One of the most anticipated events of MLB's All-Star festivities is the Futures Game, which pits top prospects from the United States and the World against each other. This year's game features many players with Midwest League connections, including one former Silver Hawk. The full rosters can be seen here, and listed below are the players participating that have spent time in the Midwest League.
United States
SS - Drew Cumberland - '08 Fort Wayne Wizard and '09 Fort Wayne TinCap
SS - Dee Gordan - '09 Great Lakes Loon
1B - Eric Hosmer - '09 Burlington Bee
OF - Brett Jackson - '09 Peoria Chief
SP - Shelby Miller - '09 and '10 Quad Cities River Bandit
3B - Mike Moustakas - '08 Burlington Bee
OF - Ben Revere - '08 Beloit Snapper
OF - Mike Trout - '09 and '10 Cedar Rapids Kernel
World
SP - Henderson Alvarez - '09 Lansing Lugnut
3B - Pedro Baez - '08 Great Lakes Loon
SP - Simon Castro - '09 Fort Wayne TinCap
C - Chun Chen - '10 Lake County Captain
SS - Pedro Ciriaco - '06 Silver Hawk
SP - Liam Hendriks - '09 Beloit Snapper
OF - Gorkys Hernandez - '07 West Michigan Whitecap
3B - Luis Jimenez - '10 Cedar Rapids Kernel
2B - Brett Lawrie - '09 Wisconsin Timber Rattler
SS - Hak-Ju Lee - '10 Peoria Chief
3B - Alex Liddi - '07 and '08 Wisconsin Timber Rattler
RHP - Trystan Magnusson - '08 Lansing Lugnut
OF - Carlos Peguero - '07 Wisconsin Timber Rattler
OF - Wilkin Ramirez - '05 West Michigan Whitecap
RHP - Eduardo Sanchez - '08 Quad Cities River Bandit
LHP - Philippe Valiquette - '05 and '06 Dayton Dragon
The game will be played on July 11 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
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