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It was a busy day in the state of Virginia at the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft. players were drafted over 40 rounds on the three day event. Virginia was well represented with 36 players drafted either from, or with ties to, the commonwealth and DC area.

Quick Facts

• The University of Virginia led all area Schools with seven players taken.
• George Washington, Liberty University, and VMI were tied for second most with three apiece
• Of the 36 players taken, 31 came from the college ranks
• Cosby, Hanover, Liberty Christian, and McLean led all High Schools with two alumni taken.

Virginia in the 2018 MLB Draft

Rd.	Pick	Player	School (High School)	MLB Club
1C	34	Daniel Lynch	Virginia (Douglas Freeman HS)	Royals
CBA	39	Jake McCarthy	Virginia (Scranton HS, PA)	Diamondbacks
5	158	Andy Weber	Virginia (Aurora HS, OH)	Cubs
7	214	Josh Winder	VMI (James River HS)	Twins
7	218	DJ Artis	Liberty (Southeast Guildford HS, NC)	Cubs
8	247	Connor Van Hoose	Bucknell (Gonzaga Collegiate)	Yankees
8	248	Zach Mort	George Mason (Cosby HS)	Cubs
9	259	Andrew McDonald	Virginia Tech (Mason HS, OH)	Reds
9	278	Derek Casey	Virginia (Hanover HS)	Cubs
10	288	Bennett Sousa	Virginia (Benjamin School HS, FL)	White Sox
10	292	Brett Langhorne	Carson-Newman (TN) (Lee-Davis HS)	Braves
11	343	Jack DeGroat	Liberty (Loudoun Valley HS)	Indians
12	367	Matt Pita	VMI (Cosby HS)	Yankees
13	397	Isaiah Pasteur	Goerge Washington (Winters Mill HS, MD)	Yankees
15	449	Cameron Simmons	Virginia (Spring-Ford HS, PA)	Rangers
16	474	Colin Selby	Randolph Macon (Western Branch HS)	Pirates
19	564	Will Kobos	George Washington (Myers Park HS, NC)	Pirates
19	578	Layne Looney	Richmond (Highland Park HS, TX)	Cubs
20	586	Jett Manning	Alabama (Battlefield HS)	Giants
20	596	Vinny Capra	Richmond (Melbourne Cent. Catholic, FL)	Blue Jays
21	632	Nathan Eaton	VMI (Thomas Dale HS)	Royals
21	644	Tre Todd	Liberty (Gloucester Catholic, NJ)	Dodgers
25	756	Robbie Metz	George Washington (Poolesville HS, MD)	Rockies
26	783	Connor Coward	Virginia Tech (Seneca Valley HS, PA)	Cardinals
26	791	Colin Morse	Shenandoah (McLean HS)	Nationals
28	836	Andy McGuire	Texas (James Madison HS)	Blue Jays
29	877	Jackson Bertsch	Liberty (Pleasant Hill HS, OR)	Yankees
30	906	Colton Harlow	JMU (Stonewall Jackson HS)	Rockies
34	1012	Zack Hess	LSU (Liberty Christian Academy)	Braves
35	1037	Austin Ross	Radford (Beaver Area HS, PA)	Phillies
35	1038	Jason Morgan	UNC (Chancellor HS)	White Sox
35	1045	Conor Grammes	Xavier (McLean HS)	Orioles
38	1130	Nick Zona	Hanover HS	Mets
39	1161	Seth Mayberry	Dinwiddie HS	Padres
39	1172	Adam Hackenberg	Miller School	Royals
40	1205	Wes Clarke	Liberty Christian Academy	Brewers