MLB: Rosters announced for 2025 All-Star Futures Game
The rosters for Major League Baseball's 2025 All-Star Futures Game were announced on Monday. The 26th edition of the Futures Game will be played on Saturday, July 12th at Truist Park in Atlanta, and will be followed by the 2025 All-Star Celebrity Softball Game presented by Geico. Complete Futures Game rosters, prospect analysis and rankings can be found here.
Major League Baseball, in conjunction with MLB Pipeline, Baseball America and the 30 Major League Clubs, selected the 25 players named to each team. Each Major League organisation is represented and players from all player development leagues were eligible to be selected.
The two squads combine for 13 internationally-born players representing six different countries and territories outside the 50 United States. The Dominican Republic is represented by five players, followed by three players from Venezuela, two players from Canada, and one each from the Bahamas, Cuba and Panama.
The teams feature a combined 17 former first round picks (11 AL; 6 NL), including nine players chosen in the opening round of the 2024 Draft; one first-round compensation pick; four Competitive Balance Round A selections; seven second round selections; three third round picks; two sixth round picks; one seventh round pick; one 11th round selection; one 13th round pick; and one 15th round selection.
The 2025 All-Star Futures Game, which is scheduled for seven innings, will once again feature a National League vs. American League format, which was introduced in 2019 following 20 years of USA. vs. World matchups.
Last year in Arlington, the NL earned a 6-1 victory, led by home runs from Drake Baldwin and Larry Doby Most Valuable Player Award-winner Cam Collier. With the victory, the NL now holds a 3-1-1 advantage under the AL vs. NL format. Among all previous Futures Game participants, 86.5% have gone on to play at least one Major League game, while 250 total players thus far (21.4%) have been selected to play in at least one Major League All-Star Game.
A pair of former Atlanta Braves legends will be featured as managers with Hall of Famer Chipper Jones leading the NL Futures team, while two-time All-Star Marquis Grissom manages the AL Futures team.