BURLINGTON, VT --- As many as 10 former Lake Monsters could take part in the 2012 Major League postseason after Vermont's current affiliate the Oakland Athletics won the American League West Division on Wednesday and former affiliate Washington Nationals won the National League East Division on Monday.

The Nationals enter the playoffs with the best overall record in baseball and will have six or seven former Lake Monsters on their postseason roster including Ian Desmond, Danny Espinosa, Tyler Moore, Ryan Mattheus, Craig Stammen and Jordan Zimmermann. John Lannan, who pitched most of the season at Triple-A before joining the Nationals in September, could also be added to Washington's roster for the playoffs.

Former Lake Monsters Tommy Milone and Derek Norris, both traded from the Nationals organization to Oakland last winter for Gio Gonzalez, will be part of the postseason as the Athletics won their final six games of the season to beat out the Texas Rangers for the AL West crown by one game.

The 10th former Lake Monster is Cincinnati Reds utility infelder Wilson Valdez, who has previous playoff experience with the Philadelphia Phillies, and spent the 2012 season with Cincinnati and could be part of the Reds postseason roster.

In other former Vermont minor league player history, Toronto's Omar Vizquel played in the final game of his 24-year Major League career on Wednesday. Vizquel is the last player for the Double-A Vermont Reds/Mariners (1984-88) to play in the Major Leagues. As a member of the 1988 Vermont Mariners, Vizquel hit .254 (95x374) with 54 runs, 18 doubles, two homers and 35 RBI in 103 games.

2012 Major League Season Stats
Ian Desmond '04: .292, 130 ga, 72 r, 150 h, 33 2b, 25 hr, 73 rbi
Danny Espinosa '08: .357, 160 ga, 82 r, 147 h, 37 2b, 17 hr, 56 rbi
John Lannan: 4-1, 4.13 era, 32.2 ip, 33 h, 14 bb, 17 so
Ryan Mattheus '10: 5-3, 2.85 era, 66.1 ip, 57 h, 19 bb, 41 so
Tommy Milone '08: 13-10, 3.74 era, 190.0 ip, 207 h, 36 bb, 137 so
Tyler Moore '08: .263, 75 ga, 20 r, 41 h, 9 2b, 10 hr, 29 rbi
Derek Norris '08: .201, 60 ga, 19 r, 42 h, 8 2b, 7 hr, 33 rbi
Craig Stammen '05: 6-1, 2.34 era, 88.1 ip, 70 h, 36 bb, 87 so
Wilson Valdez '99-00: .206, 77 ga, 15 r, 40 h, 4 2b, 0 hr, 15 rbi
Jordan Zimmermann '07: 12-8, 2,94 era, 195.2 ip, 186 h, 43 bb, 153 so