Trout, Miller, Green among Texas Stars

Matt Adams was certainly far from the biggest name in the Texas League this season, but on Friday, he was recognized as the best around.

Adams was voted the Texas League Player of the Year and Matt Shoemaker was named Pitcher of the Year as the circuit revealed its 2011 postseason All-Stars. San Antonio's Doug Dascenzo was named Manager of the Year.

For Adams, the Cardinals' 23rd-round pick in 2009 out of a Division II school, the recognition is well-earned. The 22-year-old is hitting .312, ranks second in the league with 30 homers and leads the circuit with 94 RBIs. His .586 slugging percentage ranks second.

"I use a gap-to-gap approach that allows me to keep on the ball even when the pitchers throw off-speed pitches," Adams said earlier in the week. "I also have a quiet swing with not a lot of movement to it that helps eliminate holes in my swing."

The Slippery Rock (Pa.) University product homered in the All-Star Game earlier this summer, a moment he's cherished.

"It was definitely a special moment for me because I had my dad in the stands," Adams said. "To hit that ball and cross the plate and look up to him in the stands and see him smiling and cheering is something that I'll never forget."

Shoemaker was another easy pick -- the Arkansas hurler leads the league with 12 wins, a 2.21 ERA, a 1.03 WHIP and trails only Springfield's Michael Blazek with 125 strikeouts. He's managed five complete games, including two shutouts and has earned Pitcher of the Week honors three times this season.

The rest of the roster is stocked with former first-round picks -- Midland's Grant Green was voted in at the utility spot and outfielder Mike Trout, who was promoted straight to the Majors, was selected as one of four outfielders.

Rockies top prospect Wilin Rosario joined Northwest Arkansas's Salvador Perez as the team's catchers.

The league honored six pitchers, including San Antonio's Brad Brach and Joe Wieland, Corpus Christi's Dallas Keuchel and Springfield's Shelby Miller. Shoemaker's Arkansas teammate, Garrett Richards, was also selected.

Corpus Christi's John Moses was named the Mike Coolbaugh Texas League Coach of the Year.

The team was selected by managers, radio play-by-play announcers and beat writers for the clubs. The full roster is below:

2011 Texas League Postseason All-Star Team
Position Players
POS	PLAYER	TEAM	AFFILIATE
C	Salvador Perez	Northwest Arkansas	Kansas City
C	Wilin Rosario	Tulsa	Colorado
1B	Matt Adams*	Springfield	St. Louis
2B	Thomas Field	Tulsa	Colorado
3B	James Darnell	San Antonio	San Diego
SS	Ryan Jackson	Springfield	St. Louis
OF	J.D. Martinez	Corpus Christi	Houston
OF	Jermaine Mitchell	Midland	Oakland
OF	Mike Trout	Arkansas	Los Angeles (AL)
OF	Tim Wheeler	Tulsa	Colorado
UT	Grant Green	Midland	Oakland
DH	Tommy Mendonca	Frisco	Texas
Pitchers
POS	PLAYER	TEAM	AFFILIATE
RHP	Brad Brach	San Antonio	San Diego
LHP	Dallas Keuchel	Corpus Christi	Houston
RHP	Shelby Miller	Springfield	St. Louis
RHP	Garrett Richards	Arkansas	Los Angeles (AL)
RHP	Matt Shoemaker**	Arkansas	Los Angeles (AL)
RHP	Joe Wieland	San Antonio	San Diego

Manager of the Year: Doug Dascenzo, San Antonio
Mike Coolbaugh Coach of the Year: John Moses, Corpus Christi
* Player of the Year
** Pitcher of the Year