Miami Palms Blog

It was a toss up for the MVP for the past season, as both Frank Sohn and Jaspero Gonzalez had strong seasons in Miami. In the end, though, the combination of his higher batting average, especially with runners on base (.329 vs .297), Gonzalez was the better player this year. His .321 average and career high 30 home runs were had to beat this season. It was close, but there was no doubt that Gonzalez earned it!

In 2013, Major League Baseball will see the Houston Astros shift divisions from the National to American League. As such, there will be a change in schedule formatting. The Palms, in addition to their two series with Houston, will play every team in the NL West at least once (the Giants twice) and have a home and home series with the Pirates. The complete schedule is seen below: Rays Away 3 Yankees Away 3 Blue Jays Away 3 Red Sox Home 4 Rangers Away 3 Yankees Home 3 White Sox Home 3 A's Home 4 Padres Home 3 Dodgers Home 3 Twins Away 4 Red Sox Home 3 Orioles Home 3 Indians Away 3 Tigers Home 3 Blue Jays Away 3 Pirates Home 2 Pirates Away 2 Red Sox Away 3 Orioles Away 3 Astros Home 3 Giants Home 3 Tigers Away ...

Number Player GS W L S BS IP ERA H R K BB WHIP K/BB BAA HR QS 34 Javier Vazquez 33 16 8 234 4.23 262 110 181 71 1.42 2.549296 0.272 23 19 31 Troy Munoz 33 11 11 216 4.50 260 108 94 38 1.38 2.473684 0.286 35 16 29 Kevin Correia 32 11 12 155.33 5.68 212 98 79 43 1.64 1.837209 0.313 30 9 33 Dave Balierough 32 8 17 209.67 4.98 261 116 102 44 1.45 2.318182 0.293 37 12 57 Felix Gonsales 32 9 14 195 5.95 292 129 92 39 1.70 2.358974 0.333 30 11 43 Manny Parra 1 2 32 3 38.67 4.19 47 18 22 7 1.40 3.142857 0.288 6 2 Art McLoughlin 6 3 73.33 5.03 92 41 29 ...

Player Position G AB H AVG 2b 3b HR RBI Run K BB GIDP LOB/3outs TB SLG OBP OPS Sac Billy Dupont 1b 141 564 166 0.294 36 3 19 70 71 60 17 2 130 265 0.470 0.313 0.783 3 Johnny Giavotella 2b 48 179 53 0.296 13 1 2 14 24 26 8 2 38 74 0.413 0.324 0.738 1 Jaspero Gonzalez 2b 140 617 198 0.321 39 1 30 105 77 85 24 7 79 329 0.533 0.344 0.877 4 Martin Prado 3b 140 635 194 0.306 34 2 23 74 97 78 34 1 137 301 0.474 0.338 0.812 5 Omir Santos C 109 450 141 0.313 33 1 28 79 78 53 34 3 104 260 0.578 0.362 0.939 Jose Molina C 61 241 77 0.320 11 2 10 34 28 28 14 2 59 122 0.50...

The Palms were walk off winners in their final game of the season. The Palms were down by 2 heading into the bottom of the 9th. Martin Prado led off with a triple and was driven in by Matt Holliday. Omir Santos followed with a single, and then Frank Sohn walked off the season with a bases clearing double. He also had the final put out of the season, a lazy fly to left off the bat of Russ Canzler. Dennis Sarfate was the beneficiary, gaining the win as the Palms finish at 79-83.  Miami Palms 5, Cleveland Indians 4  Wednesday, October 3, 2012  Cleveland Indians (6-3)                                  Miami Palms (79-83)                                ...

Javier Vazquez's final start of his career was a short one, lasting only 3 innings, in which the pitcher was clearly a bit preoccupied. Russ Canzler will forever be the batter who hit the final home run off of Vazquez, who left with the Palms trailing. The Indians added three runs on another Canzler homer, but the Palms were persistent, hitting three of their own. Jaspero Gonzalez finally got to 30, while Matt Holliday hit number 20. Holliday's big blast was also the go ahead run in the 7th inning, when the Palms scored two runs on back to back blasts. There is only one game left on the season, and the Palms will look to take the final series of the year against the Indians.  Miami Palms 8, Cleveland Indians 7  Tuesday, October 2, 2012  Cleveland Indians (6-2)                                  Miami Palms (78-...

The Palms gave fans a few extra innings in the last series of the season after Shin Soo Choo tied the game with a three run home in the 9th off of Felix Gonsales, who had been dominant in his final start of the season to that point. Don Schoppe and Blake Johnston added a few strong innings as well, but the Palms stopped scoring after the 7th.  Cleveland Indians 5, Miami Palms 4  Monday, October 1, 2012  Cleveland Indians (6-1)                                  Miami Palms (77-83)                                      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB...