MLB, All-Star Futures Game and Josue De Paula
Digest more
• 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.
Detroit Tigers star prospect Kevin McGonigle had a nice showing in the MLB Futures Game despite what his stat line shows.
A Markham, Ontario native went stateside to the Georgia Premier Academy for a year and then showed enough in the MLB Draft league to convince the Mets to use a seventh-round pick and $226,000 to persuade Tong out of a North Dakota State commitment.
We've officially reached the 2025 MLB All-Star Break, which acts as the midway point of the regular season even if every team has played more than 90 games of their 162-game schedule thus far. Most players and coaches will enjoy having Monday-Thursday off before the action resumes Friday,
Royals prospect Carter Jensen, who played at Park Hill High School, put on a show at batting practice ahead of the All-Star Futures Game.
Explore more
2don MSN
The comparisons are overwhelming, but in a positive way. When Eduardo Tait signed with the Phillies as an international free agent in 2023, he took the same first step as one of his baseball heroes. Tait is a Panamanian catcher just like Carlos Ruiz,
Home Run Derby rules, new format. The 2025 Home Run Derby features three rounds: the first round, semifinals and finals. In the first round, the hitters have three minutes or 40 p