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Azusa Pacific MLB Players & Draft History (via Baseball Reference)

Players currently in MLB organizations

Stephen Vogt
Team: Oakland A's | Position: Catcher
Current Level: MLB | Drafted: 2007 (12th round, Tampa Bay Rays)

Josh Staumont
Team: Kansas City Royals | Position: Pitcher
Current Level: MLB | Drafted: 2015 (2nd round, Kansas City Royals)

Layne Henderson
Team: Houston Astros | Position: Pitcher
Current Level: AAA | Drafted: 2018 (30th round, Houston Astros)

Isaiah Carranza
Team: Chicago White Sox | Position: Pitcher
Current Level: A (high) | Drafted: 2018 (12th round, Chicago White Sox)


James Acuña
Team: Atlanta Braves | Position: Pitcher
Current Level: A (low) | Drafted: 2019 (29th round, Atlanta Braves)

Osvaldo Tovalin
Team: St. Louis Cardinals | Position: Third Base
Current Level: A (high) | Drafted: 2021 (10th round, St. Louis Cardinals)

Hayden Merda
Team: New York Yankees | Position: Pitcher
Current Level: Rookie | Drafted: 2022 (17th round, New York Yankees)

Previous players drafted or signed by MLB organizations
players in bold reached MLB 
Player Pos. Year Drafted Round Team Highest Level Career (years)
Chris Jones OF 1970 13th Cincinnati A (CIN) 1970
Bill McCorkle 1B/C 1972 26rd California (Anaheim) A (ANA) 1972
Michael Henderson RHP 1972 36th New York Mets A (NYM) 1972
Paul Moskau RHP 1975 3rd Cincinnati MLB (CHC) 1975-83
Mark Rodgers OF 1975 12th Philadelphia A (PHI) 1975
John Littlefield RHP 1976 20th Toronto MLB (SDP) 1976-81
Floyd Vrennecke SS 1978 33rd Minnesota Twins
Christopher Barbone 3B 1978 9th San Francisco A (SF) 1978
Phil Bemonte INF 1979 36th Chicago Cubs AA (CHC)  1979-80
Jon MacMillan OF/1B 1980 30th Chicago Cubs A (CHC) 1980
Ken Pryce P 1980 32nd Chicago Cubs AAA (CHC) 1980-86
Paul Serna SS 1980 FA Seattle Mariners MLB (SEA) 1980-85
Jim Giacomazzi P 1981 16th San Diego Padres A (CHC) 1981-82
Jeff M. Robinson RHP 1983 3rd Detroit Tigers MLB (PIT) 1983-92
Rodney Martin OF 1983 14th Houston Astros A (HOU) 1983
Joe Grayston SS 1984 15th Texas Rangers A (TEX) 1984-95
Rob Amble OF 1984 25th Texas Rangers A (TEX) 1984
Wayne Edwards RHP 1985 10th Chicago White Sox MLB (CHW) 1985-91
Greg Shirley OF 1985 32nd Pittsburgh Pirates
Javier Murillo 2B 1988 25th Cleveland Indians A (CLE) 1988
Carlos Salazar 1B-C 1990 19th Oakland Athletics A (OAK) 1990-92
Jose Millares 3B 1990 38th Baltimore Orioles AA (BAL) 1990-96
Ruben Niebla LHP 1998 FA Montreal Expos A (OAK) 1998-2000
Justin Duarte 1B 1999 22nd Philadelphia Phillies AA (SD) 1999-2002
Eric Ordorica 3B 2002 25th Florida Marlins A (FLA) 2002-04
Chad Clark RHP 2003 21st Arizona Diamondbacks A (ARI) 2003-04
Jason Ray RHP 2005 8th Oakland Athletics AAA (ARI) 2005-13
Scott Hodsdon RHP 2007 6th Oakland Athletics AAA (OAK) 2007-11
Stephen Vogt C 2007 12th Tampa Bay Rays MLB (ATL) 2007-active
Kirk Nieuwenhuis OF 2008 3rd New York Mets MLB (SEA) 2008-18
Jonny Bravo LHP 2008 23rd St. Louis Cardinals A (STL) 2008-09
Andrew Shive RHP 2008 35th New York Yankees A (NYY) 2008-10
Brandon Sisk LHP 2008 FA Kansas City Royals AAA (SEA) 2008-16
Peter Gehle LHP 2010 27th Chicago White Sox A (CWS) 2010-11
Ryan Delgado C 2010 32nd Atlanta Braves A (OAK) 2010-13
Brice Cutspec 1B 2010 FA San Francisco Giants A (SF) 2010-11
Jordan Leyland 1B 2012 9th Toronto Blue Jays A (TOR) 2012-13
Alan Garcia RHP 2012 22nd Los Angeles Dodgers A (LAD) 2012-13
Ryan Henley 2B 2013 40th Tampa Bay Rays Rookie (TB) 2013
Joseph Daris OF 2014 14th Atlanta Braves A (ATL) 2014-16
Adam McCreery LHP 2014 22nd Los Angeles Angels MLB (ATL) 2014-19
Zach Hedges RHP 2014 26th Chicago Cubs AAA (CHC) 2014-19
Josh Staumont RHP 2015 2nd Kansas City Royals MLB (KC) 2015-active
Danny Martin 2B 2015 24th St. Louis Cardinals A (STL) 2015-16
Jonny Reid LHP 2016 28th Washington Nationals A (WSH) 2016-17
Adrian Tovalin 3B 2017 16th Houston Astros A (HOU) 2017-18
Michael Staudinger OF 2017 26th Chicago White Sox Rookie (CWS) 2017
Billy Oxford RHP 2017 27th New York Mets A (NYM) 2017-19
Michael Fairchild RHP 2017 FA Seattle Mariners Rookie (SEA) 2017
Isaiah Carranza RHP 2018 12th Chicago White Sox A (CWS) 2018-active
Pablo O'Connor OF 2018 27th Washington Nationals A (WAS) 2018-19
Layne Henderson RHP 2018 30th Houston Astros AAA (HOU) 2018-active
James Acuña RHP 2019 29th Atlanta Braves A (ATL) 2019-active
Justin Gomez C 2019 31st Cincinnati Reds A (CIN) 2019-21
Cole Kleszcz OF 2019 33rd New York Mets A (NYM) 2019-21
Osvaldo Tovalin 3B 2021 10th St. Louis Cardinals A (STL) 2021-active
Hayden Merda RHP 2022 17TH New York Yankees Rookie (NYY) 2022-active