2019 All-Futures League First and Second Teams Announced
Published on August 22, 2019 under Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) News Release
WEYMOUTH, Mass. - It was an amazing summer for the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) with some pretty outstanding individual performances from players all around the league. Now that the season has come to a close, we reflect on the summer and all of those performances as it is time to unveil the members of the All-FCBL First and Second Teams for the 2019 season.
Each of the two All-FCBL teams are comprised of four pitchers, a designated hitter, a position player at each position on the field, and two utility spots. In total, there are 30 players receiving this honor and appreciation for their distinguished performance all summer.
All seven of the Futures League teams were represented in this year's All-FCBL teams as the Bristol Blues and the Futures League champion Worcester Bravehearts tied for the most All- FCBL selections with six. The North Shore Navigators are not far behind with five selections and the regular season champion Brockton Rox finished with four selections. The Pittsfield Suns, Nashua Silver Knights, and Westfield Starfires had three selections each.
Below are the 2019 All-FCBL First and Second Teams!
All-FCBL First Team
Pitcher, Nick Sinacola, Brockton Rox (Top Pitching Prospect Award Winner)
10 G | 44 IP | 2.66 ERA | 33 H | 16 R | 13 ER | 21 BB | 71 K
Pitcher, Angelo Baez, Worcester Bravehearts (Pitcher of the Year Award Winner)
7 GS | 5-1 | 1.64 ERA | 44 IP | 28 H | 9 R | 8 ER | 12 BB | 47 K
Pitcher, Beau Dana, North Shore Navigators (Reliever of the Year Award Winner)
18 G | 19.1 IP | 1.40 ERA | 15 H | 4 R | 3 ER | 6 BB | 31 K | 13 SV
Pitcher, Shawn Babineau, Worcester Bravehearts
8 GS | 5-0 | 2.51 ERA | 43 IP | 30 H | 15 R | 12 ER | 9 BB | 49 K
C, Jackson Petersen, Pittsfield Suns
43-148 | .293 BA | 9 HR | 13 2B | 27 R | 39 RBI
1B, Thomas Joyce, Westfield Starfires (2019 Futures League Batting Champion)
50-135 | .370 BA | 4 HR | 13 2B | 26 R | 23 RBI
2B, Mariano Ricciardi, Worcester Bravehearts
51-164 | .311 BA | 2 3B | 17 2B | 34 R | 26 RBI
SS, Zeke Diamond, Bristol Blues
54-160 | .344 BA | 2 HR | 2 3B | 6 2B | 27 R | 26 RBI
3B, Buddy Dewaine, Bristol Blues (Defensive Player of the Year Award Winner)
39-137 | .285 BA | 3 3B | 4 2B | 25 R | 21 RBI
OF, Sean Lawlor, North Shore Navigators (Most Valuable Player Award Winner)
66-188 | .351 BA | 8 HR | 3 3B | 15 2B | 44 R | 40 RBI
OF, Mark Coley, Pittsfield Suns (Top Prospect Award Winner)
49-150 | .327 BA | 7 HR | 3 3B | 15 2B | 38 R | 29 RBI
OF, Brandon Miller, Bristol Blues
64-186 | .344 BA | 6 HR | 2 3B | 8 2B | 33 R | 41 RBI
DH, Ben Rice, Worcester Bravehearts
40-102 | .392 BA | 5 HR | 7 2B | 17 R | 24 RBI
UTL, Austin White, Bristol Blues
54-177 | .305 BA | 2 HR | 6 3B | 8 2B | 56 R (FCBL Record) | 26 RBI
UTL, Jared Dupere, Nashua Silver Knights
47-174 | .270 BA | 8 HR | 2 3B | 11 2B | 32 R | 32 RBI
All-FCBL Second Team
Pitcher, Jack Fox, Westfield Starfires
12 G | 10 GS | 2-7 | 3.24 ERA | 1 CG | 66.2 IP | 65 H | 34 R | 24 ER | 17 BB | 79 K (FCBL Record)
Pitcher, Eric Chavarria, Worcester Bravehearts
8 G | 3-2 | 3.32 ERA | 43.1 IP | 29 H | 16 R | 16 ER | 12 BB | 60 K
Pitcher, Mark Faello, Bristol Blues
7 G | 6-0 | 1.54 ERA | 41 IP | 25 H | 14 R | 7 ER | 21 BB | 29 K
Pitcher, Matt Svanson, Brockton Rox
10 G | 5 GS | 3-1 | 1.45 ERA | 43.1 IP | 27 H | 11 R | 7 ER | 14 BB | 47 K | 1 SV
C, Dylan Jones, Nashua Silver Knights
49-160 | .306 BA | 2 HR | 3 3B | 13 2B | 32 R | 38 RBI
1B, Gabe Giosso, Brockton Rox
43-160 | .269 BA | 5 HR | 1 3B | 11 2B | 26 R | 27 RBI
2B, Andrew Olszak, North Shore Navigators (Adam Keenan Sportsmanship Award Winner)
59-209 | .282 BA | 1 HR | 2 3B | 13 2B | 39 R | 26 RBI
SS, Danny Crossen, Westfield Starfires
51-193 | .264 BA | 2 HR | 5 2B | 36 R | 20 RBI
3B, Mitch Donofrio, Brockton Rox
34-108 | .315 BA | 7 HR | 1 3B | 9 2B | 20 R | 24 RBI
OF, John Thrasher, Worcester Bravehearts
49-166 | .295 BA | 3 HR | 2 3B | 9 2B | 35 R | 20 RBI
OF, Kade Kretzschmar, North Shore Navigators
46-132 | .348 BA | 4 HR | 2 3B | 7 2B | 26 R | 23 RBI
OF, Ben Malgeri, North Shore Navigators
51-153 | .333 BA | 4 HR | 2 3B | 12 2B | 42 R | 27 RBI
DH, Matt Malcom, Pittsfield Suns
47-140 | .336 BA | 3 HR | 11 2B | 19 R | 19 RBI
UTL, Kyle Sandstrom, Nashua Silver Knights
57-178 | .320 BA | 1 HR | 12 2B | 34 R | 21 RBI
UTL, Dylan Reynolds, Bristol Blues
45-164 | .274 BA | 2 HR | 8 2B | 29 R | 33 RBI
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