The Coastal Plain League announced Thursday that 88 players, both former and current, were selected during the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. This number is up from last year’s draft which yielded 77 CPL alumni taken.
Max Povse, a former 2012 Asheboro Copperhead, was the first CPL alum to have his name called, going in the third round 102nd overall to the Atlanta Braves. Povse was followed by another Copperhead Brent Jones, who was drafted 120st overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks. A total of 17 CPL players were taken in the first 10 rounds of this year’s draft, giving the CPL over 1,200 alums taken in the draft since its inception in 1997.
All of the CPL’s current 14 clubs had a player taken in the 2014 draft. The Asheboro Copperheads and Columbia Blowfish led the way with 12 former and current players selected each. Edenton and Morehead City were next with 11 each, followed by Florence, Forest City, and High Point-Thomasville with seven, while Wilson and Wilmington had six a piece. Martinsville followed with five alumni selected and Peninsula came in at four. Rounding out the field was Gastonia, Fayetteville and Petersburg with three and one player from Outer Banks who is no longer a part of the CPL.
The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2014 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:
Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
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3 | 102 | Max Povse | UNC Greensboro | Atlanta | ‘12 Asheboro |
4 | 120 | Brent Jones | Cornell | Arizona | ‘13 Asheboro |
5 | 150 | Mason McCullough | Arizona | North Carolina | ‘12 Forest City |
6 | 195 | Andrew Sohn | Western Michigan | St. Louis | ‘14 Columbia |
7 | 209 | Bo Way | Kennesaw State | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘13 Morehead City |
8 | 236 | J.B. Kole | Villanova | Milwaukee | ‘14 Martinsville |
8 | 239 | Jake Yacinich | Iowa | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘12 Petersburg |
8 | 244 | Jeff Gardner | Louisville | Washington | ‘12 Florence |
8 | 255 | Nick Thompson | William & Mary | St. Louis | ‘12 Peninsula/ ‘13, ‘14 Edenton |
9 | 264 | Ryan Metzler | USC-Aiken | Toronto | ‘14 Florence |
9 | 279 | Matt Campbell | Clemson | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘11, ‘13 Florence |
9 | 280 | Josh Laxer | Ole Miss | Detroit | ‘12 Thomasville |
9 | 283 | Jordan Edgerton | UNC Pembroke | Atlanta | ‘14 Gastonia |
10 | 294 | Jordan Romano | Oral Roberts | Toronto | ‘14 Wilmington |
10 | 309 | Colin Hering | Coastal Carolina | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘13 Asheboro |
10 | 314 | Cole Sturgeon | Louisville | Boston | ‘11 Thomasville |
10 | 315 | Danny Diekroeger | Stanford | St. Louis | ‘11 Morehead City |
11 | 332 | Matthew Borens | Eastern Illinois | New York (AL) | ‘13 Wilson |
11 | 342 | Joel Seddon | South Carolina | Oakland | ‘12 Columbia |
11 | 345 | Justin Bellinger | Duke | St. Louis | ‘14 Wilmington |
12 | 357 | Seth Lucio | Tennessee Tech | San Diego | ‘13 Wilmington |
13 | 384 | Gunnar Heidt | College of Charleston | Toronto | ‘12 Forest City |
13 | 389 | Zach Houchins | East Carolina | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘12 Wilson/ ‘13 Wilmington |
14 | 412 | Chase Harris | New Mexico | Philadelphia | ‘13 Edenton |
14 | 430 | Josh Heddinger | Georgia Tech | Detroit | ‘12, ‘13 Peninsula |
16 | 472 | Calvin Rayburn | Barry | Philadelphia | ‘13 Morehead City |
16 | 477 | Taylor Cox | Tennessee Martin | San Diego | ‘13 Petersburg |
16 | 489 | Devan Ahart | Akron | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘13 Martinsville |
16 | 490 | Chase Rader | Coffeyville CC | Detroit | ‘13 Fayetteville |
17 | 497 | Eric Fisher | Arkansas | Miami | ‘11 Forest City |
17 | 500 | Mat Batts | UNC Wilmington | Minnesota | ‘11 Wilmington |
17 | 505 | David Roseboom | USC Upstate | New York (NL) | ‘12, ‘13 Asheboro |
17 | 508 | Caleb Smith | USC Aiken | Washington | ‘13 Florence |
