All-Star Futures Game

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox recurring event The All-Star Futures Game is an annual baseball exhibition game hosted by Major League Baseball (MLB) in conjunction with the mid-summer MLB All-Star Game. A team of American League-affiliated prospects competes against a team of National League-affiliated prospects. From the inaugural 1999 event through 2018, teams of prospects from the United States faced off against teams of prospects from other countries.

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Origins

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The 2010 XM All-Star Futures Game at Angel Stadium of Anaheim

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.[1] Early versions of the game created marginal interest in the baseball community, but the event has attracted more attention in later years.

Format

Rosters are selected by a joint committee consisting of people from Major League Baseball, MLB.com, and Baseball America magazine.[2] All 30 MLB organizations are represented, with up to two players from any organisation and 25 players per team. One team is made up of prospects from American League organizations and the other of National League prospects. From 1999 to 2018, teams were divided into U.S. and World teams based on place of birth. Any player selected to the All-Star Futures Game but promoted to the majors prior to the game is replaced.

Players born in Puerto Rico were part of the World team despite being U.S. citizens by birth, because that territory has its own national baseball federation and national team.

The game is played by the same rules listed in the Official Baseball Rules published by Major League Baseball. Exceptions are game duration and the handling of tie games. From 2008 through 2018, games lasted 9 innings. From 1999 to 2007 and since 2019, games last seven innings. Through 2018, up to two extra innings were available to settle a tie after playing all regulation innings. In 2019 and since 2021, one extra inning may be played, with each half-inning starting with a runner at second base, the last player put out. The home team wins if they take the lead in the 7th or 8th inning; the visitors win if they hang on in either inning; the game is over if it is tied after eight.

Changes in 2008

Two major changes took place in the 2008 game:

Changes in 2019

Two major changes took place in the 2019 game:[4]

  • The teams are now called the National League and American League. Players for each are drawn from affiliates of MLB teams in the corresponding MLB leagues.
  • The regulation game is now seven innings. If the game is tied after seven, one additional inning is played, with each batting team starting its half with a runner on second base. If the game still remains tied after the eighth inning, the game is over.

The first game to end in a tie under the new rules was the 2019 game; it ended the seventh inning 2–all and remained a tie after the completion of the eighth inning.

Larry Doby Award

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. Multiple award winners have gone on to become MLB All-Stars, denoted in the below table of game results. In 2003, the award name was changed from Futures Game Most Valuable Player Award to the Larry Doby Award, named after National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Larry Doby (1923–2003).[5] Note that the similarly named Larry Doby Legacy Award is an unrelated award presented by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

Results

Key
MVP Most valuable player
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George Springer at the 2013 All-Star Futures Game
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Kyle Schwarber at the 2015 All-Star Futures Game
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Amed Rosario at the 2016 All-Star Futures Game
Results
Year Winner Score Ballpark MVP MVP organization Ref.
1999 World Template:Sort Fenway Park Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger New York Yankees [6]
2000 U.S. Template:Sort Turner Field Template:Sortname San Diego Padres [7]
2001 U.S. Template:Sort Safeco Field Template:Sortname Tampa Bay Devil Rays [8]
2002 World Template:Sort Miller Park Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger New York Mets [9]
2003 U.S. Template:Sort U.S. Cellular Field Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger Cleveland Indians [10]
2004 U.S. Template:Sort Minute Maid Park Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger Toronto Blue Jays [11]
2005 World Template:Sort Comerica Park Template:Sortname Kansas City Royals [12]
2006 U.S. Template:Sort PNC Park Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger Kansas City Royals [13]
2007 World Template:Sort AT&T Park Template:Sortname Los Angeles Dodgers [14]
2008 World Template:Sort Yankee Stadium Template:Sortname Boston Red Sox [15]
2009 World Template:SortTemplate:Efn-la Busch Stadium Template:Sortname Minnesota Twins [16]
2010 U.S. Template:Sort Angel Stadium of Anaheim Template:Sortname Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim [17]
2011 U.S. Template:Sort Chase Field Template:Sortname Oakland Athletics [18]
2012 U.S. Template:Sort Kauffman Stadium Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger Detroit Tigers [19]
2013 U.S. Template:Sort Citi Field Template:Sortname Arizona Diamondbacks [20]
2014 U.S. Template:Sort Target Field Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger Texas Rangers [21]
2015 U.S. Template:Sort Great American Ball Park Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger Chicago Cubs [22]
2016 World Template:Sort Petco Park Template:Sortname Boston Red Sox [23]
2017 U.S. Template:Sort Marlins Park Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-la Tampa Bay Rays [24]
2018 U.S. Template:Sort Nationals Park Template:Sortname Cincinnati Reds [25]
2019 Tie Template:SortTemplate:Efn-la Progressive Field Template:Sortname Texas Rangers [26]
2020 — —Template:Efn-la Dodger Stadium — — [27]
2021 National Template:Sort Coors Field Template:Sortname Chicago Cubs [28][29]
2022 American Template:Sort Dodger Stadium Template:Sortname Oakland Athletics [30]
2023 National Template:Sort T-Mobile Park Nasim Nuñez Miami Marlins [31]
2024 National Template:Sort Globe Life Field Template:Sortname Cincinnati Reds [32]

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Notes

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Media coverage

From 1999 to 2013, ESPN2 held the rights to the Futures Game. From 2014 to 2021, and since 2024, MLB Network held the rights. In 2022 and 2023, the game was streamed on Peacock.

See also

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References

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External links

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