June 15, 2017
MLB Draft Recap
Chipola leads the way with 10 players selected
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The NJCAA was represented strongly in the 2017 MLB draft, as more than 100 players were selected straight from the NJCAA this past week. In the first round, southpaw pitcher out of State College of Florida, Brendon Little was selected 27th by the defending MLB champions Chicago Cubs, while Central Florida pitcher Nate Pearson was tallied right behind Little at 28 by the Toronto Blue Jays.
This year’s Division I champions Chipola (FL) garnered 10 selections straight from its 2017 roster. Outfielder Reynaldo Rivera was the first off the board in the second round with the 57th overall selection to the Detroit Tigers. McLennan (TX) and State College of Florida displayed impressive showing of their depth, as five players were chosen from each squad.
Note: This is a list of players directly drafted from NJCAA Member Colleges
| NJCAA Players Picked in 2017 MLB Draft | |||||
| Round | Pick | Name | POS | NJCAA College | MLB Team |
| 1 | 27 | Brendon Little | LHP | State College of Florida |
Chicago Cubs |
| 1 | 28 | Nate Pearson | RHP | Central Florida | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 2 | 57 | Reynaldo Rivera | OF | Chipola (FL) | Detroit Tigers |
| 2 CB B | 73 | Evan Steele | LHP | Chipola (FL) | Kansas City Royals |
| 3 | 90 | Daniel Tillo | LHP | Iowa Western | Kansas City Royals |
| 3 | 91 | Tyler Ivey | RHP | Grayson (TX) | Houston Astros |
| 4 | 110 | Troy Bacon | RHP | Santa Fe (FL) | Atlanta Braves |
| 4 | 116 | Pearson McMahan | RHP | St. Johns River State (FL) | Colorado Rockies |
| 4 | 125 | Gio Arriera | RHP | Palm Beach (FL) | Detroit Tigers |
| 5 | 136 | Andrew Bechtold | 3B | Chipola (FL) | Minnesota Twins |
| 7 | 196 | Ryley Widell | LHP | Central Arizona | Minnesota Twins |
| 7 | 202 | Jose Caballero | SS | Chipola (FL) | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 7 | 203 | Nick Maton | SS | Lincoln Land (IL) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 7 | 204 | Bowden Francis | RHP | Chipola (FL) | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 7 | 205 | Dennis Brady | RHP | Mercery County (NJ) | Los Angeles Angels |
| 7 | 213 | Max Roberts | LHP | Wabash Valley (IL) | Seattle Mariners |
| 7 | 223 | Jackson Tetreault | RHP | State College of Florida |
Washington Nationals |
| 7 | 224 | Joel Urena | LHP | Monroe College (NY) | Texas Rangers |
| 8 | 254 | Tyreque Reed | 1B | Itawamba (MS) | Texas Rangers |
| 11 | 317 | Jared Solomon | RHP | Lackawanna (PA) | Cincinnati Reds |
| 11 | 318 | Chandler Newman | RHP | Chattahoochee Valley (AL) | San Diego Padres |
| 11 | 328 | Alex Manasa | RHP | Jackson (MI) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 12 | 358 | Hunter Wolfe | SS | Walters State (TN) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 12 | 361 | Jonathan Lacroix | RF | Seminole State (OK) | Houston Astros |
| 12 | 366 | Aaron Bond | CF | San Jacinton-North (TX) | San Francisco Giants |
| 12 | 373 | Jackson Stoeckinger | LHP | Central Florida | Washington Nationals |
| 13 | 377 | Ricky Karcher | RHP | Walters State (TN) | Cincinnati Reds |
| 13 | 382 | Riley Cabral | RHP | Chipola (FL) | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 13 | 386 | Shameko Smith | RHP | Polk State (FL) | Colorado Rockies |
| 13 | 402 | Angel Lopez Alvarez | C | Northampton (PA) | Cleveland Indians |
| 13 | 403 | Eric Senior | OF | Midland (TX) | Washington Nationals |
| 13 | 404 | Seth Nordlin | RHP | GateWay (AZ) | Texas Rangers |
| 14 | 407 | Brody Worford | RF | Chipola (FL) | Cincinnati Reds |
| 14 | 408 | Vijay Miller | RHP | East Mississippi | San Diego Padres |
| 14 | 412 | Keshawn Lynch | 2B | State College of Florida |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 14 | 416 | Nic Motley | C | McLennan (TX) | Colorado Rockies |
| 14 | 433 | Anthony Peroni | C | Mercery County (NJ) | Washington Nationals |
| 15 | 453 | Tommy Romero | RHP | Eastern Florida | Seattle Mariners |
| 15 | 461 | Marcus Ragan | CF | East Mississippi | Boston Red Sox |
| 16 | 475 | Spencer Griffin | CF | Wharton County (TX) | Los Angeles Angels |
| 16 | 478 | Hunter Stratton | RHP | Walters State (TN) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 17 | 497 | Junior Harding | RHP | Chipola (FL) | Cincinnati Reds |
| 17 | 502 | Trent Autry | RHP | Florence Darlington (SC) | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 17 | 505 | Caleb Scires | CF | Navarro (TX) | Los Angeles Angels |
| 17 | 509 | Dylan Cyphert | LHP | Gulf Coast (FL) | Miami Marlins |
| 17 | 522 | Pedro Alfonseca | CF | Black Hawk (IL) | Cleveland Indians |
| 17 | 523 | Jared Johnson | LHP | Palm Beach (FL) | Washington Nationals |
| 17 | 525 | Peyton Remy | RHP | Central Arizona | Chicago Cubs |
