White Sox | |
| 25 | Keith Shepherd | RHP | Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | Jim Corsi | RHP | Oakland A's | |
| 26 | Calvin Jones | RHP | Seattle Mariners | 26 | Richie Lewis | RHP | Baltimore Orioles | |
| 27 | Brad Ausmus | C | New York Yankees | 27 | Danny Jackson | LHP | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| 28 | Marcus Moore | RHP | Toronto Blue Jays | 28 | Bob Natal | C | Montreal Expos | |
| 29 | Armando Reynoso | RHP | Atlanta Braves | 29 | Jamie McAndrew | RHP | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| 30 | Steve Reed | RHP | San Francisco Giants | 30 | Junior Felix | RF | California Angels | |
| 31 | Mo Sanford | RHP | Cincinnati Reds | 31 | Kerwin Moore | CF | Kansas City Royals | |
| 32 | Pedro Castellano | 3B | Chicago Cubs | 32 | Ryan Bowen | RHP | Houston Astros | |
| 33 | Curtis Leskanic | RHP | Minnesota Twins | 33 | Scott Baker | LHP | St. Louis Cardinals | |
| 34 | Scott Fredrickson | RHP | San Diego Padres | 34 | Chris Donnels | 3B | New York Mets | |
| 35 | Braulio Castillo | OF | Philadelphia Phillies | 35 | Monty Fariss | LF | Texas Rangers | |
| 36 | Denis Boucher | LHP | Cleveland Indians | 36 | Jeff Tabaka | LHP | Milwaukee Brewers | |
