Delaware State Trey Paige was selected in the 17th Round (No. 515 overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals on the third day (rounds 11-20) of the MLB draft on Tuesday.
Trey Paige recorded his second-straight season of more than 70-plus hits and double-digit home runs (13 in 2022, 14 in 2023) and became the eighth player in program history to join the 200-hit club. He finished the year with a team-high batting average of .372 at the plate with 15 doubles and two triples to go with his home runs, he tallied a slugging percentage of .691% and collecting 132 total bases. He scored 55 runs while driving in 53.
Paige was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings NCAA Division I Team. He became a member of the baseball program’s 200-hit club. During the 2023 season he collected 132 total bases.