SEATTLE, Wash. --- Recently graduated Delaware State infielder
Trey Paige was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals with the 515th pick of the 17th round in the 2023 MLB Draft.
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The 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year became just the eighth player in program history and seventh under current head coach
JP Blandin to have been drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) organization.
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A future hall of fame member who already has his name inserted into seven career categories, Paige has put himself in the top-five of one more Hornet Baseball category. With his selection, he becomes the second-highest MLB Draft selection in program history. As for his career category standings, Paige is 3rd out right in home runs (32) as well as walks (105) and is T-3rd in doubles (46), 4th in runs scored (147) and T-5th in total at-bats with 545 and his 203 total hits rank him 7th while his 136 RBIs puts him in 6th. Â Â Â
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"Our Hornet family is excited for Trey. 'Cap' has put in the work and now he gets the opportunity he deserves. I am very grateful that the Cardinals drafted him as we have some former assistant coaches in that organization and all told, it will be a perfect fit for him. He will make a great professional baseball player and we all wish him the best." – Blandin's statement on Paige's draft selection. Â
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Paige joins Pedro Swann (Atlanta Braves; 26th round of the 1991 MLB Draft), Tim Vaillancourt (Arizona Diamondbacks; 31st round of the 2003 MLB Draft), Scott Martin (Chicago White Sox; 34th round of the 2003 MLB Draft), Shawn Phillips (Texas Rangers; 20th round of the 2004 MLB Draft), Eric Carter (Seattle Mariners; 10th round of the 2004 MLB Draft), Dan Perkins (Colorado Rockies; 27th round of the 2009 MLB Draft) and Garrett Lawson (Los Angeles Angels; 19th round of the 2019 MLB Draft) on the list of Delaware State's MLB Draft picks.
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