Sprouts Well Represented at MLB’s Futures Game
By Aaron Somers
Tomorrow afternoon in Arizona, baseball fans will get a rare glimpse at the future of baseball. Every team will have representatives in the annual game. It’s an all-star game of sorts for Minor Leaguers, only not bound by any particular level (Single-A, Double-A, Triple-A, etc). After the jump I have listed the representatives for each ballclub.
2011 Futures Game Representatives
Team Players
ARI Paul Goldschmidt, Tyler Skaggs
ATL Julio Teheran, Arodys Vizcaino
BAL Manny Machado, Jonathan Schoop
BOS Chih-Hsien Chiang, Will Middlebooks
CHC Matt Szczur
CWS Gregory Infante, Dayan Viciedo
CIN Yonder Alonso, Devin Mesoraco
CLE Jason Kipnis, Drew Pomeranz
COL Nolan Arenado, Wilin Rosario
DET Francisco Martinez, Jacob Turner
FLA Jhan Marinez
HOU Jose Altuve
KC Kelvin Herrera, Wil Myers
LAA Mike Trout
LAD Alfredo Silverio
MIL Tyler Thornburg
MIN Kyle Gibson, Liam Hendricks
NYM Matt Harvey, Jefry Marte
NYY Austin Romine
OAK Grant Green
PHI Jarred Cosart, Sebastian Valle
PIT Chase d’Arnaud, Starling Marte
SD James Darnell, Reymond Fuentes
SF Gary Brown
STL Carlos Martinez, Shelby Miller
SEA Alex Liddi, James Paxton
TB Hak-Ju Lee, Matt Moore
TEX Martin Perez, Jurickson Profar
TOR Henderson Alvarez
WAS Bryce Harper, Brad Peacock
Obviously Mike Trout won’t be making the trip to Arizona as he’ll be busy playing with the big boys in Anaheim. The list is pretty impressive, and represents players from almost every corner of baseball. For many fans this will be one of the few opportunities to see these players live. While MILB.TV has come a long way, there are only a few teams you are able to see.
The game will be on tomorrow evening 6pm Eastern, on ESPN 2. For fans of Minor League Baseball, this is the best event of All-Star Week.