32 Futures Leaguers Selected in 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft
Published on June 10, 2019 under Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) News Release
WEYMOUTH, Mass - On June 3rd, 2019, the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft kicked off in Secaucus, New Jersey. The draft spanned three days with 1,217 high school and college players selected by the 30 MLB teams. Though there were no Futures League players selected on day one, days two and three were packed with former and current players familiar with the Futures League.
The first notable selection was 2017 Bristol Blues player, UConn Huskie and Methuen, Mass native, Jacob Wallace, who was selected 100th overall by the Colorado Rockies. In 2017 for the Blues, Wallace pitched in 8 games, recording a save while striking out 17 hitters in 17 innings of work.
Next off the board was Boston College Eagle and 2015 North shore Navigator Dan Metzdorf who played in the Futures League following his senior year of high school. He was selected 140th by the Chicago White Sox. The Burlington, Mass native worked 35 innings in the summer of 2015, posting a 1-1 record with a 3.85 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 35 innings.
Of the 32 former Futures Leaguers selected, five were rostered in 2019. Gatorade Player of the Year, Sebastian Keane from North Andover, Mass, was selected 347th by the Boston Red Sox. Marcus Lee Sang, was drafted 300th by the Philadelphia Phillies. Both were rostered by North Shore for 2019. Kenny Turner from the University of Hartford, rostered by the Bristol Blues this year, was drafted 595 by the Texas Rangers. Rostered in 2019 by the Pittsfield Suns, Oklahoma State University's Caeden Trinkle and Bryce Osmond were selected 830th by the White Sox and 1,053rd by the Washington Nationals respectively.
32 of 1,217 may seem like a small number but these 32 former Future Leaguers were drafted by 19 different MLB teams from 23 different schools, 20 NCAA schools, two high schools and one Junior College. These players played for nine different Futures League teams including six current teams in the league, excluding the Westfield Starfires who are new in 2019.
Congratulations to all of the players from 2015-2019 who are former and current members of the Futures League who were selected in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft. See the full list of draftees below.
Player Pick College Drafted By FCBL Team FCBL Year
Jacob Walllace 100 UCONN Rockies Bristol 2017
Dan Metzdorf 140 Boston College White Sox North Shore 2015
Gavin Hollowell 189 St Johns (NY) Rockies Nashua 2016
Ryan Ward 251 Bryant Dodgers Worcester 2016
Phillip Clarke 267 Vanderbilt Blue Jays Marthas Vineyard 2017
Mason Feole 323 UCONN Padres Worcester 2016
Marcus Lee Sang 330 Northern HS (MD) Phillies North Shore 2019
Dustin Harris 344 St Petersburg College (FL) Athletics Worcester 2018
Sebastian Keane 347 North Andover HS Red Sox North Shore 2019
Sean Mooney 359 St Johns (NY) Twins Nashua 2016
Cody Laweryson 419 UMaine Twins Worcester 2017
Sean Mellen 431 Northeastern Dodgers Worcester 2017
Austin Pope 452 Fairfield (CT) Diamondbacks Pittsfield 2017
Garrett Leonard 454 Rollins College (FL) Pirates Marthas Vineyard 2017
Joe Gobillot 488 Vanderbilt Rays Seacoast Mavericks 2017
Pat DeMarco 525 Vanderbilt Yankees Worcester 2017
Braidyn Fink 581 Oklahoma Dodgers Marthas Vineyard 2017
Kenny Turner 595 University of Hartford Rangers Bristol 2019
Jimmy Titus 671 Bryant Dodgers Bristol 2016
Trevor Jensen 719 Tulane Twins Worcester 2017
Matt Gill 804 Boston College Reds Seacoast Mavericks 2016
Caeden Trinkle 830 Oklahoma State University White Sox Pittsfield 2019
Justin Lasko 898 Umass Amherst Mets Brockton 2016
Edward Baram 914 Adelphi University Athletics Wachusett 2017
Andrew Misiaszek 970 Northeastern Indians Marthas Vineyard 2016
Ryan Berardino 1037 Bentley University Red Sox Nashua 2018
Bryce Osmond 1053 Oklahoma State University Nationals Pittsfield 2019
Declan Cronin 1070 Holy Cross White Sox Pittsfield 2016
Jake Walkinshaw 1094 Southern New Hampshire Athletics Seacoast Mavericks 2015
CJ Dandeneau 1114 UCONN Pirates Brockton 2015
Nick Conti 1168 Eckerd College Mets Bristol 2016
Spencer Brown 1171 Northern Essex CC Angels North Shore 2018
Thomas Lane Undrafted Sign Boston College Reds North Shore 2015
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