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The 2023 MLB Rule 4 Draft, better known as the First-Year Player Draft or Amateur Draft, has concluded. The Draft began on Sunday night and continued on Monday and Tuesday. As we expected, it was a banner year in Virginia and DC as we saw the selection of the first Virginia prep First Rounder since 2005 with the Giants' selection of Madison two-way Bryce Eldridge with the 16th pick. Not only was the First Round drought snapped, but we also saw a second player taken with one of the final picks of the First Round as Westfield outfielder Jonny Farmelo became the second Bulldog to be taken in the First Round of the MLB Draft.

That was not the end of Virginia and DC's wildly successful Sunday night as Freedom (South Riding) alum Ben Williamson and Miller School alum Drue Hackenberg were selected two picks apart from each other in the back half of the Second Round by the Mariners and Braves, respectively.

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When the draft concluded late Tuesday afternoon, five VA/DC Prep players had been drafted and 16 total players that are graduates of Virginia or DC high schools were selected. Here are the players that are alums of Virginia or DC high schools that were drafted this year:

 

Round	Name	High School	Draft Pos	Grad Year	College (Commitment)	MLB Team
1st	Bryce Eldridge	James Madison	1B/RHP	2023	Alabama	Giants
1st	Jonny Farmelo	Westfield	OF	2023	Virginia	Mariners
2nd	Ben Williamson	Freedom (South Riding)	3B	2019	William & Mary	Mariners
2nd	Drue Hackenberg	Miller School	RHP	2021	Virginia Tech	Braves
4th C	Justin Riemer	St. John's College	SS	2020	Wright State	Red Sox
5th	Connelly Early	James River (Midlothian)	RHP	2020	Virginia	Red Sox
9th	Christian Worley	Halifax County	RHP	2020	Virginia Tech	Cardinals
11th	Zyhir Hope	Colonial Forge	OF	2023	North Carolina	Cubs
12th	Carter Trice	Mechanicsville	2B	2020	NC State	Cubs
12th	Brady Kirtner	Christiansburg	RHP	2020	Virginia Tech	Mets
12th	Blake Dickerson	Ocean Lakes	LHP	2023	Virginia Tech	Padres
14th	Josh Trentadue	Mills Godwin	LHP	2020	Coll. of Southern Idaho	Rangers
14th	Joe Vogatsky	Kettle Run	RHP	2020	James Madison	Blue Jays
18th	Daniel Ouderkirk	Spotswood	RHP	2018	Penn State	Mariners
18th	Ethan Chenault	Miller School	RHP	2020	UNC Wilmington	Phillies
20th	Ryan Marohn	Freedom (South Riding)	LHP	2023	NC State	Guardians