Coastal Carolina had its third and fourth players taken in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft on Wednesday, as well as an incoming recruit.
Graduated senior catcher Matt Beaird was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 36th round with the 1,075th pick, and junior starting pitcher Jason Bilous was selected in the 13th round (378th overall) by the Chicago White Sox, and said he will forego his senior season with the Chanticleers to pitch professionally.
It’s the second time the Wilmington, Del., native has been drafted. Bilous was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 29th round (882nd overall) out of Caravel Academy in Wilmington despite not pitching during his senior season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in the fall of 2014.