Coastal Plain League Announces 101 Players Selected in 2017 MLB Draft

Updated June 16 2017
HOLLY SPRNGS, N.C.

The Coastal Plain League announced that 101 players, both former and current, were selected during the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. This marks the most former CPL players selected since the draft moved to only 40 rounds from the previous of 50 that ended in 2011.

Clarke Schmidt, a former 2015 Florence RedWolf, was the first CPL alum to have his name called, going in the first round 16th overall to the New York Yankees. Schmidt was followed by former 2015 Holly Springs player Brian Miller who went 36th overall in the Competitive Balance Round that followed round one. A total of 22 CPL players were taken in the first 10 rounds of this year’s draft, added to the rest of the selections it pushes the CPL over 1,400 alums taken in the draft since its inception in 1997.

All of the CPL’s current 15 clubs saw a player selected in the 2017 draft. The Lexington County Blowfish led the way with 13 former and current players selected each, with Morehead City coming in as a close second with 12. Asheboro, Fayetteville, Forest City, High-Point Thomasville, Wilmington and Wilson followed with eight each, followed by Holly Springs with seven. Edenton, Martinsville and Peninsula were next with five, while Savannah had four. Rounding out the field were Florence and former CPL franchise Petersburg with three a piece, followed by Gastonia with two former players taken in the draft.

The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2017 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:

