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# Firefighters Lock In 17 Coach Franchise Selections for 2027 Banana Ball Season
- URL: https://theprospecttimes.com/firefighters-2027-coach-franchise-selections-roster/
- Published: 2026-10-26T20:57:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T20:57:03.000Z
- Author: The Prospect Times
- Tags: Banana Ball, News, Firefighters

On Sunday evening, Banana Ball unveiled the Coach Franchise selections made by Firefighters head coach Valerie Perez. The Firefighters are the second team to use all 17 available selections, locking down a core group that joins [fan-franchise pick Noah Bridges](https://theprospecttimes.com/banana-ball-fan-franchise-results-for-all-six-teams/).

The Party Animals and Savannah Bananas will announce their Coach Franchise selections today.

Across the 17 selections, the coaching staff retained 6 pitchers (2 starting pitchers and 4 relief pitchers), 5 infielders, 3 catchers, and 3 outfielders.

### Pitchers (6)

**Jared Donalson - SP** 26 games, 24 starts, 6.20 era in 106.0 innings, 1.76 SHIP, 49 B4S, 90 SO, Recorded 3 trick play outs

**Austin Temple - SP** 25 games, 10 starts, 10.20 era, 45.0 IP, 2.36 SHIP, 44 B4S, 41 SO1, 1 SV, Recorded 2 trick play outs

**Ben Dum III - RP** 32 Games, 4.93 era in 65.2 innings, 1.29 SHIP, 13 B4S, 49 SO, recorded 3 trick play outs

**Ga'von Wray - RP** 29 Games, 6.00 era in 51.0 innings, 1.63 SHIP, 24 B4S, 34 SO, recorded 4 trick play outs

**Johnny Hummel - RP** 34 games, 5.75 ERA, 36.0 IP, 1.64 SHIP, 20 B4S, 30 SO

**Zach Phillips - RP** 26 Games 9 starts, 6.26 ERA in 73.1 innings, 1.80 SHIP, 37 B4S, 60 SO, Recorded 1 trick play out

### Catchers (3)

**Eric Jones Jr - C** 60 games, .319/.407/.490/.897 with 8 HR, 51 RBI, 27 B4S, 5 SB , Recorded 39 trick play outs

**Dalton Cornett - C** 61 games, .302/.355/.464/.819 with 4 HR, 48 RBI, 18 B4S, 5 SB

**Zachary Bridges - C** 32 games, .074/.133/.074/.207 with 1 RBI , 1 B4S, 1 SB, recorded 1 trick play out.

### Infielders (5)

**Mason Maxwell - 1B** 61 games- .285/.359/.384/.743 with 4 HR, 33 RBI, 7 SB, 11 B4S, 65 trick play outs

**Tyner Hughes - 2B** 60 games, .320/.387/.468/.855 with 5 HR, 30 RBI ,15 B4S, 2 SB, recorded 76 trick play outs

**Liam Spence - 2B** No stats listed for 2026 world tour

**Logan Lacey - 3B** 57 games- .302/.384/.462/.846 with 6 HR, 35 RBI, 10 SB, 15 B4S, 70 trick play outs

**Caden Green - SS** 61 games- .323/.423/.458/.881 with 3 HR, 30 RBI, 21 B4S , 6 SB, Recorded 106 trick play outs

### Outfielders (3)

**Lamar Sparks - LF** 61 games- .306/.374/.584/.958 with 12 HR, 45 RBI, 22 B4S, 3 SB, Recorded 10 trick play outs

**Ron Franklin Jr - CF** 2 games, .500/.500/.500/1.000

**Darrien McDowell - RF** 57 games- .279/.341/.503/.844 with 8 HR, 29 RBI, 14 B4S, recorded 24 trick play outs.

The 2027 Banana Ball Player Draft begins Wednesday, October 28, at 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET) and will stream live on the official Banana Ball YouTube channel.