Miami Palms Blog

  The offseason is now here, and the Palms will have some decisions to make. Namely, finding a replacement for their free agents -- Yasmani Grandal, Matt Koch, Travis Jankowski and Wandy Peralta -- or resigning them, or deciding on whether or not to pick up the option on their option eligible players. Additionally, the Palms will need to account for the extra roster spot that will be available to the team in 2020. Generally, there is a bit more turmoil potentially on the offensive side of the ball. The potential openings, center field, catcher and utility are premium defensive positions so the offensive numbers might be secondary for the front office. There is a long winter ahead to sort these decisions out.

  The Palms have established their minor league system headed into the 2020 season, aligning with Major League Baseball’s organizational structure. The teams are as follows. AAA – Jackson Rebels AA – Boise Ospreys High A – Roanoke Raccoons Low A – Lafayette Aviators Rookie – Estero Palms

 Miami finished their season on a high note, and with a record 8 games above .500, but ultimately, well out of playoff position. As has often been the case this year, they got an excellent start from Manny Parra, who worked 8 innings and allowed one run on a Ji Man Choi home run. The Palms got their last homer of the season when Edwin Encarnacion hit a 2 run blast, amid the team sending everyone to the plate in the first. Greg Garcia got the last RBI and last hit for the season in the 9th, while Frank Sohn was the last man retired, and also caught the last out on a fly ball from Yandy Diaz. The Palms will tinker ahead of the 2020 season, and look to return to the playoffs as soon as they can!   Miami Palms 6, Tampa Bay Rays 1  Sunday, September 29, 2019      Miami Palms (85-77)                                      Tampa Bay Rays (9-10)      ...

Some changes are coming for the next season of Palms Baseball. While typically, it has followed closely the MLB schedule, but since 2020 was such a lost year to the world, we will be following the Out of the Park/Baseball Reference box scores.  Additionally, the NL DH is no longer in place, so pitchers are no longer batting. A mechanism for player injuries is now, unfortunately, in place, and the minor league system is going to be used. The roster size will be 26, as with the changes to the major leagues, however the extra inning ghost runner is not going to be adopted.  One more game left in 2019 before the Miami Palms offseason takes over. 

 The Palms and Rays have their post season fates sealed, so they could just enjoy what turned out to be a wild game on Saturday afternoon. Ryan Yarborough and Jarod Lantz were dominant in their outings, leaving it 2-1 in favor of the Rays going into the 8th. The Palms got two home runs in the top of the 9th, from Jaspero Gonzalez, and Travis Jankowski's 2nd of the game, giving Miami the lead by 2. Naturally, Jesus Aguilar hit only the 2nd dinger off of Chris Martin for the year. The Rays continued plugging away. A Matt Duffy triple was brought home on a sac fly, and a double followed by a walk off single from Joey Wendle ended it, with the Rays walking off their cross state rivals.  Tampa Bay Rays 5, Miami Palms 4  Saturday, September 28, 2019      Miami Palms (84-77)                                      Tampa Bay Rays (9-9)          ...