Over on ESPN.com, Keith Law posted his thoughts and observations from the Future's Game, held every All-Star weekend to showcase the top prospects in baseball. The thing about the game is the prospects seem to always be arbitrarily chosen by Major League Baseball, so although most of the candidates are worthy, there are always some head scratchers in the bunch.
That aside, the U.S. team beat the world team 9-1, behind Hank Conger's 3-run home run that earned him game MVP honors. Other stand out performances include Angels single-A super prospects Mike Trout, who despite being caught stealing did manage to run out a hustle double, and Eric Hosmer of the Royals system, who had 4 hits including 2 doubles. Current Major Leaguers Jason Heyward, Carlos Santana and Neftali Feliz all played in last year's game. The most likely player to be called up next from this year's game is Domonic Brown of the Phillies.
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