NORTH SHORE (Podcast) The Red Sox vs. Yankees rivalry resumes tonight in New York. Baseball Insider Andy Carbone previews the series, recaps the All-Star week highlights, and updates listeners on Red Sox and Major League Baseball news. Also below, Two more North Shore Navigators get drafted in the MLB 2021 draft.
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FORMER NAVIGATORS MORISSETTE, MALGERI SELECTED IN MLB DRAFT
LYNN — Former North Shore Navigators infielder Cody Morissette and outfielder Ben Malgeri were chosen on the second and third days of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft this week. The three-day event concluded on Tuesday.
Morissette was drafted by the Miami Marlins (No. 59 overall) in Monday’s second round, hearing his name called after the Navs’ two-time Top Pro Prospect and his college teammate Sal Frelick became the first-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers. Frelick, at No. 15 overall, is now the highest drafted player in franchise history and just the third to go in the first round.
Malgeri’s start towards the professional ranks came on Tuesday when he was Detroit’s selection during the 18th round. The Northeastern product is the first-ever former North Shore player to be drafted by the Tigers.
The two Exeter High School (N.H.) graduates and former teammates reunited on the Navigators last summer and both were among six Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) Most Valuable Player finalists. They were also named to the All-FCBL First Team, and Malgeri was the circuit’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Miami drafted Morissette as a shortstop, the same position at which he earned last season’s All-FCBL nod after hitting .340 with 31 RBI and a .480 on-base percentage for the Navs. He ranked second in the league in the latter two categories.
The first two-time All-American in BC history, Morissette is the first former Navigator to be picked by the Marlins since Saugus native pitcher Ryley MacEachern in 2015. He began his summer with North Shore on a 17-game hit streak and then ended his junior campaign as an Eagle on a 16-game run, ultimately hitting .321 with nine doubles and six home runs.
Malgeri played in all 38 games for North Shore last summer, hitting .333 with 27 RBI, a league-leading 49 hits, 46 runs scored, franchise record-tying seven triples, and 18 stolen bases. On the defensive end, Malgeri recorded five outfield assists. He was also a 2019 All-FCBL outfielder, becoming just the second Navigator to earn such an honor twice.
This spring at Northeastern, Malgeri slugged five of his seven total home runs during the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament on the way to Most Outstanding Player honors. He hit .280 with 28 RBI for the Huskies.
SAL FRELICK BECOMES HIGHEST DRAFTED NORTH SHORE NAVIGATORS ALUM
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LYNN — Two-time North Shore Navigator Sal Frelick became just the third former North Shore Navigator to hear his name called in the first round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft as he was selected 15th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday night.
Frelick is the franchise’s career leader in batting average (.377) and stolen bases (31). He holds two of the top three single-season marks in team history as he hit .361 as a rising Boston College freshman in 2018 and a franchise-record .398 last summer, becoming the first two-time winner of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League’s (FCBL) Top Pro Prospect honor.
The Lexington, Mass., native saw time in both the infield and outfield over his 24 games for North Shore in 2020. Alongside a league-leading average, Frelick recorded 26 runs scored, 39 hits, a .473 on-base percentage and .592 slugging percentage. He reached base in all but two games after starting the summer on a 17-game hitting streak.
Following his first stint with the Navs for which he earned Perfect Game Summer Collegiate All-America honors, Frelick made an immediate impact in the outfield for the Eagles and was named the 2019 New England Rookie of the Year. He went on to hit .345 with 97 runs scored, 27 doubles, 12 home runs, 63 RBI and 38 stolen bases over his three collegiate seasons. 
Frelick was an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove winner and earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors, finishing his junior campaign at BC without committing an error. The .359 hitter with 17 doubles this spring reached the 100-hit mark in 72 career games, faster than any player in program history.
Frelick initially moved to the college level after completing a standout high school career in three sports at Lexington. In addition to his baseball exploits, he earned Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year honors in football after totaling 52 touchdowns and more than 3,700 yards of total offense in the fall. He also captained the Minutemen hockey team.
The first Navs alums chosen in the first round played during the team’s initial tenure in its current home, the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). Florida State’s Sean Gilmartin (2009) was the No. 28 pick by the Atlanta Braves in 2011 and has pitched at the highest level for parts of the last six seasons, while Notre Dame’s Eric Jagielo (2011) was the No. 26 pick by the New York Yankees in 2013.
