Florida State League 2019 Season Recap

As Hurricane Dorian threatens Florida, the Florida State League cancelled the remainder of the 2019 season.  This weekend would have been the final series of the regular season and next week, the playoffs. Unfortunately, we will never know how the season might have played out.  Here are the results of this abridged season:

Second Half Standings

North

Dunedin Blue Jays  39-31 

Tampa Tarpons  36-33

Lakeland Flying Tigers  36-34

Clearwater Threhsers  32-38

Daytona Tortugas  31-38 

Florida Fire Frogs  29-41

South

Charlotte Stone Crabs  47-22

Bradenton Marauders  37-32

St. Lucie Mets  36-32 

Fort Myers Miracle  35-32

Jupiter Hammerheads  33-36

Palm Beach Cardinals  22-44  

First Half Winner (North):  Dunedin Blue Jays  41-24 

First Half Winner (South):  Fort Myers Miracle  39-27 

Batting Leaders (Ended season in FSL)

Home Runs: Dylan Busby (Bradenton), 22 

RBIs: Ryan Noda (Dunedin), 74

Batting Average:  Andy Sigillo (Daytona), .298 

OPS:  Lazaro Alanso (Jupiter), .827 

FSL Player of the Year:  Trevor Larnach (Fort Myers) **promoted to AA on July 16

Stats:  6 HRs, 44 RBIs, .316 Average, .846 OPS

Pitching Leaders (Ended season in FSL)

Wins:  Tommy Romero (Charlotte), 12

ERA:  Tommy Romero, 1.89

WHIP: Tommy Romero, 1.02

Strikeouts:  Mac Sceroler (Daytona), 127 

FSL Pitcher of the Year:  Tommy Romero 

Stats:  12-4, 1.89 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 103 Strikeouts 

The Florida State League listed “End-of-the-Season” All Stars on August 29.  They include: 

Catchers

Ronaldo Hernandez (Charlotte)

Brady Policelli (Lakeland)

1B

Lazaro Alanso (Jupiter)

2B

Carlos Cortes (St. Lucie)

3B

Dylan Busby (Bradenton)

SS

Wander Franco (Charlotte)

Utility Infielder

Riley Delgado (Florida)

Outfielders

Trevor Larnach (Fort Myers)

Simon Muzziotti (Clearwater)

Ryan Noda (Dunedin)

Cal Stevenson (Dunedin) 

Designated Hitter

Dermis Garcia (Tampa)

Pitchers

Maximo Castillo (Dunedin)

Trevor Rogers (Jupiter)

Tommy Romero (Charlotte)

Miguel Yajure (Tampa)

Relief Pitchers

Keylan Killgore (Clearwater)

Brad Wilson (Dunedin)

Coaches 

Toby Gardenhire (Fort Myers)

Jeff Smith (Charlotte) 

Final Thoughts

As a Legends on Deck team, we were very much enjoyed following the Florida State League this season and watching the prospects making an impact on the Advanced-A level.  Our crew enjoyed all access passes for the Home Run Derby and All Star Game in Jupiter on June 15.  We look forward to many of these stars making their MLB debuts in the years to come.  As the MLB pennant races heat up and postseason begins, there is plenty of baseball left to write about this Fall.  As for the Florida State League , we look forward to covering another great season in 2020!