Miami Palms Blog

With the World Series underway, the Miami Palms had to come to decisions on players in their option year. Both center fielder Coco Crisp and catcher Omir Santos saw their options picked up and will return to the Palms next year. Furthermore, negotiations with free agents Frank Sohn and Ryan Henning are going well, and it appears that the two veterans are on their way to re-signing with the team for 2011.

The Miami Palms' 2011 schedule has been released! Some highlights: - The season opener will be at home against the cross state rival Tampa Bay Rays - The first road game will be in Minnesota against the Twins - The Interleague games will feature road games to play the Cubs, Mets and Pirates, as well as home contests with the Giants, Diamondbacks and Astros. - The longest road stretch is 12 games. - The longest home stretch is 13 games. - The season will close against the A's in Oakland Without further ado, here is a look at the 2011 schedule! Rays Home 3 Twins Away 2 Mariners Home 4 Tigers Away 3 Blue Jays Home 4 Royals Home 4 A's Home 3 Red Sox Away 3 Royals Away 3 Mariners Away 3 Indians Home 3 Yankees Home 3 Rangers Home 3 Orioles Home 2 Red Sox Home 2 Cubs Away 3 ...

Here is a look at the entirety of the Palms' 2010 stats. Player Position G AB H AVG 2b 3b HR RBI Run K BB GIDP LOB/3outs TB SLG OBP OPS Sac OPS + Billy Dupont 1b 140 607 193 0.318 32 4 20 84 82 67 15 7 129 293 0.483 0.330 0.813 8 100 Ryan Henning 2b 128 518 137 0.264 14 2 15 60 48 62 28 5 102 200 0.386 0.301 0.687 3 71 Jaspero Gonzalez SS 132 603 196 0.325 32 4 25 84 91 64 29 5 96 311 0.516 0.353 0.869 5 114 Martin Prado 3b 134 574 176 0.307 44 2 20 83 72 87 51 5 97 284 0.495 0.359 0.854 7 111 Omir Santos C 57 174 44 0.253 9 6 29 19 30 13 2 43 71 0.408 0.302 0.710 2 76 Eddie Blac...

Below is the list of statistical leaders. Players who failed to "qualify" for league leaderboards will be listed first, if someone leads a category, with the highest qualifying player behind. Batting: Games: Frank Sohn - 150 Batting Average: Steve Drysdale .372... Jaspero Gonzalez .325 Doubles: Eddie Black 46 Triples: Coco Crisp 12 Homeruns: Black 26 RBI: Sohn 95 Runs: Gonzalez 91 Strikeouts: Martin Prado 87 Walks: Crisp/Randy Winn 52 Slugging %: Black .524 On Base %: Drysdale .419.... Prado .359 Pitching Wins: Javier Vazquez, 17 Saves: Buddy Carlyle, 35 Innings: Vazquez 251.67 ERA: Troy Munoz 3.92 Strikeouts: Vazquez 239 WHIP: Vazquez 1.28 Batting average against: Vazquez .261

The Palms weren't impressive in their season finale. As has plagued them so many times this year, a grand slam did the Palms in. Edwin Encarnacion had the big blast off of Javier Vazquez. The final pitch thrown by the Palms was from Felix Gonsales, which resulted in a flyout to Frank Sohn. Josh Fields got the last homerun, run and RBI for the Palms, while Jaspero Gonzalez netter the last hit. Frank Sohn was the last batter, and ended the season with a lineout to Adam Lind. SS Gonzalez 3-5 RF Sohn 1-5 K 3b Prado 0-4 2K DH Black 0-4 1b Dupont 1-4 LF Winn 0-4 CF Crisp 0-3 BB 2b Fields 3-4 R C Santos 1-3 BB 2b Gonzalez (32) Dupont (32) HR Fields (5) RBI Fields (19) Pitcher W-L S IP H R ER BB SO HR Vazquez L 17-7 6 6 5 5 1 4 2 McLoughlin 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 Gonsales 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player of the Game: Edwin Encarnacion 83-79 14GB

Troy Munoz wanted desperately to earn a .500 record this season, and he pitched admirably. In his final outing of the year, he was able to pitch until the 11th inning, before he gave out and Blake Johnston came in. He allowed a solo home run to John Buck for the go ahead run in the top of the 12th, and the Palms couldn't equal it, robbing Munoz the chance at .500. SS Gonzalez 3-5 BB RF Sohn 1-6 LF Sadan 1-4 2BB R K C Black 2-6 K 1b Dupont 0-6 K DH Winn 2-4 SAC R CF Crisp 1-5 2b Henning 1-5 3b Fields 0-5 K 3b Winn (5) HR Winn (11) RBI Winn 2 (60) Pitcher W-L S IP H R ER BB SO HR Munoz 11 5 2 2 3 6 2 Johnston L 1-6 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 Player of the Game: Troy Munoz 83-78 13GB

Jaspero Gonzalez continued his late season tear for the Palms, hitting 7 more home runs since the end of August, buoying the team as they tried to finish the season strong. He has been the driving force on offense as players like Eddie Black and Frank Sohn fell off. ' The season MVP was one of the most consistent influences for the course of the season. While Eddie Black started strong and Jaspero Gonzalez finished strong, Martin Prado was a force for the entire season. He was constantly on base early, but late in the season he developed a power stroke, and now has 20 home runs. His was a reliable bat as well, often ensuring that runs were scored or at the very least, nobody was left on base. Martin Prado is the Palms, season MVP!

Today's game was a thrilling pitcher's duel. The Jays got an early home run from Yunel Escobar, the second batter of the game, but were otherwise shut down by Dave Balierough. The Palms, on the other hand, couldn't get any traction, only managing a few hits off of Rickey Romero before the 9th inning. With two outs and Coco Crisp on third and Paul Janish on first, Jaspero Gonzalez only needed a base hit to bring the Palms into a tie. Instead, he hit one over the fence, for a three run, walk off home run. SS Gonzalez 2-5 R RF Sohn 2-4 3b Prado 1-4 K C Black 1-4 LF Sadan 1-4 DH Winn 0-4 2K CF Crisp 2-4 R 2K 2b Janish 1-4 R 2K 1b Fields 1-4 K 2b Prado (44) HR Gonzalez (25) RBI Gonzalez 3 (84) Pitcher W-L S IP H R ER BB SO HR Balierough W 10-16 9 7 1 1 1 4 1 Player of the Game: Jaspero Gonzalez 83-77 12GB

The season continues to wind down, with the Palms looking less and less impressive as time goes buy. Dallas Chastanet made what could be his last start forMiami, and did fairly well. He allowed three early runs but still pitched a full nine innings, giving the bullpen a much needed break. Don Schoppe finished the game, but allowed a run in the 12th to spoil the game Miami and hand it to the Blue Jays. SS Gonzalez 0-4 2BB 2R RF Sohn 4-5 BB R 3b Prado 1-5 BB 2K C Black 3-5 SAC 1b Dupont 3-6 K LF Sadan 0-6 2K DH Winn 0-6 CF Crisp 2-6 R K 2b Henning 0-5 2K 2b Sohn (30) Crisp (24) RBI Prado (83) Black 2 (94) Dupont (84) Pitcher W-L S IP H R ER BB SO HR Chastanet 9 7 4 4 2 4 1 Schoppe L 2-5 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 Player of the Game: Vernon Wells 82-77 13GB