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It hasn't been a wildly successful recent history for Chippewas baseball. Their last NCAA appearance was 1995. They did have a regular season title in 2010, but the glory days is most definitely the '70s and '80s that produced the likes of veteran pitcher Kevin Tapani and reliever Curt Young. Their only All-Star is Tom Tresh, who played in three All-Star games in the '60s for the Yankees, because of course you made the All-Star Game if you played for the Yankees.
Also interesting: in the last two years they've had eight players drafted, three of them by the Detroit Tigers. They know what they like.
| Central Michigan Chippewas draft history at Baseball-Reference | |||||
| Last MLB Player: Josh Collmenter, present | |||||
| P | Name | Drafted | 2012 Team | 2013 Team | Comments |
| RHP | Josh Collmenter | 2007, 15th rd | Arizona Diamondbacks | Same | After about a season and a half of starting, Collmenter is now the D'backs long reliever. It's probably not where he wants to be but his funky super-overhand delivery is enough of a different look that Arizona enjoys using him there. Hey, whatever keeps you in the big leagues. |
| RHP | Zach Cooper | 2012, 15th rd | Phillies Class A Lakewood Blue Claws | Same | Between Short Season A Williamsport and Lakewood, Cooper had a wonderful 1.30 ERA, allowing just five runs in 34 2/3 innings. |
| C | Dale Cornstubble | 2010, 40th rd | Ind. League Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks | ? | He played in two games then was released. I couldn't find any more information on him. |
| 2B/SS | Jordan Dean | 2012, 15th rd | Tigers Short Season-A Connecticut Tigers | Same? | |
| LHP | Dietrich Enns | 2012, 19th rd | Yankees Short Season-A Staten Island Yankees | Yankees Class A Charleston River Dogs | In 42 innings he posted a 2.11 ERA, mostly in long relief. He's not a high prospect but if he keeps retiring batters in the bullpen then he'll start getting some attention. |
| 2B/OF | Tyler Hall | N/A | Ind. League London Rippers | Ind. League Southern Illinois Miners | |
| SS | Jeff Helps | N/A | Ind. League Les Capitales de Quebec | Same | |
| LHP | Trent Howard | 2011, 7th rd | Orioles High-A Frederick Keys | Same | Howard struggled after being promoted to High-A, giving up a few too many home runs. A move to the bullpen may help him. |
| LHP | Ryan Longstreth | 2012, 40th rd | Tigers Short Season-A Connecticut Tigers | Same? | Longstreth had a setback last year when undergoing Tommy John surgery. |
| RHP | Bryce Morrow | N/A | Ind. League Evansville Otters | Same | |
| RHP | Jake Sabol | 2011, 36th rd | Ind. League Traverse City Beach Bums | Same | Sabol was released by the Tigers last year after poor performance in Short Season A, but he's done well in the Frontier League. |
| RHP | Jonathan Weaver | 2012, 21st rd | Rays Rookie League Princeton Rays | Same | |