A trio of top Dodgers prospects will get a chance to play at Dodger Stadium on Saturday in the 2022 MLB Futures Game, the annual showcase of several of the best minor league players in baseball.
Miguel Vargas, Bobby Miller, and Diego Cartaya were named to the National League roster, which will be managed by former Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia. Longtime Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, who played one season for the Dodgers (2015), will manage the American League.
Several former Dodgers are on the coaching staffs, including Adrián Beltré, Shawn Green, Ken Landreaux, Eric Davis, Edwin Jackson, and Dan Haren.
The Futures Game will last seven innings, and will be televised live by Peacock starting at 4 p.m. PT. MLB Network will replay the game on Sunday morning at 6 a.m. PT. Scott Braun will call the game alongside analysts Yonder Alonso and Jim Callis, plus reporter A.J. Andrews.
Here’s more info on the Dodgers contingent on the field:
Miguel Vargas
Age: 22
Positions: mostly 3B, plus 2B, 1B, LF
How acquired: amateur international free agent (Cuba), September 7, 2017
Stats: .295/.385/.496, 119 wRC+, 13 HR, 21 doubles
Current level: Triple-A Oklahoma City
Vargas is holding his own in Triple-A as the youngest player on Oklahoma City. He’s in the top 10 in the Pacific Coast League in hits (100), walks (48), on-base percentage, extra-base hits (38), total bases (168), RBI (64), and runs scored (73). Control of the strike zone has served him well, with a career-best walk rate this season (12.2 percent) to go with his low strikeout rate (14.4 percent). Vargas has added left field to his bag of tricks of late, which could serve him well if he gets called to the majors at some point after the All-Star break.
Prospect rankings: Vargas moved up in a pair of midseason prospect rankings, going from 94th on MLB Pipeline during the preseason to No. 71 in July. Vargas similarly moved up from 40th to 30th on Baseball America, who wrote: “Vargas continues to assert himself as one of the top pure hitters in the minors and is progressively growing into more power. His ultimate position is anyone’s guess, but his bat will play anywhere.”
Age: 23
Position: Starting pitcher
How acquired: 2020 draft, first round (Louisville)
Stats: 4.12 ERA, 3.28 FIP in 67⅔ IP, 82 strikeouts, 29.1-percent K rate, 8.9-percent BB rate
Current level: Double-A Tulsa
Miller and his impressive fastball turned things around after a so-so June by starting off July with 19 strikeouts and no earned runs allowed in his first two starts of the month.
During the Freeway Series at the end of spring training against the Angels, Bobby Miller saw success on the Dodger Stadium mound in front of fans, pitching three scoreless innings on April 5.
Prospect rankings: Miller moved up on MLB Pipeline’s rankings from 57th during the preseason to 27th in July. As Baseball America, the right-hander rose from 38th to 26th.
Diego Cartaya
Age: 20
Position: Catcher
How acquired: amateur international free agent (Venezuela), July 2 2018
Stats: .273/.413/.533, 14 HR, 19 doubles
Current level: High-A Great Lakes
Of the trio of Dodgers in the Futures Game, Cartaya is the only one to move levels this season, getting promoted to High-A Great Lakes on May 31. He’s hit at every level, including a 144 wRC+ this year in Low-A Rancho Cucamonga and a 161 wRC+ in High-A. Cartaya is the second-youngest player on Great Lakes, older than infielder Alex De Jesus by a little over six months.
Prospect rankings: Cartaya is the Dodgers’ top-ranked prospect. His rise on MLB Pipeline was from 28th during the preseason to 14th in July. As Baseball America, Cartaya went up from 23rd to 10th, with this note: “Cartaya’s advanced approach, explosive swing and massive power have translated to High-A and earned him plaudits as one of the best, and most dangerous, hitters in the minors.”
Futures Game info
- When: Today (Saturday, July 16)
- Location: Dodger Stadium
- Time: 4 p.m. PT
- TV/streaming: Peacock (live)
- TV (replay): MLB Network, 6 a.m. PT Sunday
- Radio: MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM
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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.
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.
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:
- 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.[3]
- The game lasted nine innings in regulation, rather than seven.
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. The 2019 game was tied 2–all after seven innings of regulation, no runs were scored in the eighth inning, and that was how the game ended.
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.
