The Coastal Plain League announced that 111 players, both former and players signed for the 2010 season, were drafted in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. A list that featured 15 players selected in the first 10 rounds was highlighted by two alums – Deck McGuire and Asher Wojciechowski – taken on day one. McGurie (Georgia Tech), a former Peninsula Pilots ace, went 11th overall to Toronto, while former Thomasville HiToms pitcher Asher Wojciechowski (The Citadel) was the 41st pick of the Blue Jays.
The Coastal Plain League has now had over 100 players drafted in each of the last three Major League Baseball Drafts. Twenty-nine of the 30 MLB teams selected at least one CPL alum in 2010; and all exisiting clubs had at least one alum drafted. The Thomasville HiToms led with 13 players drafted, while the Peninsula Pilots followed with 12. Next, was the Florence RedWolves with 11; and Forest City Owls (Spartanburg included) and Wilmington Sharks with 10 alums taken each; while the Fayetteville SwampDogs, Gastonia Grizzlies and Petersburg Generals each had nine players drafted. The Outer Banks Daredevils, Martinsville Mustangs, and Wilson Tobs were next with seven each. The Columbia Blowfish and the Morehead City Marlins (New Bern included) had five each. Finally, the Edenton Steamers and Asheboro Copperheads rounded things out with three and two alums taken respectively.
The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2010 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Deck McGuire | Georgia Tech | Toronto | ’08 Peninsula |
| 1-S | 41 | Asher Wojciechowski | The Citadel | Toronto | ’09 Thomasville |
| 2 | 70 | Andrelton Simmons | Western Oklahoma State | Atlanta | ’10 Gastonia |
| 3 | 89 | Blake Forsythe | Tennessee | New York (NL) | ’08 Thomasville |
| 3 | 102 | Pat Dean | Boston College | Minnesota | ’08, ’09 Thomasville |
| 3 | 105 | Carter Jurica | Kansas State | San Francisco | ’08 Fayetteville |
| 4 | 123 | Bobby Doran | Texas Tech | Houston | ’08 Florence |
| 4 | 140 | Russell Wilson | N.C. State | Colorado | ’09 Gastonia |
| 5 | 153 | Ben Heath | Penn State | Houston | ’08 Petersburg / ’09 Martinsville |
| 5 | 168 | Heath Hembree | College of Charleston | San Francisco | ’08, ’09 Forest City |
| 6 | 189 | Cody Hawn | Tennessee | Milwaukee | ’08 Wilson |
| 8 | 265 | Kyle Roller | East Carolina | New York (AL) | ’07 Thomasville |
| 9 | 266 | Aaron Barrett | Mississippi | Washington | ’09 Thomasville |
| 9 | 275 | A.J. Kirby-Jones | Tennessee Tech | Oakland | ’10 Peninsula |
| 9 | 286 | Zackary Osborne | Louisiana Lafayette | Texas | ’08 Martinsville |
| 11 | 329 | Alex McClure | Middle Tennessee State | Kansas City | ’10 Forest City |
| 11 | 332 | Adam Kolarek | Maryland | New York (NL) | ’09, ’10 Outer Banks |
| 12 | 361 | Blake Cooper | South Carolina | Arizona | ’07 Columbia |
| 12 | 374 | Barrett Kleinknecht | Francis Marion | Atlanta | ’07, ’08, ’09 Florence |
| 12 | 383 | Garrett Rau | California Baptist | Boston | ’09 Wilson |
| 13 | 399 | Michael White | Walters State C.C. | Milwaukee | ’10 Martinsville |
| 13 | 408 | Tyler Christman | USC-Sumter | San Francisco | ’09 Columbia |
| 13 | 412 | Jesse Bosnik | St. Bonaventure | Los Angeles (NL) | ’09, ’10 Wilmington |
| 13 | 413 | Keith Couch | Adelphi | Boston | ’09 Edenton |
| 14 | 416 | Tim Smalling | Virginia Tech | Washington | ’07 Wilson |
