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Chatham announces initial 2026 roster
CHATHAM, M.A. — The Chatham Anglers have released the team’s initial 2026 roster, which features 48 players from 20 states, Canada and South Korea, who represent 27 different colleges and universities. The roster will continuously update throughout the season.
Three players return from the Anglers’ 2025 roster, which last year helped Chatham to the club’s second-highest win total since 2019. Liberty pitcher Josh Swink — a Cape League all-star who won Chatham’s Ed Baird Most Outstanding Pitcher Award — returns. So do Hope International shortstop Isaiah Lane and Mississippi State right-hander Duke Stone, co-winners of last year’s Ed Lyons Coach’s Award. Dennis Cook enters his second season as Chatham’s manager.
2026 Roster | 2026 Schedule
Stone headlines Chatham’s returnees after he tossed 27 innings with 35 strikeouts and a 3.33 ERA last summer. Lane, who transferred to Hope International this season, hit .386 with seven home runs in his first two months with the Royals. Swink pitched to a 3.00 ERA with the A’s last year.
Chatham’s 19 position players include some of the top hitters in college baseball. Lane, Mississippi State outfielder Jacob Parker, Oklahoma State infielder Brock Thompson, Notre Dame outfielder Bino Watters and Georgia infielder Henry Allen each hit at least seven home runs in the first two months of the college season. North Carolina State outfielder Rett Johnson owned a .431 average at the two-month mark and Meridian Community College catcher Harlin Hovater — set to transfer to Mississippi State — owned a .383 average with 19 RBIs.
Texas freshman outfielder Anthony Pack is set to don the Angler uniform after one of the most dominant debut seasons in the nation. The California native compiled a .348 average, second among SEC freshman and ranked third among conference first-years with a 1.018 OPS in his first 38 collegiate games. He added five home runs, 37 RBIs and a team-high 13 stolen bases in that span.
Stone, UCLA right-hander Angel Cervantes and Liberty righty Bradley Zayac headline Chatham’s staff of 30 pitchers. Stone was among Chatham’s most effective arms during the 2025 season and enjoyed an expanded role as a sophomore at Mississippi State, racking up 70 strikeouts and pitching to a 3.78 ERA across his first 47.2 innings in 2026. Cervantes was a top-50 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, but opted to stay home and play for UCLA, where he struck out 16 hitters across his first 12 collegiate innings. Zayac, who transferred to Liberty from East Carolina, dazzled in his first season with the Flames. The right-hander started 5-0, pitching to a 2.65 ERA in his first 54 innings pitched.
13 of Chatham’s players come from the SEC, widely regarded as college baseball’s best conference. Stone, Parker and right-hander Jack Gleason come from Mississippi State, while Pack and switch-hitting infielder Adrian Rodriguez join Chatham after their season at Texas. The Anglers’ roster also features three players from Georgia, two from Auburn, one from Vanderbilt, one from Oklahoma and one from defending national champion LSU.
The Chatham roster also features an increased presence of players who hail from or play in the Northeast. Three players from New York City, one from Vermont and one from Massachusetts join a Chatham roster that also features two players from UConn and two from Yale.
The Anglers enter 2026 after a 17-20-3 season that saw Chatham fall two games short of a second-straight appearance for the Cape League Playoffs.
Chatham begins its 2026 season at Bourne on June 13 at 6 p.m., then plays its home-opener the following night against Cotuit at 7 p.m. Each of the team’s 40 games will be broadcast live on the Cape Cod Baseball Network. The Anglers Extra Pregame Show begins coverage 20 minutes before first pitch.
Chatham’s Cape Cod Baseball League team dates to 1923, and has been known as the Anglers since 2010. The Cape Cod Baseball league began its modern era in 1963, but traces its roots to 1885.
Three players return from the Anglers’ 2025 roster, which last year helped Chatham to the club’s second-highest win total since 2019. Liberty pitcher Josh Swink — a Cape League all-star who won Chatham’s Ed Baird Most Outstanding Pitcher Award — returns. So do Hope International shortstop Isaiah Lane and Mississippi State right-hander Duke Stone, co-winners of last year’s Ed Lyons Coach’s Award. Dennis Cook enters his second season as Chatham’s manager.
2026 Roster | 2026 Schedule
Stone headlines Chatham’s returnees after he tossed 27 innings with 35 strikeouts and a 3.33 ERA last summer. Lane, who transferred to Hope International this season, hit .386 with seven home runs in his first two months with the Royals. Swink pitched to a 3.00 ERA with the A’s last year.
Chatham’s 19 position players include some of the top hitters in college baseball. Lane, Mississippi State outfielder Jacob Parker, Oklahoma State infielder Brock Thompson, Notre Dame outfielder Bino Watters and Georgia infielder Henry Allen each hit at least seven home runs in the first two months of the college season. North Carolina State outfielder Rett Johnson owned a .431 average at the two-month mark and Meridian Community College catcher Harlin Hovater — set to transfer to Mississippi State — owned a .383 average with 19 RBIs.
Texas freshman outfielder Anthony Pack is set to don the Angler uniform after one of the most dominant debut seasons in the nation. The California native compiled a .348 average, second among SEC freshman and ranked third among conference first-years with a 1.018 OPS in his first 38 collegiate games. He added five home runs, 37 RBIs and a team-high 13 stolen bases in that span.
Stone, UCLA right-hander Angel Cervantes and Liberty righty Bradley Zayac headline Chatham’s staff of 30 pitchers. Stone was among Chatham’s most effective arms during the 2025 season and enjoyed an expanded role as a sophomore at Mississippi State, racking up 70 strikeouts and pitching to a 3.78 ERA across his first 47.2 innings in 2026. Cervantes was a top-50 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, but opted to stay home and play for UCLA, where he struck out 16 hitters across his first 12 collegiate innings. Zayac, who transferred to Liberty from East Carolina, dazzled in his first season with the Flames. The right-hander started 5-0, pitching to a 2.65 ERA in his first 54 innings pitched.
13 of Chatham’s players come from the SEC, widely regarded as college baseball’s best conference. Stone, Parker and right-hander Jack Gleason come from Mississippi State, while Pack and switch-hitting infielder Adrian Rodriguez join Chatham after their season at Texas. The Anglers’ roster also features three players from Georgia, two from Auburn, one from Vanderbilt, one from Oklahoma and one from defending national champion LSU.
The Chatham roster also features an increased presence of players who hail from or play in the Northeast. Three players from New York City, one from Vermont and one from Massachusetts join a Chatham roster that also features two players from UConn and two from Yale.
The Anglers enter 2026 after a 17-20-3 season that saw Chatham fall two games short of a second-straight appearance for the Cape League Playoffs.
Chatham begins its 2026 season at Bourne on June 13 at 6 p.m., then plays its home-opener the following night against Cotuit at 7 p.m. Each of the team’s 40 games will be broadcast live on the Cape Cod Baseball Network. The Anglers Extra Pregame Show begins coverage 20 minutes before first pitch.
Chatham’s Cape Cod Baseball League team dates to 1923, and has been known as the Anglers since 2010. The Cape Cod Baseball league began its modern era in 1963, but traces its roots to 1885.
