Nashua Silver Knights pitcher Nick Guarino made the FCBL Second Team. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

Four Nashua Silver Knights made the Futures Collegiate League’s First and Second teams, as the league on Tuesday announced its annual All-FCBL Team, selected by a vote of the team managers.

Nashua had one representative on the first team, infielder Sam McNulty, who was named in the Designated Hitter/Utility category. McNulty, who currently is a freshman at Boston College, recovered from a slow start to tie for the team league in homers (4) and led the Knights in RBIs with 22.

Meanwhile, Nashua lefty starter Nick Guarino, infielder Brandon Fish of Londonderry, and outfielder Jackson Linn were named to the Second Team. Linn made it as DH/Utility player.

Guarino, one of the heroes of the 2020 title season, was Nashua’s Opening Night starter and led the team in wins at 5-2, 2.88. Surprisingly, he has another year of FCBL eligibility and is set to return to Nashua for the 2022 season. He was at Clark but is now using his added eligibility at Southern Connecticut State.

Linn, who was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 21st round but chose to go to Tulane University as a freshman, hit .289 with four homers and 16 RBIs playing all but one of his 27 games in the second half. Fish, another freshman who is at UMass-Lowell, was steady at second base and hit .284 driving in 19 runs.

Both squads include a player at each position on the field, five starting pitchers, one reliever and four or five designated hitters/utility players.

The All-FCBL First Team, includes representatives from all eight franchises. It is led by Westfield Starfires outfielder Cole Bartels (Penn State), the 2021 Most Valuable Player and batting champion with a .389 average and league-leading totals in hits (65), runs (43), home runs (6, tied), total bases (98) and OPS (1.092) in 51 games.

Vermont’s FCBL Pitcher of the Year Patrick Harrington of Bedford, a former Silver Knight, headlines a starting staff that also includes his Assumption teammate Jack Choate, who set the league’s single-season strikeout record with 82 in 54.1 innings for the Worcester Bravehearts, Brockton’s Juaron Watts-Brown (Long Beach State) and Dillon Ryan (UMass Boston), and Pittsfield Suns righty Izaiya Mestre (New Haven). Another Pittsfield veteran and a two-time FCBL All-Star, Relief Pitcher of the Year Ryan Langford (Florida Southern) was the final selection on the mound.

Also on the top All-FCBL roster is Top Pro Prospect Ethan Anderson, a University of Virginia freshman who caught for the championship-winning Vermont Lake Monsters and hit .427 with 32 RBI in just 29 contests.

New Britain Bees first baseman Jake Hyde (Georgetown) and Norwich Sea Unicorns second baseman Kaelen Culpepper (Kansas State) represent the Connecticut clubs on the All-FCBL First Team infield. Westfield shortstop Jaden Brown (Iowa Western CC) and New Britain third baseman Luke Broadhurst (Eastern Connecticut State) play the left side. Broadhurst starred during the first half of the summer before an injury, hitting five home runs across 26 games.

Bartels joins Brockton’s Michael Golankiewicz (Merrimack) and Jacob Studley (Wheaton) in the outfield. Golankiewicz was the league’s top hitter for average and flirted with the top spot in all three Triple Crown categories over the majority of the summer, while Studley also hit .300 to earn a second consecutive All-FCBL spot after being named to the Second Team in 2020.

Four designated hitter/utility slots round out the top unit: Nashua’s McNulty (Boston College), Westfield’s Peter DeMaria (Tufts) and Hunter Pasqualini (Central Connecticut State), and Pittsfield’s Jake Blinstrub (Mount St. Vincent).

Harrington and Second Team right-hander Billy Oldham (Eastern Connecticut State) were a combined 11-0 between the regular season and playoffs for the Lake Monsters, who won both the regular-season and playoff championships during their first year as a Futures League franchise.

Worcester’s Top Pitching Prospect Dennis Colleran (Northeastern) is the relief arm.

Also on the Second Team is Brockton outfielder Ben Rounds (Harvard), the league leader with 41 RBI and 22 extra-base hits during the regular year. Norwich’s Hunter Yaworski (Mitchell) finished second in the league in hits (54) and third in total bases (79) while playing in 55 contests.

Here are the complete teams:

ALL-FCBL FIRST TEAM

P: Patrick Harrington, Vermont Lake Monsters, Assumption University (Pitcher of the Year)

P: Dillon Ryan, Brockton Rox, UMass Boston

P: Izaiya Mestre, Pittsfield Suns, University of New Haven

P: Jack Choate, Worcester Bravehearts, Assumption University

P: Juaron Watts-Brown, Brockton Rox, Long Beach State University

RP: Ryan Langford, Pittsfield Suns, Florida Southern College (Relief Pitcher of the Year)

C: Ethan Anderson, Vermont Lake Monsters, University of Virginia (Top Prospect)

1B: Jake Hyde, New Britain Bees, Georgetown University

2B: Kaelen Culpepper, Norwich Sea Unicorns, Kansas State University

SS: Jaden Brown, Westfield Starfires, Iowa Western Community College

3B: Luke Broadhurst, New Britain Bees, Eastern Connecticut State University

OF: Cole Bartels, Westfield Starfires, Penn State University (Most Valuable Player)

OF: Michael Golankiewicz, Brockton Rox, Merrimack College

OF: ⁺⁺Jacob Studley, Brockton Rox, Wheaton College

DH/Utility: Peter DeMaria, Westfield Starfires, Tufts University

DH/Utility: Sam McNulty, Nashua Silver Knights, Boston College

DH/Utility: Jake Blinstrub, Pittsfield Suns, College of Mount St. Vincent

DH/Utility: Hunter Pasqualini, Westfield Starfires, Central Connecticut State University

ALL-FCBL SECOND TEAM

P: Alex Amalfi, Worcester Bravehearts, UMass Boston

P: Billy Oldham, Vermont Lake Monsters, Eastern Connecticut State University

P: Jack Snook, Brockton Rox, Saint Mary’s College of California

P: ⁺Nick Guarino, Nashua Silver Knights, Southern Connecticut State University

P: Ryan Bruning, Brockton Rox, UMass Dartmouth

RP: Dennis Colleran, Worcester Bravehearts, Northeastern University (Top Pitching Prospect)

C: Jackson Appel, Pittsfield Suns, University of Pennsylvania (Defensive Player of the Year)

1B: Gavin Noriega, Worcester Bravehearts, Marist College

2B: Brandon Fish, Nashua Silver Knights, UMass Lowell

SS: Pat Roche, Brockton Rox, Boston College

3B: Nick Mistone, Brockton Rox, Saint Mary’s College of California

OF: Javier Rosales, Pittsfield Suns, Long Beach State University

OF: Ben Rounds, Brockton Rox, Harvard University

OF: Ryan Bagdasarian, New Britain Bees, Eastern Connecticut State University

DH/Utility: Brendan Jones, Pittsfield Suns, Kansas State University

DH/Utility: Erick Ramirez, Brockton Rox, UMass Dartmouth

DH/Utility: Randy Flores, Worcester Bravehearts, Franklin Pierce University

DH/Utility: Hunter Yaworski, Norwich Sea Unicorns, Mitchell College

DH/Utility: Jackson Linn, Nashua Silver Knights, Tulane University

⁺ First Team in 2020; ⁺⁺ Second Team in 2020

(Telegraph Staff writer Tom King contributed to this report.)

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