It’s virtually time for the twenty sixth All-Star Futures Sport. As at all times, it supplies a powerful look into the long run for all 30 organizations, with the sport’s high prospects on the sphere on the identical time.
This 12 months’s model options 35 members of the newly refreshed Prime 100 Prospects record and all however one participant on each the American and Nationwide League rosters are on a group Prime 30 record. So that you’ll wish to tune in at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 12, on MLB Community, MLB.TV, MLB.com and by way of the MLB app. Melanie Newman, Yonder Alonso, Jonathan Mayo and Sande Charles can be on the decision from Truist Park in Atlanta.
To get you prepared, listed below are scouting stories on each participant on the Futures Sport rosters.
Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage, RHP (No. 2/MLB No. 57)
The 2024 twentieth general decide leads full-season Minor Leaguers with a 41.8 p.c strikeout price (partly as a result of he opened the 12 months at Single-A out of faculty), however he will get terrific stick with it his 93-95 mph fastball from a excessive slot and performs off that with an upper-80s cutter and 82-85 mph splitter that batters throughout three ranges have had bother squaring up.
Orioles: Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF (No. 2); Keagan Gillies, RHP (NR)
Bradfield missed a piece of time with a hamstring damage which has saved him from utilizing his premium device, his velocity, to as a lot profit as he did when he swiped 74 baggage final 12 months. Gillies is a 6-foot-8 reliever with a fastball as much as 95 mph, a slider and a splitter.
Rays: Brody Hopkins, RHP (No. 6)
Acquired from the Mariners in final 12 months’s Randy Arozarena deal, Hopkins is settling in with the Rays, posting a 3.64 ERA with 85 strikeouts and 41 walks in 71 2/3 innings with Double-A Montgomery. He sits within the mid-90s together with his heater and says he’s moved away from a sweeper to favor a cutter and curveball in his arsenal.
Purple Sox: Jhostynxon Garcia, OF (No. 4/MLB No. 100)
One other beneficiary of Boston’s energy and bat velocity program, Garcia has grown into vital energy with 35 homers within the final season and a half. He is packed on extra muscle than his listed weight of 163 kilos and athletic for his measurement, plus he sports activities maybe the best nickname in all of the Minors: “The Password,” a tribute to his hard-to-spell first title.
Yankees: George Lombard Jr., SS (No. 1/MLB No. 36)
The son of former large league outfielder and present Tigers bench coach George Lombard, he combines his father’s athleticism with a excessive baseball IQ developed whereas rising up across the recreation. He is a high quality defender with the possibility to develop stable or higher instruments throughout the board.
Guardians: C.J. Kayfus, 1B/OF (No. 5/MLB No. 75); Parker Messick, LHP (No. 12)
A stable hitter who’s creating energy to match, Kayfus ranks tenth within the Minors with a .978 OPS and is on the verge of a callup not fairly two years after Cleveland made him a third-round decide. Utilizing a nifty changeup and loads of guile, Messick has recorded extra strikeouts within the Minors because the begin of the 2023 season (384 in 323 1/3 innings) than some other pitcher.
Royals: Carter Jensen, C (No. 3/MLB No. 73); Frank Mozzicato, LHP (No. 11)
A well-rounded backstop, Jensen, who turns 22 on Thursday, has stable energy from the left aspect and an above-average throwing arm that might assist make him Salvador Perez’s long-term successor in Kansas Metropolis. The seventh general decide within the 2021 Draft, Mozzicato is at his finest when he’s eliciting tons of whiffs on his low-80s curveball.
Tigers: Kevin McGonigle, SS/2B (No. 1/MLB No. 7); Max Clark, OF (No. 2/MLB No. 12); Josue Briceño, C/1B (No. 4/MLB No. 58)
One in all two groups with three representatives, the Tigers ship a dynamite trio from Excessive-A West Michigan. McGonigle might need the most effective hit device within the Minors and has been a doubles machine when wholesome this season, posting a .382/.461/.679 line with seven homers and 18 two-baggers in 32 video games for the Whitecaps. Clark is wanting like a stereotypical high-OBP, high-speed leadoff hitter as he heads to his second straight Futures Sport. Briceño is following up final 12 months’s Arizona Fall League Triple Crown by main Excessive-A in slugging (.599), OPS (1.015) and wRC+ (176), sticking to his repute as a left-handed slugger with large energy and a very good potential to punish pitches within the zone.
Twins: Kaelen Culpepper, SS (No. 4/MLB No. 96)
The Twins’ first-round decide final 12 months, Culpepper lately obtained bumped as much as Double-A Wichita and was simply added to the Prime 100. He is been utilizing his bat velocity, really feel for hitting and strategy on the plate to provide a mixed .862 OPS and 140 wRC+ whereas enjoying a greater than anticipated shortstop.
White Sox: Noah Schultz, LHP (No. 1/MLB No. 17); Braden Montgomery, OF (No. 3/MLB No. 32)
Schultz’s command hasn’t been as sharp as standard this season, however he is nonetheless the highest lefty pitching prospect within the recreation and possesses one of the depraved sliders within the Minors. A part of the Garrett Crochet commerce with the Purple Sox on the Winter Conferences, Montgomery has regained full well being and is exhibiting why he was a possible top-five-overall decide within the 2024 Draft earlier than breaking his proper ankle at Texas A&M final June.
