Miami Palms Blog

With Randy Winn set to retire, the Palms have the need for an additional bat to put in the lineup. They have raided the cupboard of their divisional rival, the Baltimore Orioles, for Nick Markakis, who is expected to be a .290 hitter who will hit about 15 home runs. Certainly a serviceable bat in the team lineup, and someone that can spell outfielders, especially the workhorse Frank Sohn, as Markakis is a lefty.

The Palms held options on three players, all pitchers going into the offseason. With the season now over after St. Louis's victory over the Texas Rangers to claim the World Series, the Palms have gone ahead in making their first offseason roster decisions. They have decided to pick up all three options they had, meaning that Javier Vazquez, Manny Parra and Dennis Sarfate will all be back for the 2012 season..

The Miami Palms are headed to the offseason with a few decisions to make. The first is how they are going to replace retired Randy Winn on the roster, but there are more choices to be made than that. First, they have options on three pitchers, Javier Vazquez, Manny Parra and Dennis Sarfate. Additionally, they have three free agents. Two have been with the team for a long time, infielder Ryan Henning and Ayoz Sadan. Sadan could be looking at a huge payday that the Palms might be unable to match. They are also going to have a decision with shortstop Paul Janish, who had a break out season for Miami this year.

Randy Winn has been a member of the Palms for a few years now, helping the team to the ALCS in 2008 and working as the designated hitter since that time. He announced today, however, that 2011 was his final season. The Palms wish him nothing but the best as he continues his post baseball career.

Without further ado, here is a look at the schedule for Miami in 2012. They open the season on April 6th in New York, and face the Cubs, Diamondbacks, Dodgers and Pirates in interleague play, as well as a pair of series with the Rockies. Yankees Away 3 Rays Home 3 Mariners Home 4 Red Sox Home 3 Angels Away 3 Yankees Away 3 Mariners Away 3 Red Sox Home 4 Indians Away 3 Yankees Away 3 A's Away 3 Blue Jays Home 2 Orioles Home 2 Cubs Home 3 Rays Home 3 Twins Home 3 A's Away 3 Angels Home 3 Rangers Home 3 Diamondbacks Away 3 Rockies Home 3 Pirates Home 3 Rockies Away 3 Dodgers Away 3 Orioles Away 3 Royals Home 4 Angels Home 3 Tige...

The seasons team leaders are seen below Season Team Individual Highs Miami Palms Batting Highs ------------- Minimum 1 PA per team game played for averages BA .321 Gonzalez SLG .541 Prado OBP .357 Crisp OPS .896 Prado PA 711 Crisp AB 673 Sohn R 95 Prado Sohn H 212 Sohn RBI 108 Sohn 1B 135 Gonzalez 2B 43 Sohn 3B 10 Crisp HR 30 Sohn BB 60 Crisp Janish SO 83 Prado HBP 8 Molina SH 3 Janish SF 6 Gonzalez Molina TB 359 Sohn XBH 80 Sohn GIDP 9 Gonzalez RLSP 96 Sohn LOB 143 Dupont Sohn LHS 18 Gonzalez CHS 11 Drysdale Sohn Pitching Highs ------------- Minimum 1 IP per team game played for AVG and ERA ERA 4.48 Correia AVG .275 Vazquez R 136 Fernandez ER 136 Fernandez H 265 Fernandez TBF 923 Munoz AB 854 Munoz RBI 135 Fernandez 2B 50 Balierough Fernandez 3B 11 Balierough HR 41 Fernandez BB 57 Munoz SO 118 Munoz HB 6 Vazquez Fernandez W 11 Balierough L 18 Fernandez S 32 Parra BSv 7 Parra CG 5 Balierough ShO 2 Balierough GS 33 ...

Below are the compiled stats for the Miami Palms for the 2011 season. BATTING 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 141 592 173 0.292 33 5 20 66 69 53 17 4 143 276 0.466 0.310 0.777 3 90 Ryan Henning 2b 45 183 56 0.306 9 3 8 27 25 25 2 1 45 95 0.519 0.312 0.831 1 102 Jaspero Gonzalez 2b 138 595 191 0.321 27 2 27 98 70 74 24 9 114 303 0.509 0.343 0.853 7 109 Martin Prado 3b 137 599 191 0.319 42 8 25 90 95 83 34 6 113 324 0.541 0.355 0.896 1 119 Omir Santos C 84 331 104 0.314 16 1 18 47 47 47 21 2 58 176 0.532 0.352 0.884 3 116 Jose Molina C 87 334 94 0.281 12 1 15 49 46 66 24 2 83 153 0.458 0.324 0.782 6 93 Coco Crisp CF 150 646 190 0.294 38 10 18 75 92 78 63 8 116 302 0.467 0.356 0.823 2 104 Randy Winn DH/OF 144 565 148 0.262 33 3 12 58 81 78 49 5 114 223 0.395 0.319 0.713 4 78 Ayoz Sadan LF 149 638 186 0.292 31 4 27 74 77 75 30 7 142 306 0.480 0.321 0.801 5 96 Orlando Tiropes OF 26 93 23 0.247 6 3 8 7 10 6 1 22 38 0.4...