| NXPL 1970 DRAFT GRID | Draft Spot | ||||||
| TEAM | FRANCHISE PICK | 1ST RND | 2ND RND | 3RD RND | 4TH RND | 5TH RND | |
| Baltimore Orioles (BAL) | Bobby Grich | Don Baylor | Larry Biittner | Steve Brye | Harry Parker | Rich McKinney | 15 |
| Boston Red Sox (BRS) | John Curtis | Roger Moret | Doug Griffin | Bob Montgomery | Pass | Pass | 8 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers (BRO) | Charlie Hough | Tom Paciorek | Dick Ellsworth | Tom Grieve | Denny Doyle | Luis Melendez | 7 |
| Chicago Cubs (CHC) | Larry Gura | Ken Singleton | Bill Gogolewski | Ted Martinez | Ken Wright | Ed Acosta | 11 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | Jerry Janeski | Cesar Cedeno | Mickey Rivers | Al Gallagher | Larry Howard | Norm McRae | 3 |
| Cincinnati Roadwarriors (CIN) | Dave Concepion | Don Gullet | Wayne Twitchell | John Lamb | Fred Cambria | Jose Ortiz | 14 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | John Lowenstein | Ken Forsch | Milt Wilcox | Frank Duffy | Vince Colbert | Pass | 4 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | Elliott Maddox | Lerrin LaGrow | Mike Corkins | Jack Heideman | Jim Nelson | Don Hanh | 1 |
| Kansas City A's (KCA) | Jim Driscoll | Dave LaRoche | Johnny Oates | Rich Hand | Pass | Pass | 16 |
| Milwaukee Braves (MIL) | Earl Williams | Wayne Simpson | Skip Pitlock | Mike Davison | Paul Ratliff | Jim Magnuson | 2 |
| Minnesota Twins (MIN) | Bert Blyleven | Jeff Burroughs | Leroy Stanton | Jackie Brown | Rich Folkers | John Strohmayer | 13 |
| New York Giants (NYG) | Ed Goodson | Sandy Vance | Greg Garrett | Ron Cook | Pass | Pass | 9 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) | Steve Kline | Tim Foli (PIT) | Roger Metzger CWS) | Denny Riddleberger | Oscar Brown | Dave Robinson | 12 |
| Philadelphia Phillies (PHI) | Larry Bowa | Greg Luzinski | Joe Ferguson | Steve Dunning (CLV) | Balor Moore | Don Carrithers | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT) | Gene Clines | Paul Splittorff | Milt May | Danny Thompson | Dick Colpaert | Boots Day | 6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (STL) | Al Hrabosky | Jose Cruz Sr | Steve Mingori | Jim York | Pass | Pass | 10 |
| 1. The Braves trade Ray Lamb to the Cubs for Paul Popovich | |||||||
| 2, The Yankees trade Fritz Peterson and Gene Michael to the Roadwarriors for Andy Messersmith, Leo Cardenas and Horciao Pina | |||||||
| 3. The Yankees cut Joe Nossek | |||||||
| 4. The Yankees trade #1 pick in 70 to the Cubs for Jim McGlothlin | |||||||
| 5. The Yankees cut Floyd Wicker | |||||||
| 6. The Yankees send Horacio Pina and their third round pick (1970) to the Tigers for Ken Tatum | |||||||
| 7. Cleveland trades Jay Johnstone to Philadelphia for Jim Nash and Philly's 3rd round pick for 1970 | |||||||
| 8. NY Yankees trade Jim Northup to KC A's for Jim Hickman | |||||||
| 9, NY Yankees trade Rd 2 pick to Chicago White Sox for Danny Combs | |||||||
| 10. NY Yankees trade Andy Messersmith and Brant Alyea to Baltimore for Dave McNally, Marcelino Lopez, and Merv Rettenmund | |||||||
| 11. NY Yankees cut Ron Law and Jack Fisher | |||||||
| 12. Brooklyn trades Mike Kilkenny to Baltimore for Bob Burda | |||||||
| 13. Chicago Cubs trade pick # 1.15 to Pittsburgh for Tug McGraw | |||||||
| Draft ended-all trades now for 1970 | |||||||
| 1. NY Yankees trade # 1 and # 3 picks (1971) to Minnesota for Ron Hunt | |||||||
| 2. The Yankees trade Horace Clarke, George Culver, Lowell Palmer, and NYY 2nd rd pick (1971) to the Braves for Wayne Simpson and Paul Popovich. | |||||||
| 3. Cleveland trades Jim Perry to Cincinnati for Frank Robinson | |||||||
| 4. Cleveland trades Tommie Agee to Milwaukee for Bill Hands | |||||||
| 5. St.Louis Cardinals trade Jose Cruz Sr. to The Cinicinnati Roadwarriers for Don Gullett | |||||||
| 6. Yanks send Graig Nettles and Thurman Munson to the Cubs for Joe Torre, Ron Santo, and Johnny Edwards. | |||||||
| 7. Baltimore trades Wilhelm, Bunker, Alyea & Hinton to Chicago Cubs for Oscar Gamble | |||||||
| 8. Cincinnati sends WIllie Montanez, Gene Michael and Ken Harrelson to Detroit for Fred Gladding, Horatio Pina and Wayne Granger | |||||||
| 9. Detroit releases Bill Denehy | |||||||
| 10.Cincinnati trades Dick Hall and Fritz Peterson to St. Louis for Lindy McDaniel and Jack Aker | |||||||
| 11. Cubs trade Gary Ross and # 2 pick to St. Louis for Mike Epstein | |||||||
| 12. Cincinnati trades Cin 2nd Pick, 3rd Round Pick, Tony Perez and Claude Osteen to St. Louis for Steve Mingori, Bob Gibson and St L 2nd Round pick | |||||||
| 13. Baltimore trades Pat Jarvis to NY Yankees for Alan Foster | |||||||