Shewmake played as a Rising-Freshman after graduating from Wyle East High School in Wylie, Texas prior to joining the Bananas later in the summer of 2016. Ultimately he played 10 games for the eventual CPL Champion Bananas, batting .290 across 31 at-bats with one double and seven RBIs. He went on to play for the USA Collegiate National Team in 2018 before being drafted this year after finishing his junior year at Texas A&M.
In total, all 16 CPL clubs saw a player selected in the 2019 draft, with former franchise the Petersburg Generals also being represented. The Savannah Bananas led the way with 12 former and current players selected, with Morehead City, Peninsula and Wilson coming in as a close second with 10 each. Next was HP-Thomasville with eight, followed by Holly Springs with seven and Martinsville with six players selected. Forest City saw five players come off the board with six other teams following with four players selected: Asheboro, Fayetteville, Florence, Lexington County, Macon and Wilmington. Rounding things out were Edenton with three, Gastonia with two and former CPL franchise Petersburg with one.
The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2019 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Braden Shewmake | Texas A&M | Atlanta | ’16 Savannah |
| 4 | 111 | Evan Edwards | NC State | Miami | ’16, ’17 HP-Thomasville |
| 4 | 123 | Matt Cronin | Arkansas | Washington | ’17 Holly Springs |
| 4 | 126 | Tim Elliot | Georgia | Seattle | ’18 Peninsula |
| 4 | 129 | Brenton Doyle | Shepherd | Colorado | ’18 Wilson |
| 5 | 155 | Connor Thomas | Georgia Tech | St. Louis | ’17 Lexington County |
| 6 | 179 | Sawyer Gipson | Mercer | Minnesota | ’18 Morehead City |
| 6 | 184 | Will Matthiesen | Stanford | Pittsburgh | ’17 Morehead City |
| 7 | 207 | L.J. Talley | Georgia | Toronto | ’17 Savannah |
| 8 | 228 | Griffin McLarty | College of Charleston | Baltimore | ’17 Fayetteville8 |
| 8 | 237 | Angel Camacho | Jacksonville | Toronto | ’16 Savannah |
| 8 | 246 | Ty Adcock | Elon | Seattle | ’17 HP-Thomasville |
| 9 | 258 | Clay Dungan | Indiana State | Kansas City | ’16, ’18 Savannah |
| 9 | 261 | Evan Brabrand | Liberty | Miami | ’17 Wilmington |
| 9 | 264 | TJ Hopkins | South Carolina | Cincinnati | ’16 Lexington County |
| 9 | 287 | Cody Scroggins | Arkansas | Boston | ’16 Wilmington |
| 10 | 289 | Anthony Veneziano | Coastal Carolina | Kansas City | ’17 Morehead City |
| 10 | 293 | Ethan Elliot | Lincoln Memorial | San Diego | ’18 Peninsula |
| 10 | 299 | Ben Gross | Duke | Minnesota | ’17 Holly Springs |
| 10 | 301 | Chad Sykes | UNC Greensboro | Los Angeles (AL) | ’16 Holly Springs |
| 10 | 308 | Jonathan Embry | Liberty | Tampa Bay | ’17, 18 Peninsula |
| 10 | 311 | Zac Ching | VCU | Los Angeles (NL) | ’17 Peninsula |
| 10 | 315 | Mitch Spence | USC Aiken | New York (AL) | ’17 Wilmington |
| 12 | 364 | Kyle Wilkie | Clemson | Pittsburgh | ’17 Martinsville |
| 13 | 385 | Ben Anderson | SUNY – Binghamton | Texas | ’18 Edenton |
| 13 | 392 | Cam Coursey | Georgia Gwinnett | Arizona | ’19 Fayetteville |
| 14 | 412 | Ted Stuka | UC San Diego | Detroit | ’17 Wilson |
| 14 | 430 | Ike Freeman | North Carolina | Cleveland | ’17 HP-Thomasville |
| 14 | 426 | Patrick Frick | Wake Forest | Seattle | ’18 Wilson |
| 15 | 458 | Brett Wisely | Gulf Coast State College | Tampa Bay | ’19 Savannah |
| 15 | 461 | Joe Vranesh | St. Mary’s | Los Angeles (NL) | ’18 Forest City |
| 16 | 468 | Shelton Perkins | James Madison | Baltimore | ’16 Savannah |
| 16 | 493 | Michael Wilson | Stony Brook | Milwaukee | ’17 Gastonia |
| 17 | 513 | Amos Willingham | Georgia Tech | Washington | ’18 Florence |
| 17 | 527 | Daniel Cody | Baldwin-Wallace | Houston | ’18 Wilson |
| 18 | 534 | Jason Ruffcorn | Oklahoma | Cincinatti | ’18 Savannah |
| 18 | 552 | Alex Moore | Lander | Chicago (NL) | ’17 Forest City |
| 18 | 555 | Evan Voliva | East Carolina | New York (AL) | ’15 Morehead City |
| 19 | 564 | Tyler Garbee | Mercyhurst | Cincinatti | ’17, ’18 Peninsula |
