Monday, April 6, 2026

Fantasy Baseball is Back: Introducing the 2026 Coca-Cola Kids A-Team

I always look forward to the baseball season to watch my Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers make a run for the World Series. I’ve been a fan of the Cubs since I was a tiny little child, and I have been a fan of the Tigers since 1984.

In 1988, I found a new reason to love the game, Fantasy Baseball. I have played on

some iteration of fantasy baseball every year since the paper and pencil years, checking statistics in the USA Today every Tuesday to score, to my first online baseball league on Sandbox? or something like that. Now I play in two leagues, hence the A-team and B-team, and this is the 25th year I have had the Coca-Cola Kids A-Team in the League of the Gorgeous Rogues. In ten weeks, the first week of June, I will create a new post to give my thoughts on the team as we enter the summer months. Until then, I will update this post with weekly match-up results and any roster changes that I make. 

Week 1: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Brutes FBC 2-15 “Kids off to a Bad Start…Horrible, Actually” (4th Division, 9th League)

Week 2: Coca-Cola Kids (2-15-3) vs. BrownTown (3-15-2) 5-11 “Things Couldn’t Be Much Worse for the Kids: Looking for a Turnaround” (5th Division, 10th League)

Week 3: Coca-Cola Kids (7-26-7) vs. Pacaya Chiltepes (17-17-6) 

Hope springs eternal at this point of the season, so here are the members of the Coca-Cola Kids A-Team.

Position Players:

C: Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners (Keeper)

1B: Rafael Devers, San Francisco Giants

2B: Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks (Keeper)

3B: Eugenio Suarez, Cincinnati Reds

SS: Ernie Clement, Toronto Blue Jays

OF: Julio Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners (Keeper)

OF: Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies

OF: Randy Arozarena, Seattle Mariners

Utility: Taylor Ward, Baltimore Orioles

Bench:

OF: Kazuma Okamoto, Toronto Blue Jays

C: Moises Ballesteros, Chicago Cubs

C: Carlos Narvaez, Boston Red Sox

1B/2B: Lenyn Sosa, Chicago White Sox

Pitchers:

SP: Logan Webb, San Francisco Giants

SP: Freddie Peralta, New York Mets

SP: Jesus Luzardo, Philadelphia Phillies

SP: Robbie Ray, San Francisco Giants

RP: Robert Suarez, Atlanta Braves

RP: Carlos Estevez, Kansas City Royals

P: Will Vest, Detroit Tigers

P: Ranger Suarez, Boston Red Sox

Bench:

RP: Pete Fairbanks, Miami Marlins

RP: Seranthony Dominguez, Chicago White Sox