The most exciting aspect for me during the All Star Game festivities isn’t the Home Run Contest, or the Celebrity All Star Game, or the All Star game itself, it’s the Futures Game. Since it’s inception in 1999, this has been a major talent pool. Almost every superstar who was in the inors since 1999 played in this game. Here are just a few names:
- Rick Ankiel – 1999
- Josh Beckett – 2000
- Lance Berkman – 1999
- Joe Blanton – 2004
- Ryan Braun – 2006
- Jay Bruce – 2007
- Mark Beurhle – 2000
- Pat Burrell – 1999
- Miguel Cabrerra – 2001 and 2002
- Robinson Cano – 2003 and 2004
- Joba Chamberlain – 2007
- Carl Crawford – 2002
- Stephen Drew – 2006
- Prince Fielder – 2004
- Bill Hall – 2002
- Josh Hamilton – 2000
- Rich Harden – 2003
- JJ Hardy – 2003
- Felix Hernandez – 2004
- Ryan Howard – 2003
- Bobby Jenks – 2005
- Evan Longoria – 2007
- Russell Martin – 2005
- Victor Martinez – 2002
- Mark Mulder – 1999
- Hunter Pence – 2006
- Hanley Ramirez – 2005
- Fancisco Rodriguez – 2002
- CC Sabathia – 2000
- Ben Sheets – 2000
- Grady Sizemore – 2003
- Alfonso Soriano – 1999
- Troy Toluwitzki – 2006
- BJ Upton – 2004 and 2005
- Justin Upton – 2007
- Chase Utley – 2001
- Kevin Youkilis – 2003
- David Wright – 2004
- Barry Zito – 2000
U.S. Roster
Pitchers:
- Brett Anderson – Oakland Athletics – AA – 9-4/4.14/1.16
- Jake Arrieta – Baltimore Orioles – A+ – 5-4/3.02/1.15
- Trevor Cahill – Oakland Athletics – AA – 5-4/2.78/0.95
- Will Inman – San Diego Padres – AA – 8-4/3.18/1.22
- Kevin Jepsen – Los Angeles Angels – AAA – 2-1/1.42/1.26/11 saves
- Ryan Mattheus – Colorado Rockies – AA – 2-2/2.97/1.27/12 saves
- Kevin Pucetas – San Francisco Giants – A+ – 7-0/2.72/1.14
- Clayton Richard – Chicago White Sox – AAA – 5-0/2.53/0.75
- Jess Todd – St. Louis Cardinals – AA – 2-2/1.56/0.85
- Casey Weathers – Colorado Rockies – AA – 1-0/2.51/1.24/1 save
Catchers:
- Bryan Anderson – St. Louis Cardinals – AAA – 0.344/1/21
- Lou Marson – Philadelphia Phillies – AA – 0.331/4/41
- Taylor Teagarden – Texas Rangers – AAA – 0.353/5/14
Infielders:
- Chris Davis – Texas Rangers – AAA – 0.333/23/73
- Jason Donald – Philadelphia Phillies – AA – 0.298/10/42
- Chris Getz – Chicago White Sox – AAA – 0.309/6/33
- Mat Gamel – Milwaukee Brewers – AA – 0.381/15/75
- Matt LaPorta – Milwaukee Brewers (currently on the Indians) – AA – 0.291/20/66
- Cliff Pennington – Oakland Athletics – AAA – 0.270/1/26
- Chris Valaika – Cincinnati Reds – AA – 0.312/12/53
Outfielders:
- Dexter Fowler – Colorado Rockies – AA – 0.321/7/49/15
- Greg Golson – Philadelphia Phillies – A – 0.299/7/36/17
- Andrew McCutchen – Pittsburgh Pirates – AAA – 0.280/8/33/23
- Nate Schierholtz – San Francisco Giants – AAA – 0.290/11/51/9
- Denard Span – Minnesota Twins – AAA – 0.340/3/14/15
Tomorrow I will put up the roster for the World team. The best hitters on this team are probably Gamel, LaPorta, and Davis. The best pitchers are Cahill, Jepsen and Richard. Should be fun to see what they can do at Yankee stadium against a very tough World team.
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