All-Star Futures Game

The All-Star Futures Game is an annual baseball exhibition game between a team of top minor league prospects from the United States and a team of prospects from other parts of the World. It is played during the week of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and in the same city.

Origins

The Futures Game was conceived by Jimmie Lee Solomon, an Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball, looking for an event to showcase the minor leagues and round out the All-Star week festivities. Early versions of the game created marginal interest in the baseball community, but the event has drawn more interest each successive year.

Format

Rosters for the Futures Game are selected by Baseball America magazine, in conjunction with MLB and the all 30 major league teams. Every organization is represented, with no more than two players from any organization, and 25 players per team, divided into U.S. and World teams based on place of birth. (Players born in Puerto Rico are part of the "World" team despite being U.S. citizens by birth, because that territory has its own national baseball federation and national team). Games last nine innings (seven innings prior to 2008), with two extra innings available to settle a tie after playing all regulation innings. Pitchers are limited to pitching only one inning.

Rosters are selected by a joint committee consisting of Major League Baseball, MLB.com, and Baseball America magazine.^[1]

Changes in 2008

Two major changes took place in the 2008 game:

• For the first time, the United States team was drawn from the pool of players selected by USA Baseball for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2]
• The game lasted nine innings in regulation, rather than seven.

MVP

Note: For the award winners, see the "MVP" column in the "Results" section (below).

Each year, an award is presented to the game's most valuable player. In 2002, the name was changed from "Futures Game Most Valuable Player Award" to the Larry Doby Award.^[3] (This award should not be confused with the Larry Doby Legacy Award, which is presented by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.)

Results

Year	Winner	Score	Ballpark	MVP	MVP Team	Box score
1999	World	7–0	Fenway Park	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	New York Yankees
2000	U.S.	3–2	Turner Field	Burroughs, SeanSean Burroughs	San Diego Padres
2001	U.S.	5–1	Safeco Field	Hall, TobyToby Hall	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2002	World	5–1	Miller Park	Reyes, JoséJosé Reyes	New York Mets
2003	U.S.	3–2	U.S. Cellular Field	Sizemore, GradyGrady Sizemore	Cleveland Indians
2004	U.S.	4–3	Minute Maid Park	Hill, AaronAaron Hill	Toronto Blue Jays
2005	World	4–0	Comerica Park	Huber, JustinJustin Huber	Kansas City Royals
2006	U.S.	8–5	PNC Park	Butler, BillyBilly Butler	Kansas City Royals	[4]
2007	World	7–2	AT&T Park	Hu, Chin-LungChin-Lung Hu	Los Angeles Dodgers	[5]
2008	World	3–0	Yankee Stadium	Lin, Che-HsuanChe-Hsuan Lin	Boston Red Sox	[6]
2009	World	7–5[7]	Busch Stadium	Tosoni, ReneRene Tosoni	Minnesota Twins	[8]
2010	U.S.	9–1	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	Conger, HankHank Conger	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	[9]
2011	U.S.	6–4	Chase Field	Green, GrantGrant Green	Oakland Athletics

All-Time roster (1999–2011)

Abbreviations:

Contents
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

• Guillermo Quiroz, C (World), 2003

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

References

External links

• Major League Baseball
• Baseball America
• JS Online – Showcase to the future

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