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The annual All-Star Futures Game allows all fans of prospects to be a kid in a candy store, with the game’s best young stars all on the field at the same time. Whether it’s in person at Truist Park in Atlanta at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, on MLB Network, MLB.TV, MLB.com or in the MLB App, you’ll get to see the most talented players every farm system has to offer.
Maybe “kid in a candy store” isn’t the right metaphor. Perhaps “handyperson in a hardware store” is more accurate because, wow, there will be a whole lot of tools on display this year. There are 35 members of MLB Pipeline’s current Top 100 on rosters, and all but one player is ranked on their team's Top 30. Let’s take a look at the best of each tool we can look forward to seeing this weekend (note that Andrew Painter does not appear in the list below because he is not expected to attend or pitch):
Hit: Kevin McGonigle, SS, Tigers
Just promoted to Double-A, McGonigle is on a short list of best pure hitters in the Minors after hitting .372/.462/.648 over 36 games with High-A West Michigan, a run only interrupted by an April ankle injury.
Power: Lazaro Montes, OF, Mariners
He showed he could get to his prodigious raw power with 21 homers as a teenager a year ago, and he’s proving it was no fluke, already reaching Double-A as a 20-year old while matching his home run total from last season before the end of June this year.
Run: Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF, Orioles
A hamstring injury shelved him for a stretch this year and has kept him from using his 80-grade speed like he did when he swiped 74 bags a year ago (though he has gone 16-for-18 when he has run).
Arm: Konnor Griffin, SS/OF, Pirates
The 70 grade we have on him might be light as he’s shown off an absolute hose both from shortstop and center field. It's an arm that used to fire mid-90s fastballs off the mound.
Field: Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF, Orioles
The premium speed obviously helps, but he also has excellent instincts in center field to make him a potential Gold Glove Award winner.
Fastball: George Klassen, RHP, Angels
After averaging 97 mph and touching triple digits during a breakout season in 2024, Klassen is still throwing hard in his first full season in the Angels organization, averaging 96.6 mph and topping out at 99 mph according to Synergy while missing bats at 31-percent clip with the pitch.
Curve: Frank Mozzicato, LHP, Royals
Command might still be an issue, but Mozzicato has always been able to spin his low-80s curve, and he’s used the breaking ball with good downer action to elicit a 41-percent miss rate.
Slider: Noah Schultz, LHP, White Sox
The top-ranked left-handed pitching prospect in the Minors. Schultz uses a 70-grade wipeout slider from a low three-quarters slot, now thrown up to 88 mph, to miss bats and reach Triple-A at age 21.
Changeup: Carson Whisenhunt, LHP, Giants
It might be the best changeup in baseball, getting 49 percent chase and 47 percent swing-and-miss rates a year ago (36 percent miss and 50 percent chase so far in 2025) thanks to his ability to sell it with fastball arm speed and throw it with good tumble.
Splitter: Trey Yesavage, RHP, Blue Jays
Yesavage’s low-80s splitter is downright nasty, with particularly unhittable movement to his arm side, leading to an absurd 61-percent miss rate and 46-percent whiff rate so far in 2025.
Control: Gage Jump, LHP, A’s
Jump came back from 2023 Tommy John surgery and walked only 2.4 per nine at LSU in 2024 en route to be the A’s second-round pick. The walk rate has ticked up a bit since he moved to Double-A, but he’s still at 2.8 BB/9 in his first season of pro ball.
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLBPipeline.com. Follow him on Facebook and @JonathanMayo, and listen to him on the weekly MLB Pipeline Podcast.