2012 MLB Draft


The Coastal Plain League announced Tuesday that 79 players, both former and players signed for the 2012 season were selected during the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Alex Yarbrough, a former Thomasville HiToms player in 2010, highlighted this year’s CPL draft class after hearing his name called in the fourth round, 147th overall to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. A total of 16 CPL players were taken in the first 10 rounds of this year’s draft. With this year’s draft class, the CPL has now had over 1,000 alums taken in the draft since its inception in 1997, and has averaged at least 100 draftees a year over the last five years.

All of the CPL’s current 14 clubs had a player taken in the 2012 draft. The Peninsula Pilots and Thomasville HiToms led the way with each having 13 former and current players selected. Edenton was next with seven, while Florence and Morehead City each tallied six apiece. Fayetteville and Forest City each saw five alums taken, followed by four teams – Columbia, Gastonia, Wilmington and Wilson – each with four alums selected. Next were Asheboro, Martinsville and Petersburg with three apiece, while former franchise Outer Banks had two alums taken.

The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2012 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:

Coastal Plain League Alumni Drafted In 2012 Major League Draft 
Round Overall Player College/University MLB Team Drafted By CPL Team(s)
4 147 Alex Yarbrough Mississippi Los Angeles (AL) ‘10 Thomasville
5 163 Ronnie Freeman Kennesaw State Arizona ‘10 Florence
6 203 Joseph Wendle West Chester Cleveland ‘11 Edenton
7 242 Marty Grant College of Charleston Tampa Bay ‘09,‘10 Forest City
8 254 Michael Heesch USC-Beaufort Chicago (NL) ‘11 Gastonia
8 259 Kris Hall Lee Oakland ‘11 Gastonia
8 265 Harrison Frawley Coastal Carolina Toronto ‘09 Outer Banks
8 277 Taylor Dugas Alabama New York (AL) ‘09 Thomasville
9 299 Steven Schils Florida Tech Atlanta ‘12 Martinsville
10 315 Stephen Carmon USC-Aiken San Diego ‘10 Florence/ ‘11 Thomasville
10 316 Pat Ludwig Yale Pittsburgh ‘11 Columbia
10 324 Craig Manuel Rice Washington ‘11 Forest City
10 327 Christopher O’Grady George Mason Los Angeles (AL) ‘11 Wilmington
10 330 Jacob Wilson Memphis St. Louis ‘10, ‘11 Asheboro
10 336 Casey Shiver Southern Poly State Texas ‘11 Edenton
11 346 Chris Diaz N.C. State Pittsburgh ‘11 Outer Banks
11 347 Matthew Milroy Illinois Miami ‘10 Fayetteville
12 369 Terrell Joyce Florida State College Houston ‘11 Peninsula
13 399 Brian Holmes Wake Forest Houston ‘11 Thomasville
13 419 Nathan Hyatt Appalachian State Atlanta ‘10 Forest City
14 429 Joe Sclafani Dartmouth Houston ‘10, ‘11 Morehead City
14 431 Brock Herbert Southeastern Louisiana Seattle ‘11 Thomasville
14 438 Shane Broyles Texas Tech Colorado ‘10 Martinsville
14 449 Tyler Tewell Appalachian State Atlanta ‘12 Thomasville
15 472 Bennet Klimesh Trinity Cincinnati ‘10 Martinsville
15 483 Michael Forslund Liberty Arizona ‘11 Columbia
15 485 Buck Farmer Georgia Tech Milwaukee ‘10 Peninsula
