Coca-Cola Kids (B Team) Fantasy Baseball Mid-Season Update (updated 7/28/26)

Week 15: Coca-Cola Kids (114-98-40) vs. Splendid Splinters (109-98-45) 6-10  "Pitching Struggles to Keep up with the Splinters"  (4th in League)

Week 16:  Coca-Cola Kids (120-108-42) vs. Underdawgs (81-143-46) 13-3  "Underdawgs are Just That as Kids Dominate the Week"  (3rd in League)

MLB All-Star Break

Week 17: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Trot’s Cardinals 5-8 “Kids Bring Power and Strikeouts but Nothing Else”

Week 18: Coca-Cola Kids (138-119-49) vs. All Choked Up (140-128-38) 

The MLB season is flying by as we approach mid-season in a few weeks. This is a good time to revisit Coca-Cola Kids B Team and look at mid-season leaders and MVPs of the first half.

Team Leaders after 14 Weeks:

Runs: 57 - Zach Neto

1B: 58 - Kevin McGonigle

2B: 24 - Rafael Devers

3B: 3 - Kevin McGonigle

HR: 25 - Hunter Goodman

RBI: 47 - Hunter Goodman

SB: 15 - Ronald Acuna Jr.

BB: 51 - Kevin McGonigle

OPS: .938 Munetaka Murakami

IP: 110 - Sandy Alcantara

W: 8 - tie Cam Schlittler / Sandy Alcantara

SV: 18 - Paul Sewald

CG:  1 - Sandy Alcantara

K: 118 - Cam Schlittler

HLD: 12 - Robert Suarez

SP ERA: 1.62 - Cam Schlittler

RP ERA: 0.56 - Robert Suarez

SP WHIP: 0.92 - Cam Schlittler

RP WHIP: 0.84 - Robert Suarez

QS: 12 - tie Michael Wacha / Sandy Alcantara

The Kids are sporting three mid-season most valuable players. Cam Schlittler on the mound has sported incredible control of the plate leading the team in wins, strikeouts, earned run average, and WHIP. Hunter Goodman has brought the power to the Coca-Cola Kids this season not unlike his counterpart from the 2025 season Cal Raleigh. The big surprise of the season for the Kids is the Detroit Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle who is leading the team in 3 offensive categories.

The Kids do miss having Ronald Acuna Jr. who is on the IR.

2026 Coca-Cola Kids B-Team (updated 6/28/26)

C: Hunter Goodman, Colorado Rockies

1B: Kody Clemens, Minnesota Twins

2B: Travis Bazzana, Cleveland Guardians

3B: Sam Antonacci, Chicago White Sox

SS: Kevin McGonigle, Detroit Tigers

OF: Kyle Tucker, Los Angeles Dodgers

OF: Jac Caglianone, Kansas City Royals

OF: Seiya Suzuki, Chicago Cubs

Util: Zach Neto, Los Angeles Angels

Bench:

1B: Rafael Devers, San Francisco Giants

OF: Michael Harris II, Atlanta Braves

IR: Munetaka Murakami, Chicago White Sox

IR: Ronald Acuna Jr. Atlanta Braves

Pitchers:

SP: Cam Schlittler, New York Yankees

SP: Freddie Peralta, New York Mets

SP: Brandon Woodruff, Milwaukee Brewers

RP: Dennis Santana, Pittsburgh Pirates

RP: Robert Suarez, Atlanta Braves

P: Paul Sewald, Arizona Diamondbacks

P: Sandy Alcantara, Miami Marlins

P: Orion Kerkering, Philadelphia Phillies

Bench:

SP: Michael Wacha, St. Louis Cardinals

SP: Kyle Bradish, Baltimore Orioles

SP: Hunter Brown, Houston Astros

Off the Team:

Jose Altuve, Houston Astros

Dansby Swanson, Chicago Cubs

Dillon Dingler, Detroit Tigers

Shane Baz, Baltimore Orioles

Kris Bubic, Kansas City Royals

Erik Sabrowski, Cleveland Guardians

Carlos Estevez, Kansas City Royals

A Little Human Harmony

A little story to demonstrate my observation of human harmony. Recently, I was driving on a four-lane, business highway through our town. On one side is the back yards of a neighborhood, and on the other side is hole 18 of a golf course. People will often speed through this area as the speed changes from 35 to 45. Nevertheless, it can be a “get out of the way” stretch of road.

On this particular day, there was a group of about 8 vehicles, including mine, and it took me a minute to realize something seemed off. I wasn’t passing anyone, and they weren’t passing me. Every car in our group was simply cruising along at a sweet, calm 35 miles per hour. I felt a moment of harmony created by human choices to not rush, to fall into place, and just be. We all drove in this peaceful harmony for about half a mile until there was a stoplight to snap us out of harmony.

The title of this blog is “Seeking Positivity in the Galaxy,” and I found it! It was a matter of moments, but it left an impact on me. Now, I continue to look for this human harmony, or if others are experiencing it while I am completely missing it. I have tried to create it in the same stretch of road, but there is always someone who is in a hurry or someone to slow. I have tried to set a pace shopping to see if others would walk in time, but there was always a shopping cart that needed to get through or someone stopping to, well, shop. Making it happen probably is the wrong way to go about it.

Anyway, it happens! Human harmony exists; we just have to wait for it and be ready to experience it when it does.