Angels: George Klassen, RHP (No. 3)
Acquired from the Phillies final summer season within the Carlos Estévez deal, Klassen was a little bit of a breakout prospect in 2024 when he made enormous strides in command and pitch design. The fitting-hander has been hit greater than anticipated this 12 months, however can nonetheless miss bats with a fastball as much as 99 mph, a 90-mph slider and a mid-80s curve.
Astros: Brice Matthews, 2B/SS (No. 1/MLB No. 98); Alimber Santa, RHP (No. 29)
A suburban Houston native, Matthews has the facility and velocity to place collectively a 20-homer, 50-steal season at Triple-A if the Astros do not name him up this summer season. Santa lastly is studying to harness his energy stuff (fastball as much as 100 mph, mid-80s slider), which has resulted in a 1.27 ERA at Double-A.
A’s: Gage Leap, LHP (No. 1/MLB No. 68); Tommy White, 3B (No. 6)
Leap has raced up prospect rankings with an enormous first full season of professional ball, utilizing his really feel for his four-pitch combine to dominate between Excessive-A and Double-A, posting a 2.09 ERA, .187 BAA, 0.98 WHIP and 10.9 Okay/9 price. “Tommy Tanks” performed at LSU with Leap and can also be a part of the 2024 Draft class. He is battled by means of some accidents early however nonetheless has posted an .843 OPS as one of many higher power-hitting third basemen within the Minors.
Mariners: Lazaro Montes, OF (No. 2/MLB No. 29); Harry Ford, C (No. 5/MLB No. 56); Jurrangelo Cijntje, RHP/LHP (No. 8/MLB No. 79)
That is the opposite group with three representatives, sending three of 9 Mariners within the Prime 100 to Atlanta. Montes might need as a lot uncooked energy as anybody on this recreation (or the Minors), and he has 21 homers in 74 video games, together with three in his first seven Double-A contests since his promotion at age 20. Ford is attending his third straight Futures Sport and the previous first-rounder is having his finest offensive season at age 22 at Triple-A (.308/.422/.464). Sure, he’s a switch-pitcher who all of us hope to see throw a bit of bit left-handed in Atlanta, however Cijntje has stood out as a right-handed starter with a 3.44 ERA and a .178 BAA, utilizing a stable three-pitch combine efficiently at Excessive-A.
Rangers: Sebastian Walcott, SS/3B (No. 1/MLB No. 4)
Some evaluators predicted Walcott would develop into the most effective participant ever to come back out of the Bahamas even earlier than he signed for $3.2 million in 2023, and people expectations have not diminished in any respect. He options a few of the finest uncooked energy and arm energy within the Minors, and he is hitting .246/.347/.391 with 24 extra-base hits and 18 steals in 72 video games as a 19-year-old at Double-A.
Braves: JR Ritchie, RHP (No. 6); Hayden Harris, LHP (No. 29)
Ritchie has clearly put his Might 2023 Tommy John surgical procedure firmly in his rearview mirror, rapidly climbing to Double-A this 12 months and utilizing a fastball that has ticked again as much as averaging 94 mph, topping out at 97, together with a slider and changeup to publish a mixed 2.51 ERA and .175 BAA. Harris has been one of the efficient relievers within the Minors and is knocking on the massive league door with a minuscule 0.61 ERA and .147 BAA due to an efficient fastball, slider and splitter.
Marlins: Thomas White, LHP (No. 1/MLB No. 28); Joe Mack, C (No. 4/MLB No. 94)
White is difficult fellow Futures Gamer Noah Schultz for the title of finest lefty pitching prospect, dominating at Double-A at age 20 due to a powerful three-pitch combine highlighted by a sweeping low-80s slider. Mack is a stable defender who has improved offensively the previous two years, posting a mixed .807 OPS with 34 homers in 189 video games.
Mets: Jonah Tong, RHP (No. 2/MLB No. 59); Carson Benge, OF (No. 3/MLB No. 74)
Tong has adopted up final 12 months’s breakout season by main the Minors with 115 strikeouts by means of 73 innings with Double-A Binghamton, utilizing his high-carry fastball, above-average curveball and much-improved changeup out of his Tim Lincecum-esque supply. Popping out of Oklahoma State, Benge was final 12 months’s nineteenth general decide and has lived as much as the billing as a possible above-average hitter with an all-fields strategy now that he’s transitioned to being an outfielder full time.
Nationals: Travis Sykora, RHP (No. 1/MLB No. 30); Marquis Grissom Jr., RHP (No. 21)
Coming off offseason hip surgical procedure, Sykora has added velocity to his fastball in his second full season whereas persevering with to indicate a powerful slider and plus splitter, resulting in 76 strikeouts in 44 1/3 innings throughout 4 ranges. Grissom — the son of the AL Futures Sport supervisor and two-time All-Star of the identical title — is thought most for his mid-80s changeup that will get good separation off the fastball with 14-15 inches of armside run.