                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Coastal Plain League Alumni Drafted In 2017 Major League Draft
Round Overall Player College/University MLB Team Drafted By CPL Team(s)
1 16 Clarke Schmidt South Carolina New York (AL) ‘15 Florence
CBA 36 Brian Miller North Carolina Miami ‘15 Holly Springs
2 44 Drew Ellis Louisville Arizona ‘15 HP-Thomasville
2 65 Wil Crowe South Carolina Washington ‘16 Lexington
3 101 Brett Netzer Charlotte Boston ‘17 Savannah
3 103 Matt Whatley Oral Roberts Texas ‘15 Wilmington
4 106 Charlie Barnes Clemson Minnesota ‘15 Lexington
5 140 Bruce Zimmerman Mount Olive Arizona ‘15 Forest City
5 154 Mac Sceroler Southeastern Louisiana Cincinnati ‘15 HP-Thomasville
5 157 Matt Winaker Stanford New York (AL) ‘15 Morehead City
5 162 Austen Wade Texas Christian Cleveland ‘15 Petersburg
6 180 Tyler Zuber Arkansas State Kansas City ‘14 Forest City
7 203 Nick Maton Lincoln Land CC Philadelphia ‘16 Fayetteville
8 230 John Luke Curtis Lenoir-Rhyne Atlanta ‘16 Morehead City
8 235 Connor Riley USC-Aiken Los Angeles (AL) ‘16 Wilmington
8 250 Rylan Bannon Xavier Los Angeles (NL) ‘16 Savannah
9 268 Bligh Madris Colorado Mesa Pittsburgh ‘15 Fayetteville
9 272 Austin Gardner UT-Arlington New York (AL) ‘15, ‘16 HP-Thomasville
9 278 T.J. Nichting Charlotte Baltimore ‘16 Asheboro
10 295 Daniel Procopio Niagara Los Angeles (AL) ‘16 Lexington County
10 298 Beau Sulser Dartmouth Pittsburgh ‘16 Savannah
10 311 Jordan Wren Georgia Southern Boston ‘16 Lexington
11 333 JP Sears Citadel Seattle ‘16 Lexington
13 390 Cason Sherrod Texas A&M Kansas City ‘15 Wilson
13 405 Austin Upshaw Kennesaw State Chicago (NL) ‘15 Fayetteville
14 410 Keith Weisenberg Stanford Atlanta ‘16 Morehead City
14 417 Alex Destino South Carolina Chicago (AL) ‘15 Wilmington
14 423 Trevor Casanova El Camino College Seattle ‘17 Fayetteville
14 430 Josh McClain NC State Los Angeles (NL) ‘15 Holly Springs
14 434 Alex Eubanks Clemson Texas ‘15 Wilson
15 441 Josh Reagan South Carolina Oakland ‘14 Columbia / ‘15 Florence
15 446 Colton Hathcock Memphis Colorado ‘15 Morehead City
15 455 Teddy Hoffman Texas State Detroit ‘15, ‘16 HP-Thomasville
16 477 Logan Taylor Louisville Chicago (AL) ‘14 HP-Thomasville
16 483 Orlando Razo UC Davis Seattle ‘14 Forest City
16 486 John Russell Connecticut San Francisco ‘16 Edenton
18 527 John Ghyzel Rochester Cincinnati ‘16, ‘17 Forest City
18 541 Tim Hardy Tuscolum College Houston ‘17 Holly Springs
18 553 Nick Choruby Texas A&M Washington ‘15 Martinsville / ‘16 Savannah
19 556 Jordan Gore Coastal Carolina Minnesota ‘14, ‘15, ‘17 Florence
19 583 Jonathan Pryor Wake Forest Washington ‘15 Martinsville
19 585 Chris Singleton Charleston Southern Chicago (NL) ‘16 Lexington County
20 590 Justin Smith St. Johns River State Atlanta ‘17 Lexington County
20 609 Tanner Kirwer Niagara Toronto ‘16 Morehead City
20 614 Jake Cousins Pennsylvania Washington ‘15 Edenton
21 620 Jeffrey Johnstone Wake Forest Atlanta ‘15 Wilmington
21 627 John Parke South Carolina Chicago (AL) ‘14, ‘15 Wilmington
21 631 Chas McCormick Millersville Houston ‘16 Lexington
21 632 Bryan Blanton Catawba New York (AL) ‘14, ‘17 Asheboro
21 633 Connor Hoover North Georgia Seattle ‘17 Morehead City
21 636 Logan Baldwin Georgia Southern San Francisco ‘16 Wilson
22 647 Justin Bellinger Duke Cincinnati ‘14 Wilmington / ‘15 Ashbeoro / ‘16 Wilson
22 651 Bryce Conley Georgia State Oakland ‘14 Wilmington
22 672 Clark Scolamiero North Greenville Cincinnati ‘15 Wilson/ ‘16 Wilmington / ‘17 Lexington County
23 679 Zack Mozingo Mount Olive Tampa Bay ‘16 Wilson
23 686 Danny Edgewoth Mercer Colorado ‘15, ‘16 Lexington County
23 693 Sam Delaplane Eastern Michigan Seattle ‘14 Morehead City
24 725 Jordan Knutson Missouri State Detroit ‘14 Morehead City
24 724 St. Clair Thomas Lenoir-Rhyne St. Louis ‘15 Peninsula
24 731 Charlie Madden Mercer Boston ‘16 Lexington County
25 761 Kory Behenna Wingate Boston ‘16 Holly Springs
26 773 Quincy Nieporte Florida State Philadelphia ‘14 Morehead City
26 784 Paul Balestrieri Cornell St. Louis ‘15 Asheboro
26 786 Kyle McPherson James Madison San Francisco ‘15 Petersburg/ ‘16 Peninsula
26 790 Devin Hemmerich Norfolk/td> Los Angeles (NL) ‘14, ‘15, ‘16 Peninsula
26 792 Tommy DeJuneas NC State Cleveland ‘15 Holly Springs
27 801 Ben Spitznagel UNC Greensboro Oakland ‘15 HP-Thomasville
27 804 Cody Martin Tampa Milwaukee ‘15 Petersburg
27 805 Brandon Sandoval Vanguard Los Angeles (AL) ‘15 Edenton
27 812 Alex Mauricio Norfolk New York (AL) ‘16 Peninsula
27 814 Kodi Whitley Mount Olive St. Louis ‘14, ‘15 Fayetteville
28 853 Nic Perkins Drury Washington ‘16 Asheboro / ‘17 Fayetteville
29 857 AJ Bumpass Cincinnati Cincinnati ‘16 Forest City
29 859 Ryan Askew Mercer Tampa Bay ‘15 Edenton
30 888 Chandler Seagle Appalachian State San Diego ‘16 Martinsville
30 908 Will Robertson Davidson Baltimore ‘14 Forest City
30 915 Cam Balego Mercyhurst Chicago (NL) ‘16 Wilson
31 938 Robbie Thorburn UNC Wilmington Baltimore ‘15 Holly Springs
31 945 Ramsey Romano Long Beach Chicago (NL) ‘14 Morehead City
32 946 Nick Brown William & Mary Minnesota ‘15 Asheboro
32 948 Matthew Batten Quinnipiac San Diego ‘16 Morehead City
32 951 Caleb Evans Liberty Oakland ‘16 Peninsula
32 967 Kaylor Chafin Texas A&M New York (NL) ‘16 HP-Thomasville
32 969 Jacob Condra-Bogan Georgia Southern Toronto ‘14 Florence
33 979 Ivan Pelaez Faulkner Tampa Bay ‘16 Asheboro
33 996 Peyton Maddox Virginia Military San Francisco ‘17 Fayetteville
34 1009 Trey Hair Evansville Tampa Bay ‘15, ‘16 Edenton
34 1010 Ricky Negron Tampa Atlanta ‘14 Morehead City
34 1018 Mason Ward Kennesaw State Pittsburgh ‘16 Gastonia
34 1028 Timothy Naughton NC State Baltimore ‘15 Forest City
35 1042 Zachary Almond Catawba Arizona ‘16 HP-Thomasville
35 1045 Brady Feigl Ole Miss Los Angeles (AL) ‘16 Asheboro
35 1050 Reed Rohlman Clemson Kansas City ‘15, ‘16 Lexington County
36 1079 Josh Alberius Arkansas Miami ‘13 Martinsville
36 1088 Tyler Coolbaugh Angelo State Baltimore ‘14 Fayetteville
37 1121 Carson Teel Oklahoma State Boston ‘15 Wilson
38 1130 Adam Groesbeck Air Force Atlanta ‘16 Forest City
38 1139 Cody Roberts North Carolina Miami ‘16 Holly Springs
38 1149 Marcus Reyes San Diego State Toronto ‘16 Martinsville
39 1174 Christopher Hunt Henderson State St. Louis ‘16 Gastonia
39 1181 Ridge Chapman Spartanburg Methodist Boston ‘17 Lexington County

The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. Celebrating its 21st season in 2017, the CPL features 15 teams playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The CPL has had nearly 1,400 alumni drafted and 99 of those – including 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young winner Justin Verlander – make their Major League debut; while another notable alum – Russell Wilson – won Super Bowl XLVIII. For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com and follow us via Twitter @CPLBaseball.

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