| 14 | 418 | Michael Mosby | Wabash Valley C.C. | Baltimore | ’10 Peninsula |
| 15 | 453 | Jamaine Cotton | Western Oklahoma State | Houston | ’09 Gastonia |
| 15 | 457 | Steven Hunt | South Florida | Cincinnati | ’08 Fayetteville |
| 15 | 464 | Corey Brownstein | Pittsburgh | Atlanta | ’08, ’09 Peninsula |
| 15 | 465 | Thomas Girdwood | Elon | Minnesota | ’08 Thomasville, ’10 Morehead City |
| 16 | 479 | Charles Byrne | East Tennessee State | Kansas City | ’08 Martinsville |
| 16 | 488 | Stephen McCray | Tennessee | Chicago (AL) | ’09 Florence |
| 16 | 498 | Austin Fleet | Coastal Carolina | San Francisco | ’07 Peninsula |
| 17 | 513 | Tyler Burnett | Middle Tennessee State | Houston | ’09 Florence |
| 18 | 547 | Robert Maddox | Ohio | Cincinnati | ’10 Columbia |
| 18 | 560 | Juan Perez | Bethune-Cookman | Colorado | ’10 Morehead City |
| 19 | 566 | Wade Moore | Catawba College | Washington | ’07 Florence / ’08, 09 Forest City |
| 19 | 581 | Craige Lyerly | Catawba College | Tampa Bay | ’09 Asheboro |
| 19 | 589 | Chad Oberacker | Tennessee Tech | St. Louis | ’10 Morehead City |
| 20 | 597 | Justin Bencsko | Villanova | Pittsburgh | ’09 Petersburg |
| 20 | 606 | Arthur Charles | Bakersfield College | Toronto | ’10 Gastonia |
| 20 | 613 | Tyler White | Alabama | Detroit | ’08 Wilmington |
| 21 | 639 | Kevin Shackelford | Marshall | Milwaukee | ’08 Petersburg |
| 22 | 660 | Nate Striz | North Carolina | Cleveland | ’10 Thomasville |
| 22 | 664 | Tyler Stubblefield | Kennesaw State | San Diego | ’07, ’08 Petersburg / ’09 Outer Banks |
| 22 | 680 | Mark Tracy | Duquesne | Colorado | ’08 Petersburg |
| 23 | 689 | Steven Neff | South Carolina | Kansas City | ’09 Florence |
| 24 | 718 | Tim Adleman | Georgetown | Baltimore | ’08, ’09 Wilson |
| 25 | 751 | Matt Talley | The Citadel | Arizona | ’10 Wilmington |
| 25 | 753 | Rodney Quintero | Chipola J.C. | Houston | ’10 Morehead City |
| 25 | 755 | Josh Whitaker | Kennesaw State | Oakland | ’08, ’09 Outer Banks |
| 25 | 770 | Kenneth Roberts | Middle Tennessee State | Colorado | ’08 Edenton |
| 25 | 772 | Chance Gilmore | Coastal Carolina | Los Angeles (NL) | ’06 Wilmington / ’07, ’08 Peninsula |
| 26 | 798 | Jeff Arnold | Louisville | San Francisco | ’08 Thomasville |
| 26 | 805 | Richard Hively | Santa Ana J.C. | New York (AL) | ’10 Wilmington |
| 27 | 814 | Matthew Branham | USC-Upstate | San Diego | ’07 Columbia |
| 27 | 815 | Seth Frankoff | UNC Wilmington | Oakland | ’07 Wilmington |
| 27 | 822 | Nick Fleece | Texas A&M | Seattle | ’08 Fayetteville |
| 27 | 831 | Matt Payton | Western Kentucky | Philadelphia | ’07, ’08, ’09 Peninsula |
| 28 | 836 | Joe Rapp | Chipola J.C./Louisiana-Monroe | Washington | ’10 Wilmington |
| 28 | 841 | Keith Hessler | Coastal Carolina | Arizona | ’09 Outer Banks |
| 28 | 850 | Joseph Zeller | The Master’s College | Chicago (NL) | ’09 Edenton |
| 28 | 859 | Taylor Black | Kentucky | St. Louis | ’08 Forest City / ’10 Columbia |
| 29 | 879 | Daniel Britt | Elon | Milwaukee | ’09 Thomasville |
| 29 | 888 | Jose Cuevas | Lee | San Francisco | ’09 Gastonia |
| 29 | 889 | Chris Patterson | Appalachian State | St. Louis | ’07, ’08 Fayetteville |
| 29 | 895 | Stewart Ijames | Louisville | New York (AL) | ’09 Thomasville |
| 30 | 897 | Matt Skirving | Eastern Michigan | Pittsburgh | ’09 Fayetteville |