17 | 522 | Eric Cheray | Missouri State | Oakland | ‘14 Forest City |
18 | 527 | Brad Haynal | San Diego St. | Miami | ‘13 Morehead City |
18 | 533 | James Lomangino | St. John’s | Colorado | ‘12 Asheboro |
18 | 554 | Jordan Betts | Duke | Boston | ‘11 Forest City |
18 | 553 | Jacob Webb | Tabor | Atlanta | ‘14 Edenton |
19 | 565 | Bryce Beeler | Memphis | New York (NL) | ‘12, ‘13 Gastonia |
19 | 568 | Richard Amion | Alabama St. | San Francisco | ‘14 Martinsville |
20 | 589 | Alex Tomasovich | Charleston Southern | Chicago (NL) | ‘12, ‘13 Asheboro |
20 | 594 | Aaron Attaway | Western Carolina | Toronto | ‘12 Thomasville |
20 | 597 | Tyler Wilson | Tennessee Wesleyan | San Diego | ‘13 High Point-Thomasville |
20 | 599 | Kyle Martin | South Carolina | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘12 Florence/ ‘13 High Point-Thomasville |
20 | 609 | Brian Wolfe | Washington | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘11 Asheboro |
20 | 601 | Zach Albin | UConn-Avery Point | Baltimore | ‘14 Edenton |
20 | 613 | Wigberto Nevarez | Lubbock Christian | Atlanta | ‘12 Edenton |
21 | 631 | John McLeod | Wake Forest | Baltimore | ‘13 High Point-Thomasville |
21 | 638 | Bobby Ison | Charleston Southern | Cleveland | ‘13 Asheboro |
22 | 653 | Sam Bumpers | Lamar | Tampa Bay | ‘13 Edenton |
22 | 670 | Michael Thomas | Kentucky | Detroit | ‘11 Outer Banks |
22 | 646 | Bryan Muniz | Southeastern | Houston | ‘14 Columbia |
22 | 673 | Sean Godfrey | Ball State | Atlanta | ‘13 Wilson |
23 | 681 | Patrick Peterson | Temple/NC State | Seattle | ‘13 Edenton |
23 | 682 | Joel Fisher | Michigan State | Philadelphia | ‘12 Florence |
23 | 690 | John Fidanza | Georgia Gwinnett | Arizona | ‘11, ‘12/ ‘13 Wilmington |
23 | 691 | Zeke McGranahan | Georgia Gwinnett | Baltimore | ‘12 Wilson |
24 | 707 | Ryan Cranmer | Newberry | Miami | ‘12, ‘13 Morehead City |
24 | 713 | Jerry Vasto | Felician | Colorado | ‘13 Morehead City |
24 | 723 | Brandon Thomas | San Diego State | Kansas City | ‘14 Edenton |
25 | 737 | Christian McDonald | UNC Wilmington | Miami | ‘11 Asheboro |
25 | 765 | Landon Beck | Anderson | St. Louis | ‘14 Columbia |
25 | 746 | Christian Pelham | Spartanburg Methodist | Milwaukee | ‘14 Columbia |
26 | 782 | Collin Slaybaugh | Washington State | New York (AL) | ‘11 Martinsville |
27 | 782 | Alex Close | Liberty | Kansas City | ‘12 Forest City/ ‘13 Peninsula |
28 | 813 | Billy Bereszniewicz | Binghampton | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘13 Fayetteville |
29 | 863 | Logan Sawyer | Lincoln Memorial | Colorado | ‘13 Petersburg |
29 | 874 | DJ Jauss | Massachussetts | Washington | ‘10 Morehead City |
29 | 876 | Luke Tendler | North Carolina A&T | Texas | ‘12, ‘13 Asheboro |
29 | 882 | Cody Stull | Belmont Abbey | Oakland | ‘12 Gastonia |
30 | 912 | Derek Beasley | USC Aiken | Oakland | ‘12 Columbia |
31 | 923 | Dylan Thompson | UNC Greensboro | Colorado | ‘11, ‘12 Thomasville |
31 | 926 | Brock Hudgens | UNC Charlotte | Milwaukee | ‘11 Edenton |
31 | 941 | Luis Paula | North Carolina | Pittsburgh | ‘12 Forest City |
31 | 943 | Sal Giardina | Lynn | Atlanta | ‘11, ‘12 Fayetteville |
32 | 963 | Timothy Hill | Bacone College | Kansas City | ‘13 Florence |
32 | 969 | Scott Dejung | Felician | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘14 Morehead City |
33 | 984 | Chas Wellbrock | Houston | Toronto | ‘11 Morehead City |
33 | 990 | Tyler Bolton | East Carolina | Arizona | ‘12 Wilson/ ‘13 Wilmington |
33 | 997 | Patrick Grady | Lander | Tampa Bay | ‘13 Peninsula |
34 | 1014 | Brandon Hinkle | Delaware | Toronto | ‘12 Martinsville |
37 | 1101 | Sam Lindquist | Standford | Seattle | ‘11 Morehead City |
37 | 1096 | Eric Peterson | Temple/NC State | Houston | ‘13 Edenton |
38 | 1139 | Tyler Watson | Tennessee Wesleyan | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘14 Wilson |
39 | 1157 | Matt Pope | Walters State | Miami | ‘13 Asheboro |
39 | 1167 | Ricky Negron | Tallahassee CC | San Diego | ‘14 Morehead City |
40 | 1194 | Trent Miller | Middle Tennessee State | Toronto | ‘13 Edenton |