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Anglers announce 2025 team award recipients
CHATHAM, Mass. — The Anglers have announced the recipients of their 2025 team awards, recognizing six players for their performances over the course of the summer.
Daniel Jackson (Georgia) was named the Thurman Munson Most Outstanding Position Player of the year. Josh Swink (Liberty) earned the Ed Baird Most Outstanding Pitcher award. And four A’s received the Ed Lyons Coach’s Award this season: Jackson Freeman (Northwestern), Jake Hanley (Indiana), Isaiah Lane (San Diego) and Duke Stone (Mississippi State).
All six players were rostered for all 40 games this summer.
Additionally, Jackson was named the 2025 Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award winner, an award given annually from umpires around the league to one Cape Cod Baseball League player.
It caps off an incredible second summer in Chatham for Jackson, who played catcher, first base and outfield for the Anglers in 2025. He led the A’s in nearly every relevant offensive statistical category, including a .417 on-base percentage, which ranked as the second-best OBP on the Cape through Aug. 2. Jackson earned CCBL All-Star honors and participated in the Home Run Derby, in which he blasted a 472-foot homer. For Jackson to build upon his short four-game stint with the Anglers in 2024, he kept a simple mindset.
“Honestly, just thinking a little bit less,” Jackson said of his adjustments to seeing Cape League pitching. “Just getting as comfortable as possible, going up there trying to be a dog and just go and battle. Don’t think about missing the heaters. Go up there and attack, and see what happens.”
Anglers catcher/1B/OF Daniel Jackson had a summer to remember in 2025, leading Chatham in most offensive statistical categories in a Cape League All-Star campaign. Photograph by Ella Tovey
As for the A’s pitcher of the summer, the left-handed throwing Swink stood out as the only Chatham hurler to make the CCBL All-Star Game this year. Across 23.1 innings of work (nine appearances), Swink fanned 20 batters while walking just five, posting a team-best 2.70 earned run average among A’s qualified pitchers. Swink didn’t give up a single long ball and boasted a 1.03 WHIP, setting himself up well ahead of his junior season at Liberty in spring 2026.
Freeman, another Cape League All-Star, proved to be another key producer for the Anglers this season. The outfielder was a mainstay atop Chatham’s batting order all year. As of Aug. 2, Freeman had tallied a .723 OPS with 36 hits in 139 at-bats, along with belting two homers and driving in 15 runs. Anglers manager Dennis Cook had high praise for Freeman all summer long.
“Jackson Freeman is probably our best pure hitter,” Cook said.
Hanley, a first baseman and corner outfielder, played in 35 games this summer for the Anglers, registering a .341 OBP as of Aug. 2. He ranked second on the A’s with 18 runs batted in through 39 games. The reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year was one of the Anglers’ most consistent presences in the lineup, and is a prime candidate to return to Chatham next summer.
It can also be inferred Cook would want to bring back Lane, who the first-year skipper called the best shortstop he’s ever coached in Chatham and the best shortstop that he saw on the Cape this season. Lane was slick with the glove and a sneaky-good run-producer, leading the A’s with 20 RBI through Aug. 2. Lane repeatedly showed that his future as a prospect is bright, exuding five-tool ability.
The lone pitcher to receive the Lyons award, Stone, had a commendable summer after only getting 4.2 innings this past spring at Mississippi State. The 6-foot-5 right-hander accumulated 33.0 innings pitched for the A’s, possessing a very efficient ratio of 35 strikeouts compared to six walks issued. Stone threw for multiple six-inning shutout starts, the only Chatham pitcher to do so in 2025. Stone’s minuscule 0.96 WHIP ranked first among Anglers’ qualified pitchers.
Daniel Jackson (Georgia) was named the Thurman Munson Most Outstanding Position Player of the year. Josh Swink (Liberty) earned the Ed Baird Most Outstanding Pitcher award. And four A’s received the Ed Lyons Coach’s Award this season: Jackson Freeman (Northwestern), Jake Hanley (Indiana), Isaiah Lane (San Diego) and Duke Stone (Mississippi State).
All six players were rostered for all 40 games this summer.
Additionally, Jackson was named the 2025 Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award winner, an award given annually from umpires around the league to one Cape Cod Baseball League player.
It caps off an incredible second summer in Chatham for Jackson, who played catcher, first base and outfield for the Anglers in 2025. He led the A’s in nearly every relevant offensive statistical category, including a .417 on-base percentage, which ranked as the second-best OBP on the Cape through Aug. 2. Jackson earned CCBL All-Star honors and participated in the Home Run Derby, in which he blasted a 472-foot homer. For Jackson to build upon his short four-game stint with the Anglers in 2024, he kept a simple mindset.
“Honestly, just thinking a little bit less,” Jackson said of his adjustments to seeing Cape League pitching. “Just getting as comfortable as possible, going up there trying to be a dog and just go and battle. Don’t think about missing the heaters. Go up there and attack, and see what happens.”
Anglers catcher/1B/OF Daniel Jackson had a summer to remember in 2025, leading Chatham in most offensive statistical categories in a Cape League All-Star campaign. Photograph by Ella Tovey
As for the A’s pitcher of the summer, the left-handed throwing Swink stood out as the only Chatham hurler to make the CCBL All-Star Game this year. Across 23.1 innings of work (nine appearances), Swink fanned 20 batters while walking just five, posting a team-best 2.70 earned run average among A’s qualified pitchers. Swink didn’t give up a single long ball and boasted a 1.03 WHIP, setting himself up well ahead of his junior season at Liberty in spring 2026.
Freeman, another Cape League All-Star, proved to be another key producer for the Anglers this season. The outfielder was a mainstay atop Chatham’s batting order all year. As of Aug. 2, Freeman had tallied a .723 OPS with 36 hits in 139 at-bats, along with belting two homers and driving in 15 runs. Anglers manager Dennis Cook had high praise for Freeman all summer long.
“Jackson Freeman is probably our best pure hitter,” Cook said.
Hanley, a first baseman and corner outfielder, played in 35 games this summer for the Anglers, registering a .341 OBP as of Aug. 2. He ranked second on the A’s with 18 runs batted in through 39 games. The reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year was one of the Anglers’ most consistent presences in the lineup, and is a prime candidate to return to Chatham next summer.
It can also be inferred Cook would want to bring back Lane, who the first-year skipper called the best shortstop he’s ever coached in Chatham and the best shortstop that he saw on the Cape this season. Lane was slick with the glove and a sneaky-good run-producer, leading the A’s with 20 RBI through Aug. 2. Lane repeatedly showed that his future as a prospect is bright, exuding five-tool ability.
The lone pitcher to receive the Lyons award, Stone, had a commendable summer after only getting 4.2 innings this past spring at Mississippi State. The 6-foot-5 right-hander accumulated 33.0 innings pitched for the A’s, possessing a very efficient ratio of 35 strikeouts compared to six walks issued. Stone threw for multiple six-inning shutout starts, the only Chatham pitcher to do so in 2025. Stone’s minuscule 0.96 WHIP ranked first among Anglers’ qualified pitchers.
