The Southern League was one of five leagues to announce its postseason all-star team today and five players and their manager, Everardo Magallanes, represented the Barons on the team.

The Barons went 48-21 to win the first-half division title and are currently 86-46 overall so it’s no surprise to see a handful of players honored as well as Magallanes being named Manager of the Year. Catcher Tyler Flowers, infielder C.J. Retherford, outfielders David Cook and Stefan Gartrell and pitcher John Ely joined their skipper on the roster.

Flowers killed SL pitching to earn a promotion in mid July. His OPS of .993 with the Barons is over 100 points higher than the current qualified league leaders, Cook and Gartrell. Cook is currently tied with Gartrell for the OPS lead and the duo are 1-2, respectively, in slugging percentage. Cook, in his third straight year spending time with the Barons, is having his least productive of three stints with the Barons this season. In his two previous Barons’ campaigns, Cook had an OPS over 1. He was promoted to Charlotte, but struggled for 7 games (don’t the Sox know about sample size?) and was sent back down. Gartrell is currently a teammate of Flowers on the Knights after receiving a promotion in early August.

Retherford and Ely have spent all season on the Barons. Earlier this year SL managers voted Retherford the best defensive 2B in the league, a very encouraging thing to note for his prospect status, and the recognition continued as he was the only unanimous selection. Ely has been a work horse for the Barons and picked up his 13th win of the season earlier today.

The South Atlantic League also announced their posteason all-stars, but no Intimidators made the list. In fairness to the I’s, the SAL has 16 teams to the SL’s 10.

Updated: Carlos Torres was named to the International League post-season all-stars and Brady Shoemaker made the Appalachian League list.