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2018 IN THE DUGOUT CHATHAM ANGLERS

DAYLON MONETTE ASSISTANT COACH
Daylon Monette will be in his first season of coaching with the Chatham Anglers. Monette has experience playing baseball the highest
levels of college and coaching at the highest level of high school summer ball.
Monette played college baseball for two coaches on the Cape: Holliday and Yarmouth-Dennis’s Scott Pickler. He played two seasons of
junior college baseball for Pickler at Cypress College in California before spending his junior season playing for Holliday at Oklahoma
State. As a Cowboy, Monette hit .333 with 7 home runs, 54 RBIs and 71 hits.
Monette was drafted three times in 1999, 2000 and 2002. He signed a professional contract after being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals
in the 15th round in 2002. Monette spent two seasons in the minor leagues with Cardinals organization, playing with the Johnson City
Cardinals, New Jersey Cardinals and Peoria Chiefs. He then spent one season with the Gateway Grizzlies of the independent Frontier
League in 2004 before hanging up the spikes.
Since returning, he has been a travel baseball coach in Southern California where he has coached many Perfect Game All-Americans
and USA Baseball participants. This spring, he coached at Orange Coast College, a junior college in Costa Mesa, CA.
For Monette, the opportunity to coach on the Cape was an easy decision. “It was a no-brainer,” Monette said. “For sure, it was something
I wanted to do.”

RANDY WHISLER ASSISTANT COACH
Randy Whisler is entering his first season as a member of the Chatham Anglers coaching staff. Whisler previously played for and coached
with Anglers manager Tom Holliday and is the one member of the Anglers staff to coach in the major leagues. Whisler played college
baseball at Oklahoma State from 1982-1985 and played in the College World Series in all four of those seasons. The Cowboys finished
fifth three times and third once during that span. Over his final three seasons in Stillwater, Whisler played in 207 of 216 total games and
hit over .300 each year. During his senior season, he hit .322 with 26 extra-base hits, 37 stolen bases and 92 runs scored.
He was drafted in the fourth round with the 79th overall pick in the 1985 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs. He played two minor league
seasons before retiring.
Whisler returned to Stillwater to begin his coaching career in 1988 and spent two seasons there before moving to the professional
ranks. He was the hitting coach from 1990-1991 with the Gastonia Rangers and the hitting coach for the Tulsa Drillers in 1995. For three
seasons from 1997-1999, Whisler was the manager of the Rookie League Arizona Padres. The (San Diego) Padres then moved him to Las
Vegas in 2000 to be the hitting coach and was moved again in 2001 to become the manager of the Eugene Emeralds. During those four
seasons as a manager, he had a record of 111-130. From 2002-2003, Whisler was the Minor League Infield Coordinator for the Florida
Marlins and won a World Series ring in 2003.
Following the 2003 season, Whisler was hired by the Cincinnati Reds as a first base coach. During Whisler’s two seasons in Cincinnati, he
coached Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Larkin. The Reds went 152-175-1 during his two seasons as the club’s first-base coach.
Whisler is now a coach at Victory Christian School in Tulsa.
Whisler is excited to be working with the high-quality talent on the Anglers and seeing them continue to become great players. “It’s
just really, really exciting to work with that type of caliber baseball player again and get back,” Whisler said. “That’s my biggest thing. I
want get out there and work hard, have passion and get these kids better.”

BLAKE LOGAN BULLPEN CATCHER
Blake Logan played four years at Auburn University, where he was a three-year starter at catcher. Logan played in two NCAA Regionals
in 2015 and 2017. As a catcher at Auburn, Logan had a chance to work with 2017 first round draft pick Keegan Thompson and 2018
top draft prospect Casey Mize.
Logan is excited to cultivate relationships with the players and help them get better. “I feel like you have to connect with somebody
before you can correct somebody,” Logan said. “That’s the approach I take. I want to have that relationship and trust.”

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