 They won their third-straight division championship (this time in the West Division) by 7 1/2 games over the second-place Evansville Otters, becoming the second team in Frontier League history to win three straight division titles (after the 2005-07 Washington Wild Things) and the first team in league history to win 60 or more games in three consecutive seasons.The Miners retired #20 for player/coach/instructor Ralph Santana in 2017.Santana was the team's first postseason all-star in 2007 as a second baseman, and served as hitting coach from 2008-13, earning Frontier League Coach of the Year honors in 2012.