2021 MLB Draft Division II Recap

The 2021 MLB Draft was a little bit of a return to normalcy, as the draft expanded from its five rounds in 2020 to 20 rounds this year. Still a far cry from the "regular" 40 that we had become accustomed to. However, it is still ample opportunity for some of Division II's most talented student-athletes to find their spot in the professional world. Over the last three days, we had just that, as 22 D-II baseball players were drafted in this year's event. We have all the numbers and statistics for them below.

The Sunshine State Conference, for the fifth time in the last seven years, had the most draft picks of any conference, with five, led by Florida Southern's three draft picks.

The St. Louis Cardinals will continue their reign as the top MLB organization when it comes to drafting D-II representatives. With their two picks in this year's draft, the Cardinals have now drafted 29 D-II players since 2015, easily outpacing the second-place Houston Astros at 24, who also made a D-II selection this year.

Chad Patrick, the top D-II draft pick this year, and the first draftee ever from Purdue-Northwest, went 107th overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the highest D-II draft pick since Josiah Gray went 72nd in 2018. Patrick is the highest draft pick from the GLIAC since 1998, when Matt Thornton (Grand Valley State) was drafted 22nd overall.

With all that said, here is a list of all 22 NCAA Division II draftees in the 2021 MLB Draft, by round first. Below that is a breakdown of how the draft played out in various forms. Please be aware that all positions and classes are taken from what is listed for the player on the MLB Draft Tracker.

Round 4

107. Chad Patrick (Purdue-Northwest) - Arizona Diamondbacks - RHP - SR

Round 6

184. Riley Martin (Quincy) - Chicago Cubs - LHP - JR

Round 7

221. Logan Workman (Lee) - Tampa Bay Rays - RHP - SR

Round 8

224. Larson Kindreich (Biola) - Texas Rangers - LHP - JR

Round 9

271. Trent Baker (Angelo State) - St. Louis Cardinals - RHP - SR

Round 10

296. Vaun Brown (Florida Southern) - San Francisco Giants - OF - SR

301. Osvaldo Tovalin (Azusa Pacific) - St. Louis Cardinals - 3B - JR

307. Dylan Spain (Hawaii-Hilo) - Atlanta Braves - RHP - SR

Round 11
317. Dylan Heid (Pittsburgh-Johnstown) - Baltimore Orioles - RHP - SR

340. River Ryan (UNC Pembroke) - San Diego Padres - RHP - SR

Round 12
350. Mason Green (Central Missouri) - Colorado Rockies - LHP - SR

Round 13
377. Jacob Teter (Florida Southern) - Baltimore Orioles - 1B - SR

385. Jared Carr (Shepherd) - Philadelphia Phillies - OF - JR

Round 14
432. Jordan Leasure (Tampa) - Los Angeles Dodgers - RHP - SR

Round 15
435. Blake Holub (St. Edward's) - Detroit Tigers - RHP - SR

445. Matt Osterberg (St. Cloud State) - Philadelphia Phillies - LHP - SR

458. Luke Anderson (Central Oklahoma) - Oakland Athletics - RHP - JR

Round 16

478. Nic Swanson (Northeastern State) - Houston Astros - RHP - JR

Round 17
500. Jarrod Cande (Florida Southern) - Colorado Rockies - RHP - JR

521. Conor Dryer (Central Missouri) - Tampa Bay Rays - RHP - SR

Round 18
536. Hunter Dula (Wingate) - San Francisco Giants - RHP - SR

542. Jimmy Burnette (Saint Leo) - Toronto Blue Jays - LHP - SR

And here are some breakdowns of the draft picks:

No. of MLB Draft Picks for Each Division II School

Three Selections
Florida Southern (Average pick - 391.0)

Two Selections

Central Missouri

One Selection

Angelo State

Azusa Pacific

Biola

Central Oklahoma

Hawaii-Hilo

Lee

Northeastern State

Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Purdue-Northwest

Quincy

St. Cloud State

St. Edward's

Saint Leo

Shepherd

Tampa

UNC Pembroke

Wingate

No. of MLB Draft Picks for Each Division II Conference

Five Selections

SSC

Four Selections

MIAA

Three Selections

PacWest

Two Selections

LSC

PSAC

One Selection

GLIAC

GLVC

GSC

NSIC

PBC

SAC

No. of MLB Draft Picks for Each Division II Region
Atlantic - 2
Central - 5
East - 0
Midwest - 2
South - 6
South Central - 2
Southeast - 2
West - 3

No. of Division II MLB Draft Picks by Listed Position on MLB.com

C - 0

1B - 1

2B - 0

SS - 0

3B - 1
(INF - 2)

LF - 0

CF - 0

RF - 0

OF - 2

(All OF - 2)

RHP - 13

LHP - 5

(All P - 18)

Position Players - 4

Pitchers - 18

No. of Division II MLB Draft Picks by School Year

Sophomores - 0

Juniors - 7

Seniors - 15

No. of Division II Picks for Each MLB Team

Two Selection
Baltimore Orioles

Colorado Rockies

Philadelphia Phillies

San Francisco Giants

St. Louis Cardinals

Tampa Bay Rays

One Selection

Arizona Diamondbacks

Atlanta Braves

Chicago Cubs

Detroit Tigers

Houston Astros

Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland Athletics

San Diego Padres

Texas Rangers

Toronto Blue Jays

Zero Selections

Boston Red Sox

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Cleveland Indians

Kansas City Royals

Los Angeles Angels

Miami Marlins

Milwaukee Brewers

Minnesota Twins

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Pittsburgh Pirates

Seattle Mariners

Washington Nationals

No. of Division II Picks for Each MLB Team Since 2015
Arizona Diamondbacks - 14
Atlanta Braves - 20
Baltimore Orioles - 22 (3)
Boston Red Sox - 6
Chicago Cubs - 13
Chicago White Sox - 13
Cincinnati Reds - 12
Cleveland Indians - 9
Colorado Rockies - 21 (T4)
Detroit Tigers - 11
Houston Astros - 24 (2)
Kansas City Royals - 10
Los Angeles Angels - 7
Los Angeles Dodgers - 8
Miami Marlins - 16
Milwaukee Brewers - 9
Minnesota Twins - 13
New York Mets - 14
New York Yankees - 11
Oakland Athletics - 18
Philadelphia Phillies - 21 (T4)
Pittsburgh Pirates - 13
San Diego Padres - 12
San Francisco Giants - 17
Seattle Mariners - 21 (T4)
St. Louis Cardinals - 29 (1)
Tampa Bay Rays - 16
Texas Rangers - 16
Toronto Blue Jays - 16
Washington Nationals - 11

Edit (7/13/21 9:49 PM): An update was made to include Northeastern State's Nic Swanson in Round 16. He was initially missed.