See also: Baseball awards § U.S. minor leagues
| Most valuable player |
| MLB All-Star on a future occasion |
George Springer at the 2013 All-Star Futures Game
Kyle Schwarber at the 2015 All-Star Futures Game
Amed Rosario at the 2016 All-Star Futures Game
| World | 7–0 | Fenway Park | Alfonso Soriano | New York Yankees | [6] |
| U.S. | 3–2 | Turner Field | Sean Burroughs | San Diego Padres | [7] |
| U.S. | 5–1 | Safeco Field | Toby Hall | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | [8] |
| World | 5–1 | Miller Park | José Reyes | New York Mets | [9] |
| U.S. | 3–2 | U.S. Cellular Field | Grady Sizemore | Cleveland Indians | [10] |
| U.S. | 4–3 | Minute Maid Park | Aaron Hill | Toronto Blue Jays | [11] |
| World | 4–0 | Comerica Park | Justin Huber | Kansas City Royals | [12] |
| U.S. | 8–5 | PNC Park | Billy Butler | Kansas City Royals | [13] |
| World | 7–2 | AT&T Park | Chin-lung Hu | Los Angeles Dodgers | [14] |
| World | 3–0 | Yankee Stadium | Che-hsuan Lin | Boston Red Sox | [15] |
| World | 7–5[a] | Busch Stadium | Rene Tosoni | Minnesota Twins | [16] |
| U.S. | 9–1 | Angel Stadium of Anaheim | Hank Conger | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | [17] |
| U.S. | 6–4 | Chase Field | Grant Green | Oakland Athletics | [18] |
| U.S. | 17–5 | Kauffman Stadium | Nick Castellanos | Detroit Tigers | [19] |
| U.S. | 4–2 | Citi Field | Matt Davidson | Arizona Diamondbacks | [20] |
| U.S. | 3–2 | Target Field | Joey Gallo | Texas Rangers | [21] |
| U.S. | 10–1 | Great American Ball Park | Kyle Schwarber | Chicago Cubs | [22] |
| World | 11–3 | Petco Park | Yoan Moncada | Boston Red Sox | [23] |
| U.S. | 7–6 | Marlins Park | Brent Honeywell[b] | Tampa Bay Rays | [24] |
| U.S. | 10–6 | Nationals Park | Taylor Trammell | Cincinnati Reds | [25] |
| Tie | 2–2[c] | Progressive Field | Sam Huff | Texas Rangers | [26] |
| — | —[d] | Dodger Stadium | — | — | [27] |
| National | 8–3 | Coors Field | Brennen Davis | Chicago Cubs | [28][29] |
| American | 6–4 | Dodger Stadium | Shea Langeliers | Oakland Athletics | [30] |
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- ^ Game shortened to seven innings after a four-hour rain delay in the first inning.
- ^ First and only pitcher to win the Larry Doby Award.
- ^ Game lasted the maximum of eight innings.
- ^ Game cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
From 1999 to 2013, ESPN2 held the rights to the futures game. From 2014 to 2021, MLB Network held the rights. Beginning with the 2022 season, the game will air on Peacock.
- Baseball portal
- All-Star Futures Game all-time roster
- ^ "Solomon has many irons in the fire". USA Today. May 8, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Nick Cammarota (June 26, 2008). "Futures Game rosters filled with top prospects". mlb.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
- ^ Jonathan Mayo (June 19, 2008). "Futures managers have New York ties". MLB.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2008.
- ^ Feinsand, Mark (2019-07-08). "Futures Game full of surprises, ends in tie". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "Larry Doby Award". Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
- ^ "Yankee farmhand helps beat U.S." Herald-Journal. Associated Press. July 12, 1999. p. B4. Retrieved July 12, 2015 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ "Burroughs leads U.S. to victory". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. p. C4. Retrieved July 12, 2015 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ "Futures game box score". USA Today. July 9, 2001. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ "2002 Futures Game Box Score". Baseball America. July 8, 2002. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ "Futures game box score". USA Today. May 20, 2005. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ Callis, Jim (July 11, 2004). "2004 Futures Game". Baseball America. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ Callis, Jim (July 10, 2005). "2005 Futures Game: World 4, U.S. 0". Baseball America. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ "Gameday 2006". MLB.com. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ^ "Prospects: Futures Game: Futures Game 2007 Box Score". Baseball America. July 8, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ^ "World Futures vs. U.S. Futures – July 13, 2008 | MLB.com: Gameday". MLB.com. July 13, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ^ "World Futures vs. U.S. Futures – July 12, 2009 | MLB.com: Gameday". MLB.com. July 12, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ^ "World Futures vs. U.S. Futures – July 11, 2010 | MLB.com: Gameday". MLB.com. July 11, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
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- ^ "World Futures vs. U.S. Futures – July 8, 2012 | MLB.com: Gameday". MLB.com. July 8, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ "2013 All-Star Game – Arizona Diamondbacks' Matt Davidson powers U.S. past World in Futures Game". ESPN.com. 14 July 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ "Joey Gallo's homer backs stellar U.S. pitching in Futures Game win". Chicago Cubs. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Steve Gardner, USA TODAY Sports (July 12, 2015). "Kyle Schwarber headlines Team USA's win in Futures Game". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Cassavell, AJ. "MVP Moncada powers World rout at Futures". MLB.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ Feinsand, Mark (July 9, 2017). "USA rides Honeywell, big bats to Futures win". MLB.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ Feinsand, Mark (July 15, 2018). "USA outslugs World in 8-homer Futures Game". MLB.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ Mayo, Jonathan (July 7, 2019). "These players turned heads at Futures Game". MLB.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony (July 3, 2020). "All-Star Game Canceled; Dodgers to Host in 2022". MLB.com. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "AL Futures 3, NL Futures 8 (Final Score)". MLB Gameday. July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "Cubs Prospect Brennen Davis Homers Twice as NL Wins Futures Game". Sports Illustrated. AP. July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "Yankees' Jasson Dominguez, A's Shea Langeliers lead AL to Futures Game win". 17 July 2022.
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