The Coastal Plain League announced Thursday that 78 players, both former and current, were selected during the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Chad Pinder, a former Peninsula Pilot in 2011, highlighted this year’s CPL draft class after hearing his name called in the new competitive balance round that followed round two. He went 71st overall to the Oakland Athletics, two spots before 2011 Forest City Owl Colby Suggs was drafted 73rd overall to the Miami Marlins. A total of 15 CPL players were taken in the first 10 rounds of this year’s draft, giving the CPL over 1,000 alums taken in the draft since its inception in 1997.
All of the CPL’s current 14 clubs had a player taken in the 2013 draft. The Columbia Blowfish led the way with 13 former and current players selected. Forest City was next with ten followed closely by Peninsula who saw eight Pilots get drafted. Four teams: Florence, Asheboro, Fayetteville, and High Point-Thomasville each tallied six picks apiece. Next were Morehead City, Wilmington, Wilson, and former CPL franchise, Outer Banks, who each saw five alums selected, while Martinsville had four. Gastonia followed with three, while Petersburg and Edenton rounded out the field with two a piece.
The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2013 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB-B | 71 | Chad Pinder | Virginia Tech | Oakland | ‘11 Peninsula |
| CB-B | 73 | Colby Suggs | Arkansas | Miami | ‘11 Forest City |
| 3 | 93 | Mike Mayers | Ole Miss | St. Louis | ‘11 HP-Thomasville |
| 5 | 156 | Buck Farmer | Georgia Tech | Detroit | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 5 | 160 | Joe Jackson | The Citadel | Texas | ‘11 Columbia |
| 8 | 247 | Nate Smith | Furman | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘12 Asheboro |
| 9 | 257 | Brian Holberton | North Carolina | Houston | ‘11 Wilson |
| 9 | 265 | Chad Girodo | Mississippi | Toronto | ‘11 Wilson |
| 9 | 267 | Jacob Zokan | College of Charleston | Seattle | ‘10 Columbia |
| 9 | 273 | Nick Blount | Southern Polytechnic St. | Chicago (AL) | ‘10 HP-Thomasville/ ‘11 Wilson |
| 10 | 289 | Michael Tauchman | Bradley | Colorado | ‘12 Fayetteville |
| 10 | 293 | Taylor Grover | USC-Aiken | Boston | ‘13 Forest City |
| 10 | 297 | Emilio Pagan | Belmont | Seattle | ‘12 Wilmington |
| 10 | 298 | Justin Livengood | UNC-Wilmington | San Diego | ‘12 Wilmington |
| 10 | 314 | Tyler Webb | South Carolina | New York (AL) | ‘10 Columbia |
| 11 | 318 | Jacob Hankins | Austin Peay | Chicago (NL) | ‘11 Outer Banks |
| 11 | 322 | CoCo Johnson | Louisville | Miami | ‘13 HP-Thomasville |
| 11 | 341 | Lou Trivino | Slippery Rock | Oakland | ‘12 Florence |
| 12 | 347 | Chase McDonald | East Carolina | Houston | ‘11,‘13 Morehead City |
| 12 | 357 | Justin Seager | UNC Charlotte | Seattle | ‘13 Gastonia |
| 12 | 363 | Tyler Shryock | Cal-State Bakersville | Chicago (AL) | ‘13 Asheboro |
| 12 | 373 | Ryan Gunter | Charleston Southern | Atlanta | ‘12 Columbia |
| 14 | 412 | Scott Carcaise | Florida Tech | Miami | ‘13 Martinsville |
| 14 | 431 | James Lomangino | St. Johns | Oakland | ‘13 Asheboro |
| 14 | 434 | Caleb Smith | Sam Houston | New York (AL) | ‘11,‘13 Morehead City |
| 15 | 462 | Eugene Escalante | Mount Olive | San Francisco | ‘12 Peninsula |
| 16 | 474 | Kevin McCarthy | Marist | Kansas City | ‘12 Edenton |
| 17 | 498 | Kevin Freeman | North Carolina AT&T | Chicago (NL) | ‘11 Asheboro |
| 17 | 510 | Ryan Gebhardt | Louisiana Tech | Arizona | ‘12 Columbia |
| 17 | 526 | Geoffrey Perrott | Rice | Washington | ‘11 Morehead City |
