The link over each player’s name will take you to his minorleaguebaseball.com page. Players are listed by the school they were drafted out of. Only players listed in the “Kentucky High School Alumni” section were drafted out of high school in Kentucky, though several in the “Kentucky natives” section attended Kentucky high schools but were drafted after attending an out-of-state college. If you have any information about a Kentucky player not on the list send me an email at jhale@blugrassbaseball.com. For the first half of the season players without a full-season assignment are listed with their organization.
UK Alumni
- A.J. Reed — AAA Fresno
- Alex Meyer — AAA Salt Lake
- Andrew Albers — Braves
- Casey Schroeder — High A Winston-Salem
- Chandler Shepherd — AAA Pawtuckett
- Collin Cowgill — AAA El Paso
- Corey Littrell — AAA Memphis
- Dustin Beggs — Low A Greensboro
- JaVon Shelby — Low A Beloit
- Jeff Boehm — High A Inland Empire
- J.T. Riddle — AAA New Orleans
- Ka’ai Tom — High A Lynchburg
- Kyle Barrett — High A Jupiter
- Kyle Cody — Low A Hickory
- Luke Maile — AAA Buffalo
- Matthew Pope — Giants
- Tim Peterson — AA Binghamton
- Trevor Gott — AAA Syracuse
- Zach Strecker — Twins
- Zack Brown — Low A Wisconsin
UofL Alumni
- Adam Engel — AAA Charlotte
- Blake Tiberi — Low A Columbia
- Chad Green — High A Tampa
- Chris Dominguez — AAA Iowa
- Cody Ege — AAA Salt Lake
- Cole Sturgeon — AA Portland
- Corey Ray — Brewers
- Dace Kime — Indians
- Dean Kiekhefer — AAA Tacoma
- Derek Self — AA Harrisburg
- Drew Harrington — High A Florida
- Grant Kay — AA Montgomery
- Jared Ruxer — High A Wilmington
- Jeff Arnold — AAA Sacramento
- Jeff Thompson — High A Lakeland
- Joe Filomeno — AA Frisco
- Justin Marks — AAA Durham
- Kyle Funkhouser — Low A West Michigan
- Kyle McGrath — AA San Antonio
- Matt Koch — AAA Reno
- Neil Holland — High A Lynchburg
- Nick Burdi — AA Chattanooga
- Nick Solak — High A Tampa
- Robert Strader — Low A Delmarva
- Ryan Wright — AA Pensacola
- Stewart Ijames — AA Mobile
- Will Smith — High A Rancho Cucamonga
- Zack Burdi — AAA Charlotte
Other College Alumni
- Andrew Edwards — WKU — AAA Omaha
- Carlos Pena — Lindsey Wilson — Low A Hagerstown
- Cole Bauml — NKU — Low A West Michigan
- Danny Hudzina — WKU — Low A Peoria
- John Werner — St. Catharine — Rangers
- Jordan Procyshen — NKU — AA Portland
- Kane Sweeney — Morehead — Low A Charleston
- Kyle Grana — Bellarmine — AAA Oklahoma City
- Kyle Nowlin — Low A Beloit
- Mandy Alvarez — EKU — High A Tampa
- Matt Anderson — Morehead — Low A West Virginia
- Michael Messier — Bellarmine — Royals
- Mitchell Osnowitz — Lindsey Wilson — High A Salem
- Patrick McGuff — Morehead — Low A Cedar Rapids
- Taylor Davis — Morehead — AAA Iowa
- Tyler Keele — Morehead — Diamondbacks
Players drafted out of Kentucky high schools
- Cameron Planck — Rowan County — Mets
- Easton McGee — Hopkinsville — Rays
- Micah Miniard — Boyle County — Low A Lake County
- Nate Adcock — North Hardin — AAA Norfolk
Kentuckians drafted out of out-of-state schools
- Blake Perry — Boyle County — AA Arkansas
- Chase Johnson-Mullins — Bourbon County — High A Florida
- Jacob Bodner — Boyle County — High A Wilmington
- Johnny Venters — Born in Pikeville — AAA Durham
- Nick Maronde — Lexington Catholic — AAA New Orleans
- Stephen Shackleford — Trinity — AAA Syracuse
- Steve Delabar — Central Hardin — AAA Columbus
- Walker Buehler — Henry Clay — High A Rancho Cucamonga
- Wes Wilson — Bryan Station — High A Tampa
- Zach Osborne — PRP — AA Hartford
Thought you might want to add Josh Ellis. He graduated from Dunbar, but played collegiately at Wake Forest.
Paul Patterson is back in independent ball and he pitched for Northern Kentucky University.
I would like to see you guys include Matt KLinker of the Louisville Bats. He grew up in Madisonville , Ky. and played 1 yr of varsity baseball @madisonville north hopkins high school before transferring to a school in Cincinnati.
Please add Keith Butler, graduate of Butler Co. High School. Playing for Quad Cities and has a career minor league ERA of 2.38 (2 seasons)
He is listed in the “Kentuckians drafted out of out-of-state schools” section