UNC Sends 3 More Players Into MLB Draft, Reaching 7 Picks in 20 Rounds
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Updated · KSR · Jul 12
UNC Sends 3 More Players Into MLB Draft, Reaching 7 Picks in 20 Rounds
3 articles · Updated · KSR · Jul 12
Summary
Three more Tar Heels came off the board on Day 2, lifting North Carolina’s 2026 MLB Draft total to seven after the program already set a record with four top-100 picks.
Macon Winslow went highest at No. 190 in Round 6 to Philadelphia after a lone UNC season in which he started 67 games, drove in 57 runs and threw out 55.6% of attempted base stealers.
Matthew Matthijs followed at No. 520 in Round 17 to Seattle, ending a four-year UNC career with a 4.48 ERA and 153 strikeouts in 128.2 innings.
Joseph Lawson went to Miami at No. 595 in Round 20, giving the Marlins an incoming UNC freshman who had signed out of Bishop Verot High School in Florida.
The Day 2 selections capped a draft weekend in which UNC’s seven total picks underscored the depth behind its unprecedented first-100 haul.