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2021 ANGLERS SEASON REVIEW & SEASON PREVIEW 2022

After having no Cape League baseball in 2020 it was great to across the country. While we may see some returning faces
have baseball back at Veterans Field in 2021. From opening day for at least part of the season (e.g. Dom Tamez, Johnny Castag-
through the end of the season the crowds were large, and their nozzi, Caden Grice, Jake DeLeo, Sebastian Keene, Cy Nielson)
enthusiastic support of our Chatham Anglers was fantastic. the vast majority of our Angler roster will be comprised of new
Tom Holliday and his coaches again assembled a team that was faces. To augment any returning players Coach Holliday has
exciting to watch, and the Anglers really hit their stride toward assembled a highly talented group of new players to wear the
the end of the season, winning six of their final eight games. Angler blue pinstripes. Offensively Chatham will be bolstered
Despite the strong finish, a shorter season and a reduced play- by 6 players hitting over .300 late in their college seasons. They
off format (only two teams from each division made the play- are Noah Ledford (Georgia Southern), Cooper Ingle (Clemson),
offs) kept the Anglers out of the Cape League playoffs for the Guy Garibay (Rice), Jack Moss (Texas A&M), and Marcus Brown
first time since 2017. Unfortunately, Tom and his coaches were (Oklahoma State). On the mound the Anglers are bringing sev-
hampered by more in-season player turnover than usual, with eral top prospect pitchers to Chatham including Miquel Ful-
the MLB draft, Team USA defections, and Covid protocols all gencio (Cowley CC), Ben Peterson (Florida Southwest), Magnus
contributing to the high player turnover. Ellerts (Florida), William Carston (McClennan CC), Ricky Williams
(Clemson), LeBarron Johnson (Texas), Wyatt Evans (Tennessee).
The 2021 Anglers were led on offense by Danny Serretti (North All of the aforementioned hurlers have E.R.A.’s below 3.00 late in
Carolina) who led the team with a .282 batting average, Max their college seasons.
Romero (Vanderbilt) who had 5 home runs (3 in one game) to
go along with 20 RBI’s, Lyle Miller-Green (George Mason) who There you have it, the coaches are ready, the players have been
led the league with 28 RBI’s while finishing second in the league carefully selected, and now it’s time to watch the 2022 season
with 8 home runs, and by all-star selection Josh Rivera who led unfold. We are confident the season will contain plenty of ex-
the Anglers with 29 hits and 11 walks. citement, a great deal of joy, and probably a few tears too. A
typical Cape Cod Baseball League summer!
Chatham’s pitching staff was led by Adam Tulloch (West Vir-
ginia) with 8 outings, including 5 starts, covering 29 innings.
Sebastian Keane (Northeastern) 7 outings, 3 starts, and Victor
Mederos (Miami) 7 outings, 4 starts were also anchors in both
starting and relief roles. Shining primarily in bullpen roles were
Cade Winquest (Texas Arlington) and Trevor Martin (Oklahoma
State) who both had 2.79 ERA’s over 8 appearances.
While it’s enjoyable to talk about the successes of 2021, it’s
even more fun to talk about the upcoming 2022 season. We
are excited that Tom Holliday, pitching coach Dennis Cook, and
Infielder coach Randy Whisler are again returning to lead the
Anglers in 2022. Tom and his coaches have again assembled
an impressive roster of talented baseball players from schools

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