SANFORD — Throughout the 2026 season, the Florida Collegiate Summer League will honor two players at the conclusion of each week, an FCSL Player of the Week and an FCSL Pitcher of the Week. This week's honors represent performances from Monday, June 29, through Sunday, July 5. The weekly honors are selected via a vote of league coaches and officials.
For the second week in a row, the Florida League Player of the Week is Leesburg's Charlie Keller (Ball State). Keller continued to put together one of the league's best-ever slugging seasons, belting his seventh and eighth home runs of the season in back-to-back games against the Suns. He logged seven hits on the week, including four extra base hits. For the week, he scored seven runs and drove in four, recording a slugging percentage of .810.
With a week and a half to go in the season, Keller stands on the doorstep of Florida League history. His next home run will tie the single season record set by Tyler Palmer in 2013 and evened by Jarrod Cande in 2019. With two home runs, he'd sit alone on the single season list and tie four-year Florida Leaguer Joe Burke for the regular season career record at 13. His current .696 slugging percentage would also be a Florida League record.
The newest Florida League Pitcher of the Week is Sanford's Brock Bracher (Undecided). Bracher led Sanford's doubleheader sweep of the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs with a complete game shutout on Wednesday. In his seven innings of work in the opening game of the twinbill, the lefthander allowed just three hits, striking out nine Winter Park hitters while surrendering only one walk.
The victory on Wednesday was the second of the season for Bracher, with both coming in his last three appearances. The Sanford native has shown electric strikeout ability playing for his hometown team, logging 33 strikeouts in 23 innings on the mound. In each of his six appearances this season, Bracher has averaged more than one strikeout per inning.
Additionally, the Florida League honors one player from each team that was not selected as Player or Pitcher of the Week.
Florida League Honor Roll (Hitters):
* Derek Lopez (DeLand/Embry-Riddle).
* Adonys Velez (Sanford/Undecided).
* Colby Brewington (Orlando/Florida Southern).
* Alexander Galan (Winter Garden/Lake Sumter State).
* Skyler Jersey (Winter Park/Undecided).
Florida League Honor Roll (Pitchers):
* Ryan Kelley (DeLand/Rollins).
* Brandon Reiter (Leesburg/Pittsburgh).
* Ryland Happel (Orlando/Undecided).
* Kaden Howell (Winter Garden/Santa Fe).
* Tyler Mecchella (Winter Park/Florida International).
On the field, the Leesburg Lightning (20-8) stayed hot, going 4-2 for the week, to widen their lead to 6.5 games, but other five teams are in a tight battle for the rest of the standings.
It looked like the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (12-14-1) was going to make a run to the top, but after winning five in a row, the team dropped five straight to drop from second to fourth in the standings behind the Winter Garden Squeeze (13-13) and the defending champion Orlando Snappers (11-12-1). The DeLand Suns (11-14) and Sanford River Rats (10-16) are just a couple of games out of second place through Week 6 (Games through July 5).
Here are the most up-to-date results and upcoming schedule:
Friday, July 3
* Winter Garden Squeeze 5, Orlando Snappers 2.
* DeLand Suns 12, Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 4.
* Leesburg Lightning 4, Sanford River Rats 3.
Saturday, July 4
* Leesburg Lightning 6, DeLand Suns 1.
Sunday, July 5
* Winter Park Diamond Dawgs vs. Sanford River Rats, cancelled.
* Winter Garden Squeeze 9, Leesburg Lightning 8.
* Orlando Snappers vs. DeLand Suns, cancelled.
Monday, July 6
No games scheduled.
Tuesday, July 7
* All-Star Game, postponed.
Wednesday, July 8
* All-Star Game: East 2, West 0, 5-innings.
Thursday, July 9
* Leesburg Lightning 11, Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 6.
* Sanford River Rats 5, Orlando Snappers 0.
* DeLand Suns 7, Winter Garden Squeeze 1.
Friday, July 10
* DeLand Suns 9, Winter Garden Squeeze 5.
* Sanford River Rats 3-12, Orlando Snappers 3-2.
* Leesburg Lightning 8, Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 2.
Saturday, July 11
* Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 3, Leesburg Lightning 1.
* Orlando Snappers 6, Sanford River Rats 4.
* DeLand Suns 5, Winter Garden Squeeze 4, 8-innings.
Sunday, July 12
No games scheduled.
Monday, July 13
* Winter Garden Squeeze vs. Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, cancelled.
* Orlando Snappers vs. Leesburg Lightning, cancelled.
* Sanford River Rats vs. DeLand Suns, cancelled.
Tuesday, July 14
* Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 4, Leesburg Lightning 3, 7-innings.
* Orlando Snappers 8, Sanford River Rats 0.
* Winter Garden Squeeze vs. DeLand Suns, cancelled.
Wednesday, July 15
* DeLand Suns vs. Orlando Snappers at The First Academy-Orlando/Orel Hershiser Field in the Payne Stewart Athletic Complex, 6 p.m.
Thursday, July 16
Winter Park Diamond Dawgs vs. Winter Garden Squeeze at Horizon High School, 6 p.m.; DeLand Suns vs. Sanford River Rats at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium, 6:30 p.m.; Leesburg Lightning vs. Orlando Snappers at The First Academy-Orlando/Orel Hershiser Field in the Payne Stewart Athletic Complex, 7 p.m.
Friday, July 17
Winter Park Diamond Dawgs vs. Winter Garden Squeeze at Horizon High School, 6 p.m.; DeLand Suns vs. Sanford River Rats at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium, 6:30 p.m.; Leesburg Lightning vs. Orlando Snappers at The First Academy-Orlando/Orel Hershiser Field in the Payne Stewart Athletic Complex, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 18
Winter Garden Squeeze vs. Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Rollins College/Alfond Stadium at Harper Shepherd Field, 6 p.m.; Orlando Snappers vs. Leesburg Lightning on Buddy Lowe Field at Pat Thomas Stadium, 7 p.m.; Sanford River Rats vs. DeLand Suns at Melching Field at Conrad Park, 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 19
No games scheduled.
PLAYOFFS
Play-In Game:
Monday, July 20
No. 5 Seed at home of No. 4 Seed.
Semifinals
Best-of-3
Tuesday, July 21
Play-In winner at home of No. 1 Seed; No. 3 Seed at home of No. 2 Seed.
Wednesday, July 22
No. 1 Seed at home of Play-In winner; No. 2 Seed at home of No. 3 seed.
Thursday, July 23
If Necessary
Play-In winner at home of No. 1 Seed; No. 3 Seed at home of No. 2 Seed.
Friday, July 24
Make-Up Day.
Championship Series
Best-of-3
Saturday, July 25
At home of Higher Seed.
Sunday, July 26
At home of Lower Seed.
Monday, July 27
If necessary: at home of High Seed.
Tuesday, July 28
Make-Up Day.
Wednesday, July 29
Make-Up Day.
In other FCSL News:
* Games streamed LIVE on Varsity Sports Nation PPV _ All Florida League games will once again be streamed live and archived for replays on Varsity Sports Nation PPV this season. For information about how to access this content go to _ https://varsitysportsnationppv.lightcast.com/.
Go to _ www.floridaleague.com _ for more information.