| 18 | 528 | Cam Sanders | RHP | Northwest Florida | San Diego Padres |
| 18 | 529 | Michael Smith | CF | San Jacinton-North (TX) | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 19 | 570 | Korry Howell | SS | Kirkwood (IA) | Kansas City Royals |
| 19 | 575 | Ryan Karstetter | 3B | State College of Florida |
Detroit Tigers |
| 19 | 584 | Nick Snyder | RHP | Indian River (FL) | Texas Rangers |
| 20 | 587 | Blake Wiggins | 3B | Southern Nevada | Cincinnati Reds |
| 20 | 588 | Duke Ellis | CF | Panola (TX) | San Diego Padres |
| 20 | 590 | Justin Smith | OF | St. Johns River State (FL) | Atlanta Braves |
| 20 | 593 | Brady Schanuel | RHP | Parkland (IL) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 20 | 598 | Will Reed | RHP | Harford (MD) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 20 | 606 | Keaton Winn | RHP | Iowa Western | San Francisco Giants |
| 21 | 617 | Christian Lindsay-Young | RHP | Niagara County (NY) | Cincinnati Reds |
| 22 | 648 | Jake Lyons | RHP | Weathford (TX) | San Diego Padres |
| 22 | 649 | Alex Valverde | RHP | Miami Dade-South (FL) | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 22 | 654 | Brandon Presley | LHP | Florida Southwestern | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 22 | 669 | Gunner Halter | SS | Seminole State (OK) | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 23 | 690 | Matt Morales | SS | Palm Beach (FL) | Kansas City Royals |
| 23 | 697 | Jose Sierra | LHP | Monroe College (NY) | New York Mets |
| 23 | 701 | Donny Diaz | RHP | San Jacinton-North (TX) | Boston Red Sox |
| 23 | 703 | Jamori Blash | 1B | Cochise (AZ) | Washington Nationals |
| 24 | 707 | Anderson DeLeon | RHP | Iowa Central | Cincinnati Reds |
| 24 | 709 | Jordyn Muffley | C | Parkland (IL) | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 24 | 735 | Braxton Light | RHP | Wallace State-Hanceville (AL) | Chicago Cubs |
| 25 | 739 | Andrew Miller | C | Southwest Tennessee | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 25 | 743 | Jesus Azuaje | SS | Glendale (AZ) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 25 | 764 | Aaron Ashby | LHP | Crowder (MO) | Texas Rangers |
| 26 | 766 | Jordan Spicer | RHP | Polk State (FL) | Minnesota Twins |
| 26 | 787 | Gavin Garay | SS | St. Petersburg (FL) | New York Mets |
| 27 | 799 | Blake Pflughaupt | LHP | Galveston (TX) | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 27 | 821 | Xavier LeGrant | 2B | Spartanburg Methodist (SC) | Boston Red Sox |
| 28 | 835 | Bernabe Carmargo | SS | Galveston (TX) | Los Angeles Angels |
| 29 | 863 | Bailey Cummings | RHP | San Jacinton-North (TX) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 30 | 893 | Matt Kroon | 3B | Central Arizona | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 30 | 898 | Manny Bejarano | C | Broward (FL) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 30 | 909 | Reilly Johnson | C | State College of Florida |
Toronto Blue Jays |
| 30 | 910 | Chris Roller | CF | McLennan (TX) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 30 | 911 | Andrew Carber | RHP | Chipola (FL) | Boston Red Sox |
| 32 | 953 | Sati Santa Cruz | RHP | Central Arizona | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 32 | 966 | Blake Rivera | RHP | Wallace State-Hanceville (AL) | San Francisco Giants |
| 33 | 989 | Kyle Farjad | LHP | Palm Beach (FL) | Miami Marlins |
| 33 | 1004 | Troy Newell | LHP | Jefferson (MO) | Texas Rangers |
| 34 | 1021 | Pinto Noel | LHP | Connors State (OK) | Houston Astros |
| 34 | 1034 | Edmond Americaan | CF | Chipola (FL) | Texas Rangers |
| 35 | 1057 | Kyle Wilson | RHP | Crowder (MO) | New York Mets |
| 35 | 1058 | Keegan Collett | RHP | Northern Oklahoma | Baltimore Orioles |
| 36 | 1073 | Joe Breaux | OF | McLennan (TX) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 36 | 1081 | Josh Breaux | C | McLennan (TX) | Houston Astros |
| 36 | 1087 | Robby Kidwell | C | Brunswick (NC) | New York Mets |
| 36 | 1090 | Riley Richert | RHP | Howard (TX) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 37 | 1115 | Shane Cooper | SS | Hutchinson (KS) | Detroit Tigers |
| 37 | 1118 | Cole Haring | OF | McLennan (TX) | Baltimore Orioles |
| 38 | 1133 | Landon Gray | C | Weathford (TX) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 38 | 1140 | Montae Bradshaw | CF | Patrick Henry (VA) | Kansas City Royals |
| 38 | 1142 | Brent Burgess | RHP | Spartanburg Methodist (SC) | New York Yankees |
| 38 | 1152 | Scott Kobos | LHP | St. Johns River State (FL) | Cleveland Indians |
| 39 | 1181 | Ridge Chapman | RHP | Spartanburg Methodist (SC) | Boston Red Sox |
| 40 | 1206 | Liam Jenkins | RHP | Wabash Valley (IL) | San Francisco Giants |
| 40 | 1208 | Niko Leontarakis | RHP | Tallahassee (FL) | Baltimore Orioles |