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Dodgers outfield prospect Josue De Paula crushed a three-run homer to give the NL a 4-2 win in a game featuring baseball's top prospects.
The 2025 edition – held Saturday at Atlanta’s Truist Park – will be no different. These are some of the top moments from this year’s Futures Game, which features 33 players on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list, including eight of the top 19:
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SB Nation on MSN2025 Futures Game: Open Game ThreadThere will also be a former Mariner prospect who will appear in the game: RHP Brody Hopkins, who was dealt to the Rays in the Randy Arozarena deal as a secondary piece, will make his first Futures Game appearance.
• There were a couple of players who did underwhelm in the game. Marlins lefty Thomas White returned to the Futures Game, and for the second year in a row, he had trouble throwing strikes. He was 95-98 with a slider at 80-84, premium stuff, but half his pitches were called balls and they were bad misses at that.
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Cincinnati Reds prospect Sal Stewart played in the prestigious Futures Game Saturday and got the call after the game that he's being promoted to AAA.
Chipper Jones served as the National League’s manager in the All-Star Futures Game on Saturday at Truist Park. But this certainly wasn’t a sign he’s ready to be Braves manager Brian Snitker’s replacement or spend any of his retirement years as a skipper.