| 18 | 533 | Joe Gunkel | West Chester | Boston | ‘11 Morehead City |
| 18 | 540 | Ryan Kinsella | Elon | Arizona | ‘11 HP-Thomasville |
| 18 | 542 | Clint Terry | Lee | Milwaukee | ‘12 Gastonia/ ‘13 Peninsula |
| 18 | 556 | Cory Bafidis | Texas Wesleyan | Washington | ‘12 Florence |
| 19 | 569 | Brett McKinney | Ohio St. | Pittsburgh | ‘10 Asheboro |
| 19 | 570 | Jacob Mayers | Richmond | Arizona | ‘10 Petersburg/ ‘12 Wilmington |
| 19 | 573 | Adam Engel | Lousiville | Chicago (AL) | ‘11 Florence |
| 19 | 576 | Austin Pritcher | The Citadel | Detroit | ‘11 Columbia |
| 20 | 590 | Jason Kanzler | Buffalo | Minnesota | ‘12 Edenton |
| 20 | 595 | Chaz Frank | North Carolina | Toronto | ‘11 HP-Thomasville |
| 20 | 597 | Daniel Torres | Saint Leo | Seattle | ‘12 Columbia |
| 20 | 601 | Corey Bass | North Florida | Philadelphia | ‘10, ‘12 Morehead City |
| 21 | 643 | Tyler Brosius | Walters State | Atlanta | ‘13 HP-Thomasville |
| 22 | 654 | Andrew Brockett | Richmond | Kansas City | ‘12 Wilmington |
| 22 | 674 | Derek Toadvine | Kent State | New York (AL) | ‘13 Forest City |
| 22 | 675 | Layne Somsen | South Dakota St. | Cincinnati | ‘12 Fayetteville |
| 23 | 691 | Christopher O’Hare | Fisher College | Philadelphia | ‘10 Outer Banks |
| 23 | 693 | Trey Wimmer | Liberty | Chicago (AL) | ‘12 Forest City |
| 23 | 698 | Richard Teasley | Saint Leo | Tampa Bay | ‘11, ‘12 Petersburg |
| 23 | 701 | Josh Miller | USC-Aiken | Oakland | ‘11Florence/ ‘12 Columbia |
| 25 | 742 | Sean Townsley | High Point | Miami | ‘11 Florence |
| 25 | 750 | Bud Jeter | Presbyterian | Arizona | ‘13 Wilson |
| 25 | 760 | Chris Dula | Catawba | Texas | ‘11, ‘13 Wilmington |
| 26 | 767 | William Chrismon | East Carolina | Houston | ‘11 Peninsula |
| 26 | 769 | Matt Pierpont | Winthrop | Colorado | ‘11 Outer Banks |
| 26 | 772 | Adam Westmoreland | South Carolina | Miami | ‘10 Columbia/ ‘12 Fayetteville |
| 27 | 798 | Tyler Sciacca | Outer Banks | Chicago (NL) | ‘11 Outer Banks |
| 27 | 799 | Daniel Palo | Middle Tennessee | Colorado | ‘11 Florence |
| 27 | 815 | Jake Stone | Tennessee Wesleyan | St. Louis | ‘10 Outer Banks/ ‘12 Martinsville |
| 27 | 821 | Ryan Huck | Western Kentucky | Oakland | ‘11 Peninsula |
| 29 | 880 | Justin Sprenger | Tennessee Wesleyan | Texas | ‘12 Martinsville |
| 30 | 892 | Eric Fisher | Arkansas | Miami | ‘11 Forest City |
| 30 | 907 | Cambric Moye | UNC-Greensboro | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘12, ‘13 Wilson |
| 30 | 909 | Federico Castagnini | Creighton | Baltimore | ‘12 Columbia |
| 31 | 925 | Brison Celek | South Carolina | Toronto | ‘10, ‘11 Columbia |
| 31 | 930 | Joel Thys | Arizona Christian | Arizona | ‘12 Fayetteville |
| 31 | 946 | Willie Medina | High Point | Washington | ‘12 Asheboro |
| 32 | 968 | Anthony Tzamtzis | N.C. State | Tampa Bay | ‘10 Forest City |
| 33 | 977 | Tyler White | Western Carolina | Houston | ‘10, ‘11 Gastonia |
| 33 | 997 | Colin O’Keefe | Virginia Tech | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘12 Peninsula |
| 34 | 1025 | Nick Lomascolo | Catawba College | St. Louis | ‘10-,‘12 Forest City |
| 34 | 1034 | Hector Crespo | Appalachian State | New York (AL) | ‘11 Forest City |
| 35 | 1051 | Nick Ferdinand | Delaware | Philadelphia | ‘11, ‘12 Martinsville |
| 36 | 1067 | J.D Osborne | Wofford | Houston | ‘10 Forest City/ ‘12 Columbia |
| 37 | 1122 | Will Callaway | Appalachian State | San Francisco | ‘11 Columbia |
| 38 | 1155 | Dan Grauer | Elon | Cincinnati | ‘12, ‘13 Peninsula |
| 40 | 1187 | Tyler Brunnemann | Hardin-Simmons | Houston | ‘12 Fayetteville |