KCL Week #2 Recap: Sloths Keep Rolling
Author: Jackson Ewers
Week 2 is in the books. Another 4 games for each team. The Ground Sloths have kept their lead for 1st place in the standings, with the Merchants not far behind.
STANDINGS & MATCHUPS
Season Standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | Games Behind | Run Differential |
| Ground Sloths | 6 | 2 | – | 27 |
| Merchants | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Bobcats | 3 | 5 | 3 | -15 |
| Blue Caps | 2 | 6 | 4 | -19 |
Week 2 Standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | Games Behind | Run Differential |
| Ground Sloths | 3 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Merchants | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Bobcats | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Blue Caps | 1 | 3 | 2 | -19 |
Week 2 Game Logs
Season Head-to-Head
| Team | Ground Sloths | Merchants | Bobcats | Blue Caps |
| Ground Sloths | – | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Merchants | 0-3 | – | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| Bobcats | 1-2 | 0-2 | – | 2-1 |
| Blue Caps | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | – |
Batting/Pitching/Fielding leaders in the KCL can be found on the KCL main page, along with each individual team’s leaders. Below is a more fun and interesting list of leaders that gives a little more insight into who’s doing well in the KCL League.
FANTASY
Season Top 10 Baseball Hitting and Pitching Fantasy Leaders
| Hitting | Pitching | ||||
| Player | Team | Fantasy Points | Player | Team | Fantasy Points |
| Judah Morris | Ground Sloths | 50 | Will O’Gorman | Blue Caps | 34.0 |
| Justin Gutierrez | Ground Sloths | 33 | AJ Rinebold | Ground Sloths | 26.3 |
| Tyler Thompson | Bobcats | 29 | Braden Roesch | Blue Caps | 25.0 |
| Pat Mulcahey | Bobcats | 28 | Logan Wombles | Ground Sloths | 19.9 |
| Chase Mason | Merchants | 28 | Ian Donaldson | Merchants | 19.0 |
| Liam McGill | Blue Caps | 26 | Nathan Garard | Merchants | 19.0 |
| Logan Van Heuklon | Merchants | 26 | Zach Odonnell | Bobcats | 18.3 |
| Jack Shields | Merchants | 25 | Jesse Courtney | Ground Sloths | 17.0 |
| Brock Bacus | Ground Sloths | 24 | Ben Plumley | Ground Sloths | 16.6 |
| Bryce Bishop | Merchants | 24 | Gus Lucas | Ground Sloths | 15.6 |
Week 2 Top 10 Baseball Hitting and Pitching Fantasy Leaders
| Hitting | Pitching | ||||
| Player | Team | Fantasy Points | Player | Team | Fantasy Points |
| Tyler Thompson | Bobcats | 24 | Will O’Gorman | Blue Caps | 21.0 |
| Judah Morris | Ground Sloths | 21 | AJ Rinebold | Ground Sloths | 18.0 |
| Pat Mulcahey | Bobcats | 20 | Jesse Courtney | Ground Sloths | 17.0 |
| Alec McGinnis | Bobcats | 19 | Braden Roesch | Blue Caps | 13.0 |
| Justin Gutierrez | Ground Sloths | 17 | Ben Dandelet | Bobcats | 12.0 |
| Caleb Royer | Blue Caps | 16 | Ben Plumley | Ground Sloths | 10.6 |
| Bryce Bishop | Merchants | 15 | Ian Donaldson | Merchants | 10.0 |
| Jack Shields | Merchants | 15 | Tyler AltenBaumer | Bobcats | 9.0 |
| Nathan Garard | Merchants | 14 | Eli Kieser | Ground Sloths | 8.0 |
| Brady Alexander | Bobcats | 13 | David Smith | Merchants | 8.0 |
| Brock Bacus | Ground Sloths | 13 | |||
Players’ fantasy points are calculated using ESPN’s Fantasy Baseball standard scoring system (excluding pitching holds). (https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360057163871-Standard-Scoring-for-Public-Baseball-leagues)
GAMES vs GAMES w/ HIT
Top 10 Hitters with the highest proportion of games with a hit (minimum of 6 games played)
| Player | Team | Games | Games w Hit | GwH% |
| Pat Mulcahey | Bobcats | 8 | 8 | 1.000 |
| Judah Morris | Ground Sloths | 8 | 7 | 0.875 |
| Chase Reid | Merchants | 7 | 6 | 0.857 |
| Jack Shields | Merchants | 7 | 6 | 0.857 |
| Tyler Thompson | Bobcats | 8 | 6 | 0.750 |
| Justin Gutierrez | Ground Sloths | 8 | 6 | 0.750 |
| Chase Mason | Merchants | 8 | 6 | 0.750 |
| Logan Van Heuklon | Merchants | 8 | 6 | 0.750 |
| Caleb Royer | Blue Caps | 7 | 5 | 0.714 |
| Alec McGinnis | Bobcats | 7 | 5 | 0.714 |
| Rance Bryant | Ground Sloths | 7 | 5 | 0.714 |
HITTING STREAKS
Top 10 Current Game-Hitting Streak Leaders
| Player | Team | Hitting Streak |
| Pat Mulcahey | Bobcats | 8 |
| Alec McGinnis | Bobcats | 5 |
| Chase Reid | Merchants | 5 |
| Tyler Thompson | Bobcats | 4 |
| Caleb Royer | Blue Caps | 3 |
| Judah Morris | Ground Sloths | 3 |
| Tyler Robbins | Bobcats | 2 |
| Brock Bacus | Ground Sloths | 2 |
| Peyton Dillingham | Ground Sloths | 2 |
| Chase Mason | Merchants | 2 |
| Jack Shields | Merchants | 2 |
| Nathan Garard | Merchants | 2 |
| Nathan Reed | Merchants | 2 |
Top 10 Season-Long Game-Hitting Streak Leaders
| Player | Team | Hitting Streak |
| Pat Mulcahey | Bobcats | 8 |
| Logan Van Heuklon | Merchants | 6 |
| Alec McGinnis | Bobcats | 5 |
| Chase Reid | Merchants | 5 |
| Tyler Thompson | Bobcats | 4 |
| Judah Morris | Ground Sloths | 4 |
| Justin Gutierrez | Ground Sloths | 4 |
| PJ Jerszynski | Ground Sloths | 4 |
| Chase Mason | Merchants | 4 |
| Jack Shields | Merchants | 4 |