Miners load up on All-ABL team; Bucs' Sensley is Player of Year

The league-leading Mat-Su Miners racked the most first-team honors and a bounty of other awards, and Anchorage Bucs outfielder Steven Sensley took Player of the Year and Silver Slugger honors in All-Alaska Baseball League balloting unveiled Monday.

The Miners landed eight players on the 18-player first team, Miners manager Ben Taylor earned Coach of the Year, and the Miners also had the Top Hitting Prospect in Garrison Schwartz and the Top Pitching Prospect in left-hander Jordan Floyd.

ABL president Pete Christopher announced the honors, which were determined in a vote of league players, coaches and media.

Sensley hit .308 in 38 games overall, led the league in home runs (6) and slugging percentage (.531), and tied for first in extra base hits (16). The left-handed hitter from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was second in the league in RBIs (27) and on-base-slugging percentage (.915). He also stole seven bases.

[Read more about ABL Player of the Year Steven Sensley]

Floyd, from Kansas State, stymied hitters all summer. He went 1-1 with nine saves and a 0.41 earned-run average — he surrendered one earned run all summer — and struck out 25 in 22 innings.

Schwartz, a left-handed hitter from Grand Canyon, hit .283 with 12 extra-base hits and 20 RBIs in 42 games.

Bucs shortstop Alan Trejo of San Diego State made just four errors in 32 games and won the Gold Glove honor with a fielding percentage of .972.

Taylor, in his fourth season leading the Miners, guided them to a 25-17 record that earned Mat-Su the regular-season title.

The ABL playoffs begin Thursday, with four of the five teams playing — Chugiak-Eagle River has been eliminated from contention — and seeding yet to be determined.

2016 All-Alaska Baseball League Team

Determined in voting by coaches, players and media

Player of the Year — Steven Sensley (Anchorage Bucs)

Silver Slugger — Steven Sensley (Anchorage Bucs)

Top Hitting Prospect – Garrison Schwartz (Mat-Su Miners)

Top Pitching Prospect – Jordan Floyd (Mat-Su Miners)

Gold Glove – Alan Trejo (Anchorage Bucs)

Coach of the Year — Ben Taylor (Mat-Su Miners)

First Team

Catcher – Jonathan Washam (Peninsula Oilers)

First Base – Jake Scudder (Mat-Su Miners)

Second Base – Levi Jordan (Mat-Su Miners)

Shortstop – Alan Trejo (Anchorage Bucs)

Third Base – Alex Seifert (Peninsula Oilers)

Outfield – Steven Sensley (Anchorage Bucs)

Outfield – Hunter Vansau (Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks)

Outfield – Garrison Schwartz (Mat-Su Miners)

Designated Hitter – Michael Donadio (Mat-Su Miners)

Starting Pitcher – Billy Oxford (Peninsula Oilers)

Starting Pitcher – Justin Vernia (Mat-Su Miners)

Starting Pitcher – Weston Rivers (Anchorage Glacier Pilots)

Starting Pitcher – Justin Mulvaney (Anchorage Bucs)

Starting Pitcher – Connor Lungwitz (Anchorage Glacier Pilots)

Relief Pitcher – Ryan Lillie (Peninsula Oilers)

Relief Pitcher – Gage Burland (Mat-Su Miners)

Closer – Jordan Floyd (Mat-Su Miners)

Utility Player – Jacob Hughey (Mat-Su Miners)

Second Team

Catcher – Tyler Walters (Anchorage Glacier Pilots)

First Base – Seth DeWitt (Peninsula Oilers)

Second Base – Will Bass (Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks)

Shortstop – Trey Dawson (Peninsula Oilers)

Third Base – Tim Millard (Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks)

Outfield – Darius Hill (Peninsula Oilers)

Outfield – Joe Gillette (Anchorage Glacier Pilots)

Outfield – Michael Donadio (Mat-Su Miners)

Designated Hitter – Seth DeWitt (Peninsula Oilers)

Starting Pitcher – Brody Harris (Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks)

Starting Pitcher – Jacob Hughey (Mat-Su Miners)

Relief Pitcher – Timothy Holdgrafer (Anchorage Glacier Pilots)

Relief Pitcher – Preston White (Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks)

Closer – Wyatt Mills (Anchorage Bucs)

Utility Player – McCarthy Tatum (Anchorage Bucs)