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.
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.
