The Coastal Plain League announced Friday that 67 players, both former and players signed for the 2004 season, were drafted in the 2004 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. A list that featured 24 players selected in the first 10 rounds was highlighted by Justin Verlander. Verlander, who played for the Wilson Tobs in 2002, went in the first round, second pick overall by the Detroit Tigers. Also taken in the first round of the draft were Wade Townsend, who played for Thomasville in 2002, Bill Bray, who played for the Asheboro Copperheads in 2002, and Landon Powell, who played for the Wilmington Sharks in 2001.
The complete list of CPL players drafted follows:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Justin Verlander | Old Dominion | Detriot | ’02 Wilson |
| 1 | 8 | Wade Townsend | Rice | Baltimore | ’02 Thomasville |
| 1 | 13 | Bill Bray | UNC William & Mary | Montreal | ’02 Asheboro |
| 1 | 24 | Landon Powell | South Carolina | Oakland | ’01 Wilmington |
| 3 | 100 | John Bowker | Long Beach State | San Francisco | ’02 Peninsula |
| 4 | 120 | Donnie Smith | Old Dominion | St. Louis | ’02 Peninsula |
| 4 | 124 | Lou Santangelo | Clemson | Houston | ’02 Petersburg |
| 4 | 126 | Chris Shaver | William & Mary | Chicago (NL) | ’02, ’03 Peninsula |
| 5 | 144 | Greg Bunn | East Carolina | Montreal | ’02 Wilson |
| 5 | 146 | Cesar Nicolas | Vanderbilt | Arizona | ’01 Florence |
| 6 | 162 | Jonathan Ellis | The Citadel | San Diego | ’03 Durham |
| 6 | 173 | Josh LeBlanc | Southern | Anaheim | ’03 Gastonia |
| 7 | 200 | Jake Postlewait | Oregon State | Colorado | ’01 Outer Banks |
| 7 | 208 | Barry Richmond | Spartanburg Methodist | Los Angeles | ’04 Fayetteville |
| 7 | 211 | John Williams | Middle Tennessee State | Minnesota | ’01 Florence |
| 7 | 213 | Sebastian Boucher | Bethune-Cookman | Seattle | ’03 Petersburg |
| 8 | 237 | Chip Cannon | The Citadel | Toronto | ’02, ’03 Thomasville |
| 8 | 243 | Marshall Hubbard | North Carolina | Seattle | ’02,’03 Outer Banks |
| 8 | 244 | Evan Englebrook | Shippensburg | Houston | ’03 Edenton |
| 9 | 258 | Trevor Lawhorn | East Carolina | Cincinnati | ’02 Wilmington |
| 10 | 291 | Justin Maxwell | Maryland | Texas | ’02 Outer Banks |
| 10 | 305 | Steve Pearce | South Carolina | Boston | ’04 Fayetteville |
| 10 | 308 | Brett Carroll | Middle Tennessee State | Florida | ’03 Florence |
| 10 | 309 | Ben Scheinbaum | UNLV | New York (AL) | ’02 Thomasville |
| 11 | 326 | Darryl Lawhorn | East Carolina | Arizona | ’02 Wilmington |
| 11 | 331 | Kyle Aselton | Oregon State | Minnesota | ’04 Edenton |
| 12 | 344 | Jeff Landing | Virginia Tech | New York (NL) | ’02, ’03, ’04 Thomasville |
| 12 | 364 | Bryan Triplett | South Carolina | Houston | ’03 Asheboro |
| 12 | 368 | Jeff Gogal | Montclair State | Florida | ’02 Petersburg |
| 13 | 397 | Scott Drucker | Tennessee | Oakland | ’02 Gastonia |
| 14 | 411 | Tug Hulett | Auburn | Texas | ’02 Peninsula |
| 14 | 428 | Patrick Hogan | Clemson | Florida | ’00, ’01 Florence |
| 15 | 460 | Jeff Palumbo | George Mason | San Francisco | ’02 Outer Banks |
| 16 | 476 | Mark Reynolds | Virginia | Arizona | ’03 Fayetteville |
| 17 | 510 | Chris Noonan | Seton Hall | St. Louis | ’02 Petersburg |
| 17 | 518 | Barry Gunther | Mississippi | Florida | ’02 Thomasville |
| 18 | 536 | Vince Davis | Southern | Arizona | ’03 Gastonia |
| 18 | 537 | Joey McLaughlin | Oklahoma City | Toronto | ’02 Petersburg |
| 18 | 544 | Chris Clark | Eastern Kentucky | Houston | ’03 Petersburg |
| 20 | 594 | Wendell Yost | Averett | Montreal | ’02 Petersburg / ’03 Fayetteville |
| 21 | 620 | Matt Prendergast | Virginia Commonwealth | Colorado | ’03 Peninsula |
| 21 | 623 | Stan Posluszny | West Virginia | Anaheim | ’04 Wilmington |
| 21 | 635 | Chuck Jeroloman | Auburn | Boston | ’02 Peninsula |
| 22 | 662 | Anthony Buffone | Maryland | Philadelphia | ’02 Outer Banks |
| 22 | 668 | Chris Mobley | Middle Tennessee State | Florida | ’03 Florence |
| 22 | 671 | Gary Harp | Middle Tennessee State | Atlanta | ’01 Florence |
| 23 | 696 | Chris Gaskin | Manhattan College | Chicago (NL) | ’03, ’04 Gastonia |
| 25 | 744 | Steven Cook | UNC Asheville | Montreal | ’03 Gastonia |
| 25 | 745 | Garrick Evans | Clemson | Kansas City | ’03 Spartanburg |
| 26 | 787 | Steven Carter | Coastal Carolina | Oakland | ’01 Asheboro |
| 27 | 795 | Matt Goyen | Georgia College & State | Tampa Bay | ’02 Wilmington |
| 28 | 823 | Brian Hensen | Elon | Detroit | ’03 Wilmington |
| 28 | 850 | Charlie Babineaux | Mississippi | San Francisco | ’01 Thomasville |
| 29 | 863 | Billy Edwards | Memphis | Anaheim | ’01 Florence |
| 31 | 914 | Erin Jones | Francis Marion | New York (NL) | ’01 Florence |
| 31 | 930 | Daniel Baysinger | Cornell | St. Louis | ’03 Durham |
| 32 | 962 | Nick Shimer | George Mason | Philadelphia | ’03 Edenton |
| 32 | 964 | Neil Sellers | Eastern Kentucky | Houston | ’03 Petersburg |
| 33 | 990 | Michael Gross | North Carolina | St. Louis | ’01 Edenton |
| 34 | 1014 | Brett Campbell | Kennesaw State / Georgia | Montreal | ’01 Petersburg |
| 35 | 1049 | Evan Tartaglia | Elon | Chicago (AL) | ’03 Asheboro |
| 36 | 1074 | Todd Nicholas | Troy State | Montreal | ’03 Edenton |
| 36 | 1077 | David Hicks | North Carolina State | Toronto | ’01 Asheboro |
| 37 | 1102 | Tim Rice | Richmond | Pittsburgh | ’04 Petersburg |
| 37 | 1118 | Juan Figueroa | Bethune-Cookman | Florida | ’03 Petersburg |
| 38 | 1131 | Craig Hurba | Mount Olive | Texas | ’03 Fayetteville |
| 39 | 1170 | Sam Herbert | Cal Poly | St. Louis | ’02 Thomasville |