16 494 Mike Hamann Toledo Chicago (NL) ‘10 Thomasville
16 503 Cody Penny North Carolina Cleveland ‘10 Thomasville
16 515 Adam Giacolone Neosho County CC Milwaukee ‘11 Edenton
17 547 Timothy Flight South New Hampshire New York (AL) ‘12 Edenton
18 552 Sam Kimmel Stetson Baltimore ‘11 Morehead City
18 575 Hunter Adkins Middle Tennessee State Milwaukee ‘11 Florence
19 584 Damek Tomscha Iowa Western CC Chicago (AL) ‘11 Thomasville
19 603 RJ Hivley Mississippi Arizona ‘10 Wilmington
20 613 Shane Halley Virginia Kansas City ‘10 Peninsula
20 616 Kyle Haynes Virginia Commonwealth Pittsburgh Pirates ‘11 Peninsula
20 626 Jharel Cotton East Carolina Los Angeles (NL) ‘10 Peninsula
21 641 Scott DeCecco USC-Upstate Seattle ‘12 Asheboro
21 659 Jeremy Fitsgerald Tennessee Wesleyan Atlanta ‘11, ‘12 Martinsville
21 661 Jake Davies Georgia Tech Boston ‘09 Peninsula
22 698 Jeb Stefan Louisiana Tech Philadelphia ‘09 Thomasville
23 700 Travis Huber Nebraska Minnesota ‘12 Edenton
23 708 Andrew Brown Akron Colorado ‘10, ‘11 Forest City
23 719 Kevin McKague U.S. Military Academy Atlanta ‘08 Fayetteville/‘10 Peninsula
23 726 Coby Cowgill Virginia Military Institute Texas ‘10, 11 Peninsula
24 741 Eric Grabe Tampa Chicago (AL) ‘09-‘11 Fayetteville
25 759 Ryan Dineen Eastern Illinois Houston ‘12 Edenton
26 796 Jimmy Rider Kent State Pittsburgh ‘09 Columbia/‘10, ‘11 Peninsula
26 797 Seth Grant Appalachian State Miami ‘10 Gastonia
26 807 Tyler DeLoach North Carolina Los Angeles (AL) ‘11, ‘12 Wilmington
26 810 Steven Sabatino Notre Dame St. Louis ‘10 Florence
27 819 Tanner Mathis Mississippi Houston ‘10, ‘11 Thomasville
27 829 Ryan Mathews NC State Oakland ‘11 Wilson
28 849 Angel Ibanez Texas-Pan American Houston ‘12 Asheboro
28 850 Carson Goldsmith Northwestern State Minnesota ‘12 Columbia
28 858 Ryan Arrowood Appalachian State Colorado ‘09, ‘10 Forest City
28 868 Joseph Rapp Louisiana-Monroe San Francisco ‘10 Wilmington
29 892 Adam Mathews South Carolina Cincinnati ‘11 Florence
29 903 Adam McConnell Richmond Arizona ‘10 Peninsula
30 928 Michael Blanchard Austin Peay San Francisco ‘10 Wilson
31 945 Matthew Shepherd Tennessee Tech San Diego ‘10 Peninsula
31 951 Corey Thompson East Carolina Chicago (AL) ‘11 Morehead City
32 974 Timothy Saunder Marietta Chicago (NL) ‘11 Edenton
32 981 Steven Nikorak Temple Chicago (AL) ‘10, ‘11 Wilson
32 985 Jorge Saez Lee Toronto ‘11 Petersburg
33 1005 Anthony Wieber Michigan State Sand Diego ‘10 Peninsula
33 1020 Ronald Shaban Virginia Tech St. Louis ‘09, ‘10 Petersburg
34 1029 Jordan Jankowski Catawba Houston ‘09, ‘10 Thomasville
34 1038 Chris Cowell Richmond Colorado ‘11 Peninsula
34 1054 Matt Davenport William & Mary Detroit ‘10 Peninsula
35 1074 Corey Bafadis Texas Wesleyan Washington ‘10 Florence
36 1108 Clint Terry College of San Mateo San Francisco ‘12 Gastonia
36 1111 Miguel Rodriguez UNC-Charlotte Boston ‘11 Petersburg
38 1151 Chipper Smith Cumberland Miami ‘09 Fayetteville
40 1214 Jacob Rodgers Mount Olive College Chicago (NL) ‘11 Thomasville
40 1234 Ryan Longstreth Central Michigan Detroit ‘10 Fayetteville