| 30 | 898 | Michael Rooney | UNC Wilmington | Baltimore | ’09 Wilmington |
| 30 | 902 | Josh Edgin | Francis Marion | New York (NL) | ’08, ’09 Forest City |
| 30 | 906 | Steve McQuail | Canisius | Toronto | ’10 Forest City |
| 31 | 929 | Parker Bangs | South Carolina | Kansas City | ’07, ’08 Fayetteville |
| 31 | 943 | Matthew Little | Kentucky | Detroit | ’07 Florence / ’08 Peninsula |
| 32 | 956 | Randolph Oduber | Western Oklahoma State | Washington | ’09, ’10 Gastonia |
| 32 | 961 | Greg Robinson | Wright State | Arizona | ’09 Fayetteville |
| 32 | 964 | William Scott | Walters State C.C. | San Diego | ’10 Martinsville |
| 32 | 971 | Bryan Fogle | Erskine | Tampa Bay | ’08 Forest City |
| 32 | 985 | Kramer Sneed | Barton | New York (AL) | ’09 Outer Banks |
| 33 | 998 | Jamaal Hollis | Miami (Ohio) | Chicago (AL) | ’08, ’09 Forest City |
| 33 | 1008 | Jim Birmingham | Coastal Carolina | San Francisco | ’10 Outer Banks |
| 34 | 1034 | Matt Fouch | U.S. Military Academy | Atlanta | ’09 Peninsula |
| 34 | 1038 | Jonathan DeBerry | Bethel College | San Francisco | ’09 Petersburg |
| 35 | 1055 | Andrew Bailey | Concord | Oakland | ’09 Gastonia |
| 35 | 1056 | Dan Barnes | Princeton | Toronto | ’08 Petersburg |
| 35 | 1068 | Stephen Shackleford | Savannah College of Art & Design | San Francisco | ’08 Outer Banks |
| 37 | 1129 | Packy Elkins | Belmont | St. Louis | ’08 Wilson |
| 39 | 1175 | John Nester | Clemson | Oakland | ’08 Wilmington |
| 39 | 1184 | Stephen Foster | Lewis-Clark State | Atlanta | ’08 Martinsville |
| 40 | 1199 | Dale Cornstubble | Central Michigan | Kansas City | ’09 Wilson |
| 40 | 1200 | Jordan Casas | Long Beach State | Cleveland | ’08 Wilmington |
| 40 | 1203 | Jeremiah Meiners | Francis Marion | Houston | ’08 Florence / ’09 Columbia |
| 40 | 1211 | Michael Wade Broyles | Bellhaven College | Tampa Bay | ’07 Thomasville |
| 40 | 1218 | Wes Hobson | Appalachian State | San Francisco | ’07 Gastonia / ’08, ’09 Thomasville |
| 40 | 1219 | Phil Cerreto | Longwood | St. Louis | ’09 Martinsville |
| 41 | 1234 | Bryan Altman | The Citadel | San Diego | ’07 Spartanburg |
| 41 | 1240 | Dallas Beller | Oral Roberts | Chicago | ’10 Florence |
| 41 | 1244 | Spencer Jordan | Florence-Darlington Tech J.C. | Atlanta | ’10 Florence |
| 41 | 1248 | Jeff Honeycutt | New Mexico | San Francisco | ’10 Asheboro |
| 41 | 1254 | Justin Poovey | Florida | Los Angeles (AL) | ’10 Forest City |
| 42 | 1260 | Aaron Fields | Wright State | Cleveland | ’09 Fayetteville |
| 43 | 1289 | Dillon Wilson | Western Oklahoma State | Kansas City | ’10 Gastonia |
| 43 | 1302 | Matt Browning | James Madison | Seattle | ’07 New Bern |
| 43 | 1308 | Ray Ruggles | Tusculum | San Francisco | ’07 Wilson |
| 43 | 1315 | Kyle Hunter | Kansas State | New York (AL) | ’10 Petersburg |
| 45 | 1371 | Mike Francisco | Villanova | Philadelphia | ’09 Petersburg |
| 46 | 1376 | Erick Fernandez | Georgetown | Washington | ’10 Peninsula |
| 46 | 1399 | Peter Mooney | Palm Beach C.C. / South Carolina | St. Louis | ’10 Florence |
| 49 | 1469 | Jordan Propst | South Carolina | Kansas City | ’09 Thomasville |
| 49 | 1491 | Kyle Hallock | Kent State | Philadelphia | ’09 Peninsula |
| 49 | 1494 | Alex Burkard | Georgia College and State | Los Angeles (AL) | ’10 Fayetteville |
| 50 | 1525 | Matt Rice | Western Kentucky | New York (AL) | ’10 Peninsula |