Florida League Player of the Week - Week 5
Date: Jul 7, 2025
SANFORD, Fla.- Throughout the 2025 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 16 through Saturday, June 21. The weekly honors are selected via a vote of league coaches and officials.
For the second week in a row, Drew Pynes (St. Petersburg) of the Winter Garden Squeeze was honored as the FCSL Player of the Week. Pynes earned the honor on the back of his gargantuan performance in a Tuesday doubleheader against Winter Park. In a pair of games with the Dawgs - his former team - Pynes went 4-for-5, belting three home runs and driving in six during a Squeeze sweep.
Pynes' three home run day ties him for the current FCSL lead in longballs. The second year Florida Leaguer also ranks third in runs batted in, and is among the top six in the Florida League in both batting average and slugging percentage. He is currently one of three FCSL players with an OPS of 1.000 or better.
The Squeeze swept the weekly awards, as Florida Southern product Andrew Furey was honored as the FCSL Pitcher of the Week. In a Monday start, the 2024 FCSL All-Star was brilliant, striking out nine hitters across six innings in a 10-1 victory over Winter Park. The righthander did not walk a batter and allowed just two hits, facing two more than the minimum across six innings.
Furey has been one of the Florida League's best across the first three and a half weeks. He currently ranks among the top ten pitchers in the FCSL in innings pitched, strikeouts, and earned run average. In his first four appearances of the season, Furey allowed just two earned runs over 15 innings, striking out 17 hitters without allowing a walk.
Additionally, the Florida League will honor one player from each team that was not selected as Player or Pitcher of the Week.
Florida League Honor Roll (Hitters): Gavin Thomas (DeLand/Davidson), Cole Bullen (Leesburg/Florida), Stewart Puckett (Sanford/Portal), Hutson Guinn (Orlando/Undecided), Roberto Odor (Winter Park/Saint Leo)
Florida League Honor Roll (Pitchers): Paul Janeczko (DeLand/Undecided), Austin Peddycoart (Leesburg/Southeastern), Trey Clinton (Sanford/Georgia SouthWestern), Dominick Venta (Orlando/Catonsville), Luke Ridley (Winter Park/Old Dominion)