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River Ave. Blues » Fantasy Futures Game Rosters

Fantasy Futures Game Rosters

July 11, 2008 by Mike 40 Comments

The best newspaper correction you'll ever see
Yanks bring back Milton

In yesterday’s Rumblings column about possible tweaks to the All-Star festivities, Jayson Stark mentioned something that grabbed my attention and sounded pretty damn cool. Take it away, Mr. Stark:

An entirely new Futures Game, matching a team of great minor league prospects against a team of first-year and second-year big leaguers.

Look at that. It’s simple, easy to implement, and much more interesting than the current USA vs The World format. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand the marketing importance of the current format, but as a fan, I think the MLers vs MiLers format would be much better entertainment.

Think about it, you’d have a team of the top prospects in baseball strutting their stuff and trying to show they belong against a team of the best young players in bigs, who certainly don’t want to lose to a bunch of minor leaguers. I highly doubt this would ever be implemented, but it sure would be fun.

It’s a Friday afternoon and no one’s in the mood for an intense and heavily analytical read after the long work week (am I right?), so sit back and enjoy the 25-man rosters I would select for each team. Here’s the actual USA and World rosters if you’re interested; fun starts after the jump.

First & Second Year Team

C: Geovany Soto, Cubs
1B: James Loney, Dodgers
2B: Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox (bah, why’d Howie Kendrick have to come up in 2006?)
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies
3B: Evan Longoria, Rays (Longoria > Wright by the end of next season, mark it down)
LF: Ryan Braun, Brewers
CF: Josh Hamilton, Rangers
RF: The Justin Upton, D-Backs
DH: Hunter Pence, Astros

BN: Kurt Suzuki, C, A’s
BN: Alex Gordon, 3B/1B, Royals
BN: Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, Red Sox
BN: Jay Bruce, OF, Reds
BN: Joey Votto, 1B, Reds
BN: Yunel Escobar, SS/2B, Braves (sorry, Delmon Young)

SP: Tim Lincecum, RHP, Giants
SP: John Danks, LHP, White Sox
SP: Joba Chamberlain, RHP, Yankees
SP: Clay Buchholz, RHP, Red Sox
SP: Jair Jurrjens, RHP, Braves
SP: Manny Parra, LHP, Brewers
SP: Johnny Cueto, RHP, Reds
SP: Aaron Laffey, LHP, Indians
RP: Joakim Soria, RHP, Royals
RP: Brendan Morrow, RHP, Mariners

Prospect Team

C: Matt Wieters, Orioles (no brainer, my specialty)
1B: Matt LaPorta, Indians
2B: Adrian Cardenas, Phillies
SS: Jed Lowrie, Red Sox
3B: Matt Gamel, Brewers
LF: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates
CF: Colby Rasmus, Cardinals
RF: Jason Heyward, Braves (so good it’s scary)
DH: Travis Snider, Blue Jays

BN: Taylor Teagarden, C, Rangers
BN: Josh Vitters, 3B, Cubs
BN: Cam Maybin, OF, Marlins
BN: Austin Jackson, OF, Yankees
BN: Elvis Andrus, SS, Rangers
BN: Wilmer Flores, SS, Mets (he’s the one that comes off the bench to get that big hit, sick numbers for a 16-yr old in the Appy League)

SP: Clayton Kershaw, LHP, Dodgers
SP: David Price, LHP, Rays
SP: Trevor Cahill, RHP, A’s (it’s amazing what happens when you draft high schoolers, isn’t it?)
SP: Rick Porcello, RHP, Tigers
SP: Neftali Feliz, RHP, Rangers (the best prospect you don’t know about)
SP: Chris Tillman, RHP, Orioles
SP: Madison Bumgarner, LHP, Giants
SP: Tommy Hanson, RHP, Braves (apologies to Brett Anderson)
RP: Casey Weathers, RHP, Rockies
RP: Mark Melancon, RHP, Yankees

So what do you guys think? Did I miss anyone? Chances are I did, the last player I added to the ML team was Tim Lincecum…

(and yes, the team of minor leaguers would get steamrolled … wouldn’t even know what hit ’em)

The best newspaper correction you'll ever see
Yanks bring back Milton

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