MLB draft: Harleysville’s Will McCausland goes in the seventh round; two area players taken in the eighth

It took seven rounds for a Philly-area player to be selected in Major League Baseball’s draft.

Will McCausland, a Harleysville native and Souderton Area High School grad, was selected at No. 222 by the Cleveland Guardians in the seventh round.

McCausland is a right-handed pitcher who played this past season at Ole Miss. He spent his first two years as a stater at St. Joseph’s. He had a 4.32 ERA in 24 appearances, and through 41⅔ innings, he recorded 55 strikeouts in 2025.

South Jersey has been represented in both days of the draft.

Day 1 saw two South Jersey natives selected, as Haddon Heights’ Caden Bodine went 30th overall to Baltimore and Frank Cairone, a graduate of Delsea High in Franklinville, was picked by Milwaukee with the 68th overall pick.

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Here’s a breakdown of other local players taken in Day 2 of the draft.

Lansdale native Dylan Brown, who played high school ball at North Penn, was drafted by the Boston Red Sox with the 238th overall pick on Monday.

The 21-year-old lefthander has a fastball that ranges from 90 to 94 mph. He also throws a change-up in the low 80s.

Brown spent the last three seasons playing for Old Dominion. He posted his best collegiate numbers this year with a 4.06 ERA. He also struck out 102 in 82 innings while allowing 76 hits, 37 earned runs, and 26 walks.

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Ryan Weingartner, an infielder from Berlin who played at St. Augustine Prep in Atlantic County, was also picked in the eighth round, shortly after Brown, at No. 240 by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Weingartner spent this season at Penn State, where he set a single-season program record with 30 stolen bases, while also recording 56 hits, 11 homers, 40 RBIs, 52 runs, and 44 walks.

Before joining the Nittany Lions, the 5-foot-11 shortstop played two years at St. Joseph’s. He was named first-team All-Atlantic 10 in 2024 and earned a spot-on the Atlantic 10 all-rookie team in 2023.

His Penn State teammate, outfielder Paxton Kling, was taken by the Texas Rangers in the seventh round with the No. 205 pick.

Former Penn standout Wyatt Henseler was selected at No. 261 in the ninth round by the Washington Nationals.

Henseler played his final year of eligibility with Texas A&M this season. The infielder batted .319 with an OPS of .985. He recorded 48 runs, 67 hits, 12 homers, 33 RBIs, and 19 walks in 56 games.

He spent four seasons at Penn, where he was a star third baseman who broke the Ivy League career records for home runs (54), RBIs (189), and total bases (560) in 2024. He also set the single-season record for home runs (22) en route to being named Ivy League player of the year and a first-team All-Ivy honoree.

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Another Big 5 player was also taken in the ninth when the Chicago Cubs selected Colton Book of St. Joseph’s at No. 271.

The left-handed pitcher played his first three years at Stony Brook before transferring to Hawk Hill. Book posted a 5.19 ERA while striking out 38 in 50⅓ innings as a freshman and did not make an appearance on the mound in 2023.

At St. Joe’s, he had a 3.53 ERA in 14 starts. He had 122 strikeouts (a Hawks single-season record) in 86⅔ innings, and allowed 34 earned runs, 66 hits, and 20 walks this season. He was named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year and first-team all-conference.

Andrew Healy, a graduate of Penn Charter, was selected No. 275 by the Milwaukee Brewers. The Glen Mills native spent the last three years pitching for Duke. He started in 13 games this season and recorded a 7.29 ERA. Though 42 innings, he struck out 37 batters.

The Red Sox selected Maximus Martin, a 6-foot shortstop out of Moorestown High, at No. 298 overall.

After pulling his name out of the draft in 2022, Martin jumped around college programs for three years. He saw little time on the field as a freshman at Rutgers and joined Georgia State as a sophomore, where he batted .297 with three homers and 21 RBIs in 44 games.

This season with Kansas State, he had a dominant showing, slashing .320/.420/.612 with 14 homers and 18 doubles in 56 games. He was also named to the All-Central Region first team.

Holden deJong, a Monroeville, N.J., native and St. Augustine Prep grad, was selected by the Orioles with the No. 334 pick.

The lefty pitcher played three years at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He pitched in 20 games as a freshman but saw more action in his second year, when he had 12 starts in 17 appearances on the mound and was considered the team’s No. 2 starter.

He was bound for a breakout junior season after posting 61 strikeouts as a sophomore. However, deJong suffered a season-ending injury and only completed six starts. He finished with a 3.41 ERA and struck out 31 batters through 29 innings.

Former St. Joseph’s pitcher Ryan DeSanto was selected No. 372 overall by the Cleveland Guardians.

The lefty transferred to Penn State this season after two years with the Hawks. He had a 3.96 ERA and made 15 starts this season, while notching 72 strikeouts in 72⅔ innings.

At St. Joe’s last year, he posted a 3.72 ERA and started 14 games. He allowed 54 hits, 31 earned runs, and 35 walks, while racking up 88 strikeouts over 75 innings.

His fellow Penn State pitching teammate, righty Chase Renner, was selected six picks later in the 13th round by the Miami Marlins.

Warrington native Robby Porco was taken off the board at pick No. 405 by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The 6-8 right-handed pitcher played three years at West Virginia. This past season, he posted a 4.64 ERA in 12 games and collected 24 strikeouts in 21⅓ innings.

Ryan Reed, an alumnus of the Haverford School, was drafted at No. 460 by the San Diego Padres. The left-handed pitcher, who played three years at Pittsburgh, posted a 5.01 ERA over 73⅔ innings this season, with 67 strikeouts.

He’s Pitt’s first draftee this year.

Logan Dawson, a recent graduate of Eastern Regional High, was selected by his hometown team, the Phillies, at No. 491.

The shortstop, who intended to play for Boston College this year, was a multisport athlete for the Vikings. He played football in the fall (at quarterback) basketball in the winter, and baseball in the spring.

The 6-3 Dawson batted .318 this season while producing 27 hits, 13 RBIs, 14 walks, and two homers. He also had 14 stolen bases.

Blake Morgan, a Marlton native who graduated from Cherokee High, was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays with the 567th pick.

The left-handed pitcher spent four years at Old Dominion. He made 15 starts this season and had a 4.62 ERA, while throwing 68 strikeouts in 85⅔ innings. He allowed 97 hits, 44 earned runs, and 28 walks.