The Coastal Plain League is excited to announce the 2019 All-CPL First and Second teams. Each team features 27 players: one player per each infield position, five designated hitter/utility players, six outfielders, six starting pitchers and five relief pitchers.
The team is highlighted by CPL Hitter of the Year Calvin Estrada of Macon, and Pitcher of the Year Eric Miles of Morehead City. Joining them are a number of standout talents, eight of which were at one point CPL Players of the Week. Those include Tommy Bell (Peninsula, Week 1), Jonathan Cole (Fayetteville, Week 1), Kendall McGowan (Forest City, Week 2), Dustin Saenz (Savannah, Week Four), Angel Zarate (HP-Thomasville, Week 4), Cole Secrest (Peninsula, Week 6), Jack Harris (Morhead City, Week 8) and Josh Hood (Asheboro, Week 9.)
Also making the team were multiple category leaders: batting average (Riley Hogan, .389), runs batted in (Quincy Hamilton, 50), slugging percentage (Garrett Blaylock, .712) on-base percentage (Riley Hogan, .476), runs scored (Jack Harris, 52), hits (Ian Walters, 64), doubles (Calvin Estrada, 25), home runs (Garrett Blaylock, 14), walks (Jeff Cyr, 47), batters struck out (Logan Workman, 67), wins (Eric Miles / Rohan Handa / Logan Workman, 6) and saves (Kyle Davis / Chris Rolick, 8).
Below is the complete list for both the First Team and Second Team postseason All-Stars, positions with multiple players are listed in alphabetical order by last name:
First Team
1B – Riley Hogan – (Peninsula / South Florida)
2B – Ian Walters – (Edenton / Southern Illinois)
SS – Jared Miller – (Macon / Notre Dame)
3B – Garrett Blaylock – (Forest City / Georgia)
DH/UTL – Tommy Bell – (Peninsula / Old Dominion)
DH/UTL – Nick Biddison – (Peninsula / Virginia Tech)
DH/UTL – Eldridge Figueroa – (Florence / Arkansas-Little Rock)
DH/UTL – Chris Meyers – (Wilson / Toledo)
OF – Dusty Baker – (Morehead City / East Carolina)
OF – Calvin Estrada – (Macon / Long Beach State)
OF – Quincy Hamilton – (Edenton / Wright State)
OF – Kendall McGowan – (Forest City / Appalachian State)
SP – Chace Harris – (Macon / Ohio)
SP – Tyler Koch – (Asheboro / Georgia State)
SP – Jordan Merritt – (Savannah / The Citadel)
SP – Dustin Saenz – (Savannah / Texas A&M)
RP – Will Abbott – (Lexington County / Mount Olive)
RP – Kyle Davis – (Holly Springs / Mount Olive)
RP – Cal Hehnke – (Morehead City / Nebraska-Omaha)
RP – Matt Vonderschmidt – (Faytetteville / Piedmont)
Second Team
1B – Hunter Shepherd – (Morehead City / Catawba)
2B – Elijah Henderson – (Forest City / Clemson)
SS – Josh Hood – (Asheboro / UPenn)
3B – Gabe Howell – (Savannah / Bryan College)
DH/UTL – Michael Calamari – (Wilson / Dartmouth)
DH/UTL – Chris Crabtree – (Holly Springs / Duke)
DH/UTL – Jeff Cyr – (Gastonia / Nova Southeastern)
DH/UTL – Bill Hanna – (Gastonia / Francis Marion)
OF – Alex Alders – (Edenton / Wright State)
OF – Michael Brown – (Gastonia / Wofford)
OF – Michael Green – (Lexington County / Clemson)
OF – Cole Secrest – (Peninsula / Lamar)
OF – Mike Williams – (Savannah / Texas A&M Corpus Christi)
SP – Nicholas Hollas – (Wilson / UT Rio Grande Valley)
SP – Ryan Kouba – (Macon / Austin Peay)
SP – Davis Palermo – (Martinsville / North Carolina)
SP – Cort Roedig – (Macon / Georgia Tech)
RP – Troy Britts – (Wilmington / Liberty)
RP – Rohan Handa – (Gastonia / Yale)
RP – Leo Perez – (Morehead City / Texas A&M Corpus Christi)
About Coastal Plain League:
The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. Heading into its 23rd season in 2019, the CPL features 16 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To date, the CPL has had over 1,600 alumni drafted and 128 alums – including 2017 ALCS MVP, 2017 World Series champion, 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander, as well as 2017 NLCS MVP Chris Taylor – make their Major League debut. For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat @CPLBaseball.