Phillies: Andrew Painter, RHP (No. 1/MLB No. 10); Eduardo Tait, C (No. 4/MLB No. 63)
In his first aggressive motion since 2022 due to Tommy John surgical procedure, Painter has largely been efficient at Triple-A with 4 no less than above-average choices, although because the Phillies are carefully monitoring his workload, he’s unlikely to pitch in Atlanta. Tait is a left-handed-hitting backstop making his full-season debut within the Florida State League this 12 months and is exhibiting the facility is legit with 10 homers in 66 video games.
Brewers: Jesús Made, SS/3B (No. 1/MLB No. 8)
The youngest participant on a Futures Sport roster this 12 months, Made has held his personal as an 18-year-old at Single-A, hitting .279/.387/.414 by means of 65 video games. Together with his bat velocity, he nonetheless initiatives as a possible plus hitter with plus energy whereas batting from either side.
Cardinals: JJ Wetherholt, SS/2B (No. 1/MLB No. 19)
The 2024 seventh general decide has carried his repute as a particular hitter into professional ball with a .303 common and 36/41 Okay/BB ratio by means of 58 video games for Double-A Springfield. Batting from an open stance, Wetherholt closes in on balls and shoots them previous opposing fielders with regularity.
Cubs: Owen Caissie, OF (No. 1/MLB No. 43), Jaxon Wiggins, RHP (No. 8)
One of many premier energy prospects within the recreation, Caissie has mashed 31 homers in 192 Triple-A video games the previous two seasons as one of many youngest gamers within the Worldwide League (he turns 23 subsequent Tuesday). Wiggins is demonstrating higher management than ever of his mid-90s fastball and mid-80s slider, which is why he ranks third within the Minors with a .156 average-against.
Pirates: Konnor Griffin, SS/OF (No. 2/MLB No. 13); Esmerlyn Valdez, OF/1B (No. 16)
The Pirates’ first-round decide from final 12 months’s Draft, Griffin has proven in his first full season that he can get to his spectacular uncooked instruments extra constantly than anybody anticipated, already reaching Excessive-A and posting a .339/.408/.538 line with 12 homers and 37 steals whereas enjoying excellent protection at shortstop and in middle subject. Valdez, simply promoted to Double-A and touchdown on the Pirates’ Prime 30 this week, has made enormous strides in his general strategy to get to his uncooked energy and has 20 homers and a .969 OPS over his first 73 video games.
Reds: Sal Stewart, 3B (No. 3/MLB No. 52); Alfredo Duno, C (No. 6/MLB No. 93)
Stewart made a 10-spot bounce within the refreshed Prime 100 as a result of all he does is hit. He sports activities a .322/.385/.491 slash line, leads the Double-A Southern League in batting common at age 21 and tops the Reds group together with his 154 wRC+. Duno was simply added to the Prime 100 as one of many extra thrilling younger catching prospects within the recreation, utilizing his superior strategy to publish an OPS of .873 within the Florida State League as a 19-year previous.
D-backs: Slade Caldwell, OF (No. 2/MLB No. 84); LuJames Groover, INF (No. 10)
Caldwell match the D-backs’ sample of choosing shorter, speedier outfielders when he went twenty ninth general in final 12 months’s Draft, and he’s rewarded them with a walk-heavy, speedy profile in his climb from Single-A to Excessive-A in his first full season. Groover — a 2023 second-rounder — is a hit-first third baseman whose .301 common ranks second within the Texas League.
Dodgers: Josue De Paula, OF (No. 1/MLB No. 27); Zyhir Hope, OF (No. 2/MLB No. 37)
The Dodgers could have extra high quality outfield prospects than any farm system, and two of them will take their skills to Atlanta. Few 20-year-olds can match De Paula’s mixture of swing choices and exit velocities, and he might develop into a barely smaller however extra athletic model of Yordan Alvarez. Hope has a lofty ceiling as effectively, with the upside of a .275 hitter with 25-30 homers and 20 steals per season whereas offering fantastic protection in middle or proper subject.
Giants: Carson Whisenhunt, LHP (No. 2)
Whisenhunt options among the finest changeups within the Minors and may manipulate the depth and form of his 78-81 mph tumbler. He completed second within the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in strikeouts final 12 months (135 in 104 2/3 innings) and ranks second once more this season (79 in 86 frames).
Padres: Leo De Vries, SS (No. 1/MLB No. 3)
Solely 18 at Excessive-A, De Vries has five-tool potential as a switch-hitting shortstop and will solely develop into his offensive skills extra as he ages. Even so, his 110 wRC+ is third-best by a participant 18 or youthful at Excessive-A since 2006 (min. 250 plate appearances).
Rockies: Charlie Condon, 1B/OF (No. 1/MLB No. 23)
Now wholesome following a fractured wrist suffered in Spring Coaching, Condon is beginning to present why he was one of many high skills within the 2024 Draft class, utilizing his really feel for hitting to publish a .312/.431/.420 line in 35 video games with Excessive-A Spokane to earn a bump as much as Double-A this week. And don’t fear, the plus energy goes to begin exhibiting up as he will get additional faraway from the wrist damage.
