With 18 members of the CP Family taken this weekend in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, we have now seen 52 athletes have their name called dating back to the spring of 2011. Some of the highlights included:
– 5 CP Family members were selected during MLB TV prime-time broadcast of the first 2 rounds and we saw 6 guys go in the top 100 picks of the draft.
– Tyler Beede became the 1st player in New England history to be drafted twice in the 1st round, and the 18th in MLB First-Year Player Draft history.
– 6 different athletes who have trained with us through high school and college prior to being selected to play professionally (Beede, Ravenelle, Chin, Anderson, Bereszniewicz, and Alfonso).
– Forrest Wall became the highest drafted HS 2nd baseman in draft history. He also demonstrated that his baseball skills are second only to his fashion skills after being selected 35th overall.
A big CP congratulations goes out to the following 18 guys:
Tyler Beede – Selected 14th overall by the San Francisco Giants out of Vanderbilt University Story
Forrest Wall – Selected 35th overall by the Colorado Rockies out of Orangewood Christian High School (FL) Story
Jake Stinnett – Selected 45th overall by the Chicago Cubs out of the University of Maryland. Story
Joe Gatto – Selected 53rd overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim out of St. Augustine HS (NJ) Story
Spencer Turnbull – Selected 63rd overall by the Detroit Tigers out of the University of Alabama Story
Austin DeCarr – Selected 91st overall by the NY Yankees our of the Salisbury School (CT) Story
Adam Ravenelle – Selected in the 4th round by the Detroit Tigers out of Vanderbilt University Story
Eric Stout – Selected in the 13th round by the Kansas City Royals out of Butler University Story
Ben Brewster – Selected in the 15th round by the Chicago White Sox out of Maryland Story
Andrew Chin – Selected in the 15th round by the NY Yankees out of Boston College Story
Carl Anderson – Selected in the 19th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Bryant University Story
Will Toffee – Selected in the 23rd round by the NY Yankees out of the Salisbury School (CT)
Ty Sterner – Selected in the 23rd round by the Cincinnati Reds out of the University of RI Story
Billy Bereszniewicz – Selected in the 28th round by the LA Dodgers out of SUNY Binghamton Story
Tyler Herb – Selected in the 29th round by the Seattle Mariners out of Coastal Carolina Story
James Alfonso – Selected in the 30th round by the Seattle Mariners out of U. of Hartford Story
Tucker Simpson – Selected in the 39th round by the Baltimore Orioles out of Chipola CC (FL) Story
Scott Manea – Selected in the 40th round by the Seattle Mariners out of St. Johns HS (MA) Story