| 19 | 574 | Cory Wood | Coastal Carolina | Pittsburgh | ’17 Holly Springs |
| 20 | 589 | Cody Davenport | Central Arkansas | Kansas City | ’16 Petersburg |
| 20 | 598 | Matt O’Neill | Pennsylvania | New York (NL) | ’16 Morehead State |
| 20 | 606 | Cade Marlowe | West Georgia | Seattle | ’17 Morehead City / ’18 Savannah |
| 20 | 607 | Peyton Williams | Catawba | Atlanta | ’18, ’19 Asheboro |
| 20 | 609 | Yorvis Torrealba | Tampa | Colorado | ’18 Savannah |
| 21 | 622 | Scott McKeon | Coastal Carolina | Detroit | ’19 Holly Springs |
| 21 | 643 | Eddy Tavarez | Peru St College | Milwaukee | ’18 Wilson |
| 21 | 647 | Dylan Spacke | Long Beach State | Boston | ’17 Martinsville / ’18 Macon |
| 22 | 660 | Tucker Maxwell | Georgia | Philadelphia | ’18 Peninsula |
| 23 | 681 | Nic Ready | Air Force | Miami | ’16 Fayetteville |
| 23 | 696 | Caleb Ricca | Northwestern State | Seattle | ’19 Morehead City |
| 23 | 705 | Matt Minnick | Mercyhurst | New York (AL) | ’18 Macon |
| 24 | 716 | Evan Lumbert | Florida Gulf Coast | San Francisco | ’18 Morehead City |
| 24 | 717 | Spencer Horwitz | Radford | Toronto | ’17 Peninsula |
| 24 | 726 | Kipp Rollings | North Greenville | Seattle | ’17 Savannah |
| 25 | 741 | Jack Strunc | Creighton | Miami | ’18 Peninsula |
| 25 | 766 | EP Reese | Winston-Salem State | Houston | ’17, 18 HP-Thomasville |
| 25 | 754 | Ethan Goforth | Carson-Newman College | Pittsburgh | ’17 Martinsville |
| 26 | 784 | Ryan Troutman | Lander | Pittsburgh | ’18 Wilson |
| 26 | 792 | Riley King | Georgia | Atlanta | ’17 Florence / ’18 Macon |
| 27 | 804 | Matt Gill | Boston College | Cincinatti | ’18 Edenton |
| 27 | 810 | Tyler Adams | Indiana-Penn | Philadelphia | ’19 Wilson |
| 27 | 816 | Brock Minich | Nova Southeastern | Seattle | ’18 Forest City |
| 28 | 853 | Andre Nnebe | Santa Clara | Milwaukee | ’18 Wilson |
| 29 | 876 | Utah Jones | North Greenville | Seattle | ’17 Savannah |
| 29 | 882 | Jake Washer | East Carolina | Chicago (NL) | ’16 Holly Springs |
| 29 | 885 | Chase Illig | West Virginia | New York (AL) | ’16 Wilmington |
| 30 | 890 | Daniel Millwee | High Point | Chicago (AL) | ’16 HP-Thomasville |
| 30 | 906 | Cody Grosse | Southeastern Louisiana | Seattle | ’17 HP-Thomasville |
| 31 | 920 | Connor Reich | Texas State | Chicago (NL) | ’15 Wilson |
| 31 | 922 | Bryce Tassin | Southeastern Louisiana | Detorit | ’17 Asheboro |
| 31 | 937 | Greg Leban | Austin Peay | Atlanta | ’18 Martinsville |
| 31 | 940 | Jared Janczak | Texas Christian | Cleveland | ’15 Wilson |
| 32 | 948 | Harris Yett | Charlotte | Baltimore | ’16, ’17 Gastonia |
| 32 | 950 | Jonathan Allen | San Francisco | Chicago (NL) | ’17 Fayetteville |
| 32 | 961 | Chase Walter | Western Carolina | Los Angeles (AL) | ’17 HP-Thomasville |
| 32 | 964 | Jake Wright | Coastal Carolina | Pittsburgh | ’19 Holly Springs |
| 32 | 965 | Chandler Redmond | Gardner-Webb | St. Louis | ’18 Lexington County |
| 33 | 978 | Craig Lewis | Seton Hill | Baltimore | ’18 Morehead City |
| 33 | 1004 | Charles Hall | Tusculum College | Oakland | ’18 Edenton / ’19 Peninsula |
| 34 | 1029 | Ridge Chapman | South Carolina | Los Angeles (AL) | ’17 HP-Thomasville |
| 34 | 1018 | Ryan Shinn | Kentucky | New York (NL) | ’17 Martinsville |
| 35 | 1045 | Hunter Leon | NC A&T | Texas | ’17 Asheboro |
| 35 | 1067 | Chris Mauloni | Jacksonville | Boston | ’18 Savannah |
| 36 | 1081 | Keaton Weisz | Coastal Carolina | Los Angeles (AL) | ’17 Martinsville / ’18 Macon |
| 36 | 1085 | Kyle Skeels | Coastal Carolina | St. Louis | ’17 Morhead City |
| 37 | 1102 | Kolton Ingram | Columbus State | Detroit | ’17 Florence |
| 37 | 1107 | Andrew McInvale | Liberty | Toronto | ’18 Peninsula |
| 37 | 1102 | Kolton Ingram | Columbus State | Detroit | ’16, ’17 Florence |
| 39 | 1164 | AJ Bumpass | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | ’16 Forest City |
| 39 | 1168 | Nick Conti | Eckerd College | New York (NL) | ’17 Forest City |
| 40 | 1200 | Vito Friscia | Hofstra | Philadelphia | ’16, ’17 Asheboro |
| 40 | 1211 | Ty Haselman | UCLA | Los Angeles (NL) | ’17, ’18 Lexington County |