Florida League Players of the Week - Week 5, 2026

July 6, 2026

SANFORD, Fla.- 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, June 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 undecided hurler 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)