MLB All-Star Futures Game: Top Performers

CLEVELAND – The SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game began its third decade Sunday night with a new format (American League vs. National League), but still offered a glimpse of the next Major League Baseball stars.

CLEVELAND – The SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game began its third decade Sunday night with a new format (American League vs. National League), but still offered a glimpse of the next Major League Baseball stars.

The bats were silent for most of the night, but became alive as the AL came back from a 2-2 draw in eight innings. There was good performance in the batter's box and on the mound that stood out. Here are some of the best performers in the game:

1) Sam Huff, C / 1B, Rangers: Huff brought his 21 circuits and a .559 slugging percentage to the Futures Game. Entering the middle of the game to play the first goal, Huff scored his first goal at bat on fifth but then played the hero at the bottom of the seventh. Facing Rockies striker Ben Bowden, he took a fast 1-0, 94 mph shot and crashed to the left, reaching 418 feet at 109.3 mph, according to Statcast. Huff was named MVP Futures Game.

2) Nate Pearson, RHP, Blue Jays: With perhaps the best fastball of any thrower of the future in the Futures, Pearson did not disappoint in the fifth inning. It reached three times three digits, from 101.2 to 101.7 mph. And his cursor was just as dangerous. All six that he launched were for strikes, ranging from 86.8 to 90.5 mph. After throwing two brittle balls and crushing them by Gavin Lux, Dodgers, Pearson used a 101.2 mph fastball for a decisive shot of three. He managed to put Cristian Pache, center Braves player, third, on a 0-1 slider, then to catch Giants catcher, Joey Bart, to go from a 1-2 slider to the finish .

3) Luis Patino, RHP, Padres: Patino entered the game with the same score and the runners in the first and third with a withdrawal in the bottom of the seventh. He then eliminated Rays receiver Ronaldo Hernandez on a slider and scorers of the Twins Royce Lewis on a fastball at 98.8 mph to end the threat. The right-hander remained on the podium to finish eighths and bring order to the lineup. He then decided to attack Angels player Jo Adell on a heater at 98.2 mph.

4) Carter Kieboom, SS, Nationals: You know this axiom about how the guy who makes a good game always gets to the next round? That's exactly what Kieboom did. He finished the third inning with a clever play on the floor slowly from Tigers receiver Jake Rogers, rushing into the race (and getting some help from Pirates first baseman Will Craig) . The Nats championship player, who made his league debut earlier this season, then dominated fourth place on a single and left behind a right-handed Tigers slider Matt Manning. After collecting the first shot of the game, Kieboom would return to mark the first pass of the game.

5) Taylor Trammell, OF, Red: For a moment, it seemed that Trammell could receive his second consecutive MVP Award at Futures Game. This is Trammell's single on a fast Manning ball that scored Kieboom in the fourth. Later in the inning, he was third with two outs and was attempting to fly home with left-handed Royals Kris Bubic on the mound. He was called to end the round, but the broadcasts show that he probably put his hand in front.

6) Sixto Sanchez, RHP, Marlins: It only launched two thirds of the heat, but it was all electric. He averaged 99.3 mph on his fastball, placing only second at average speed over Pearson. He hit 100 mph on five of them even though Adell turned one for one.

It must be difficult to follow Nate Pearson, but #Marlins The best hope, Sixto Sanchez, has brought a lot of.

His 8 fast balls:

100.2
100.0
99.9
99.8
99.6
98.5
98.3
98.1 pic.twitter.com/Lf8Il9drY6

– MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) July 8, 2019

7) Room DL, LHP, Orioles: The left-hand may not have hit anyone, but he was terribly hard to hit. He ran his fastball at 98 mph and was most impressive at the end of his time on the mound. When he saw the bat of the Cubs' receiver, Miguel Amaya, which caused a ground attack, the broken gun hit Hall in the leg. He stayed in the game, then threw three faster balls better than 96 mph for Pache to fly to center.