Keston Hiura (and Luis Ortiz) to Represent Brewers at Futures Game (Team USA)

[MrTPlush]

Keston Hiura will be the only Brewers representative for this years Futures Game [sarcasm]assuming he isn’t traded before than.[/sarcasm] He will be apart of the Team USA roster.

 

The game can be seen on MLB Network or MLB.com at 4:00 PM ET on July 15th as apart of the MLB All Star Game week festivities.

 

For complete information:

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/2018-futures-game-rosters-revealed/c-284471810

[KeithStone53151]

https://www.milb.com/milb/news/top-prospects-load-up-futures-game-rosters/c-284484348

 

I believe only Hiura will be taking part for the Brewers. He looks like the obvious choice to start at 2b unless one of Bichette or Rodgers slides over and takes his spot.

[shanedog19]

Hope we see him with the big league club before the end of the year.

[djd1228]

Just wondering, have players appeared in MLB before playing i the futures game before?

[Eye Black]

Just wondering, have players appeared in MLB before playing i the futures game before?

I don’t believe so, I think once you make your MLB debut you are no longer under consideration. Could be wrong, but I do watch the event every year and can’t remember a case where a player had appeared in an MLB game. There is some speculation that Kyle Tucker wasn’t placed in the Futures Game this year because he is about to make his MLB debut with the Astros (again, speculation).

[MadThinker88]

Just wondering, have players appeared in MLB before playing i the futures game before?

I don’t believe so, I think once you make your MLB debut you are no longer under consideration. Could be wrong, but I do watch the event every year and can’t remember a case where a player had appeared in an MLB game. There is some speculation that Kyle Tucker wasn’t placed in the Futures Game this year because he is about to make his MLB debut with the Astros (again, speculation).

 

Don't believe MLB debut make a difference.

Franscico Mejia has made/ is playing in the game again (I believe for the 3rd year in a row).

He was in the majors during Sept 2017..

[MrTPlush]

How do they decide these rosters. Some teams have three representatives and there are a few players not even Top 30 in their teams system according to MLB.com. What???? I didn’t research the names, but that seems a little crazy. Do they just pluck random guys having insane seasons even if their prospect status isn’t high? I get how a lot of top prospects make it (duh), but some selections are weird.

[Eye Black]

It used to be a collaborative effort between MLB.com (Callis/Mayo) and the Baseball America staff. I don’t know if that’s still the case. They do need to receive the teams permission before the teams are announced, and I have heard Callis mention before that the teams use their veto power to mark some players off-limits. I know one of the issues they have faced with regularity is finding enough pitchers for the World team. I saw this year’s game includes 30 players that rank in the MLB.com top 100 prospects, but obviously some lesser known players sprinkled in there as well.

[Eye Black]

Luis Ortiz has now been added to the Futures Game roster for the U.S. team replacing Astros pitching prospect Forrest Whitley (Link).

[Eye Black]

Keston Hiura will be batting in the #5 spot today for the U.S. Team.

 

Here are the full starting lineups:

 

[homer]

Hunter Greene throws hard.

[PlayerHader]

Only 1 ab for Hiura? Bummer.

[brooks_quichenick]

Only 1 ab for Hiura? Bummer.

 

He has 2 ABs, neither was good.

[PlayerHader]

Ah. Saw the first and was hoping he’d get a chance to redeem himself. Guess he did. And he didn’t.