A list of Carolina baseball players taken in the MLB Draft

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Tons of talent from across the Carolinas ranging from high school to the college level were taken in this week’s MLB Draft. Here is a list.

Round 1

• 2 Chase Burns (RHP) – Wake Forest – Cincinnati Reds
• 4 Nick Kurtz (1B) – Wake Forest – Oakland Athletics
• 10 Seaver King (SB) – Wake Forest – Washington Nationals
• 16 PJ Morlando (OB) – Summerville HS, SC – Miami Marlins
• 20 Trey Yesavage (RHP) – East Carolina – Toronto Blue Jays
• 22 Vance Honeycutt (OF) – North Carolina – Baltimore Orioles

Round 2

• 46 Jonathan Santucci (LHP) – Duke – New York Mets
• 48 Jacob Cozart (C) – NC State – Cleveland Guardians
• 54 Colemathis (3B) – College Of Charleston, SC – Chicago Cubs

Round 3

• 77 Cole Messina (C) – South Carolina – Colorado Rockies
• 83 Josh Hartle (LHP) – Wake Forest – Pittsburgh Pirates
• 88 Cobb Hightower (SS) – East Rowan HS, NC – San Diego Padres
• 102 Daniel Eagen (LHP) – Presbyterian College, SC – Arizona Diamondbacks
• 103 Casey Cook (OF) – North Carolina – Texas Rangers

Round 4

• 106 Blake Wright (3B) – Clemson – Colorado Rockies
• 110 Austin Gorgon (RHP) – Clemson – Los Angeles Angels
• 111 Eli Serrano III (OF) – NC State – New York Mets
• 114 Michael Massey (RHP) – Wake Forest – Detroit Tigers

Round 5

• 140 Sam Antonacci (IF) Coastal Carolina – Chicago White Sox
• 145 Will Taylor (OF) – Clemson – Pittsburgh Pirates
• 150 Tristan Smith (LHP) – Clemson – Cincinnati Reds
• 154 Charlie Beilenson (RHP) – Duke – Seattle Mariners

Round 6

• 179 Jacob Friend (C) – Davidson – Cincinnati Reds
• 183 Grant Knipp (TWP) – Campbell – Seattle Mariners
• 188 Derek Bender (C) – Coastal Carolina – Minnesota Twins
• 189 DJ Layton (SS) – Charlotte Christian HS – Baltimore Orioles

Round 7

• 218 Eli Jones (RHP) – South Carolina – Minnesota Twins
• 222 Joel Dragoo (OF) – Presbyterian College – Philadelphia Phillies
• 224 Luke Craig (LHP) – UNC Wilmington – Arizona Diamondbacks

Round 8

• 227 Nick Conte (RHP) -Duke – Kansas City Royals
• 244 Jacob Jenkins-Cowart (OF) – East Carolina – Miami Marlins

Round 9

• 257 Canyon Brown (C) – North Carolina A&T – Kansas City Royals
• 269 Ryan McCrystal (C) – East Carolina – Cincinnati Reds
• 270 Zach Evans (SS) – Lenoir-Rhyne University – San Diego Padres
• 276 Garrett Gainey (LHP) – South Carolina – Tampa Bay Rays

Round 10

• 296 R.J. Sales (RHP) – UNC Wilmington – Detroit Tigers
• 303 Anthony Donofrio (OF) – North Carolina – Seattle Mariners
• 307 Carter Cunningham (OF) – East Carolina – Toronto Blue Jays
• 308 Peyton Carr (3B) – High Point – Minnesota Twins

Round 11

• 345 Dalton Pence (LHP) – North Carolina – Texas Rangers

Round 12

• 350 Alexander Meckley (RHP) – Coastal Carolina – Washington Nationals
• 352 Fran Oschell III (RHP) – Duke – Los Angeles Angels
• 360 Brandon Butterworth (OF) – NC State – San Diego Padres
• 363 Evan Truitt (RHP) – Charleston Southern – Seattle Mariners
• 367 Carson Messina (RHP) – Summerville HS – Toronto Blue Jays
• 372 A.J. Wilson (LHP) – UNC Charlotte – Philadelphia Phillies

Round 13

• 376 Riley Huge (LHP) – Winthrop University – Oakland Athletics
• 387 Shea Sprague (LHP) – North Carolina – Boston Red Sox
• 391 Dillon Lewis (OF) – Queens University – New York Yankees

Round 14

• 423 Austin St. Laurent (3B) – Appalachian State – Seattle Mariners

Round 15

• 451 Marshall Toole (OF) – Wofford – New York Yankees
• 457 Jonathan Todd (RHP) – Western Carolina – Toronto Blue Jays
• 458 Cole Peschl (RHP) – Campbell – Minnesota Twins
• 464 Rocco Reid (LHP) – Clemson – Arizona Diamondbacks

Round 16

• 472 Will Gervase (LHP) – Wake Forest – Los Angeles Angels
• 479 Jimmy Romano (RHP) – Duke – Cincinnati Reds
• 483 Wyatt Lundsford-Shenkman (RHP) – East Carolina – Seattle Mariners
• 488 Aiden Haugh (RHP) – North Carolina – Minnesota Twins

Round 17

• 521 Jacob Shafer (RHP) – UNC Wilmington – Atlanta Braves
• 522 Ryan Degges (RHP) – UNC Charlotte – Philadelphia Phillies
• 523 Ethan Wagner (OF) – P27 Academy (Lexington, S.C.) – Houston Astros

Round 18

• 541 Gus Hughes (RHP) – High Point – New York Yankees

Round 19

• 561 Brendan Lawson (SS) – P27 Academy (Lexington, S.C.) – St. Louis Cardinals
• 578 Logan Whitaker (RHP) – NC State – Minnesota Twins
• 579 Braylon Whitaker (OF) – Cox Mill HS – Baltimore Orioles
• 582 Erik Ritchie (LHP) – East Carolina – Philadelphia Phillies

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