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The prospect writers here at Fake Teams will be watching the Futures Game today at 2 PM PST (5 PM EST), so we will be commenting on this post with some of our observations from the game, as well as prior to the game. Feel free to join the conversation, ask questions if you have any, and we'll try to answer as many of them as we can. Myself, Craig Goldstein, and Bret Sayre will all be around during the game, so if you have questions about our rankings, specific prospects we have written about, or specific prospects you'd like to see us write about, post them in the comments as well.
The lineups and pitching orders have been released for the game today:
According to the article from MLB.com and this one from Baseball America, we know the lineups and anticipated pitching order for both teams:
| US Roster | POS | Profiles | World Roster | POS | Profiles | ||
| 1 | Billy Hamilton | SS (CIN) | #1, #2, #3 | 1 | Jean Segura | 2B (LAA) | |
| 2 | Kolten Wong | 2B (STL) | 2 | Jurickson Profar | SS (TEX) | #1 | |
| 3 | Wil Myers | RF (KC) | #1, #2 | 3 | Oscar Taveras | RF (STL) | #1, #2 |
| 4 | Mike Olt | 3B (TEX) | 4 | Alfredo Marte | LF (ARI) | ||
| 5 | Jonathan Singleton | 1B (HOU) | Tomorrow | 5 | Xander Bogaerts | DH (BOS) | |
| 6 | Michael Choice | LF (OAK) | 6 | Wilmer Flores | 3B (NYM) | ||
| 7 | Nick Castellanos | DH (DET) | #1, #2 | 7 | Jesus Aguilar | 1B (CLE) | |
| 8 | Tommy Joseph | C (SF) | 8 | Jae-Hoon Ha | CF (CHC) | ||
| 9 | Anthony Gose | CF (TOR) | #1 | 9 | Christian Bethancourt | C (ATL) | |
| BN | Rob Brantly | C (DET) | BN | Ali Solis | C (SD) | ||
| BN | Nolan Arenado | 3B (COL) | #1 | BN | Francisco Lindor | SS (CLE) | #1 |
| BN | Scooter Gennett | 2B (MIL) | BN | Chih-Fang Pan | 2B (OAK) | ||
| BN | Manny Machado | SS (BAL) | BN | Carlos Sanchez | 3B (CHW) | ||
| BN | Christian Yelich | OF (MIA) | BN | Oswaldo Arcia | OF (MIN) | ||
| BN | Tyler Austin* | OF (NYY) | BN | Rymer Liriano | OF (SD) |
* Austin will not play due to injury, and was not replaced on the roster.
| US Staff | Org. | Profiles | World Staff | Org. | Profiles | ||
| 1 | Jake Odorizzi | KC | 1 | Yordano Ventura | KC | #1 | |
| 2 | Gerrit Cole | PIT | 2 | Jose Fernandez | MIA | ||
| 3 | Danny Hultzen | SEA | #1 | 3 | Julio Rodriguez | PHI | |
| 4 | Dylan Bundy | BAL | 4 | Felipe Rivero | TAM | ||
| 5 | Tyler Skaggs | ARI | 5 | Kyle Lotzkar | CIN | ||
| 6 | Jameson Taillon | PIT | 6 | Ariel Pena | LAA | ||
| 7 | Taijuan Walker | SEA | 7 | Chris Reed | LAD | ||
| 8 | Alex Meyer | WAS | 8 | Lisalberto Bonilla | PHI | ||
| 9 | Zack Wheeler | NYM | 9 | Bruce Rondon | DET | ||
| Swing | Matt Barnes | BOS | #1 | Swing | Enny Romero | TAM |
Personally, I'm already looking forward to the possibility of the fastest runner in the minors trying to steal on one of the best defensive catchers in the minors. Hopefully Ventura can help Bethancourt out a bit.
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