Waters, Harris selected for game
Former Colorado Rockies players Vinny Castilla and LaTroy Hawkins will manage the 2021 All-Star Futures Game, scheduled for July 11 at Coors Field in Denver and featuring 29 former first-round draft picks.
The game featuring up-and-coming major leaguers has been a staple of MLB All-Star Game festivities since 1999. The rosters were announced Wednesday.
Among the players selected are two Atlanta Braves prospects — Drew Waters and Michael Harris II.
Waters, the Braves’ second-round pick in 2017 out of Etowah High School in Woodstock, entered Wednesday batting .230 for Triple-A Gwinnett. The outfielder also has six doubles, three home runs, 10 RBIs and 12 stolen bases.
Harris, a third-round pick in 2019 from Stockbridge High School, led Class A Rome with a .319 average, as well as 12 doubles, four homers, 28 RBIs and 11 stolen bases.
Hawkins will manage the American League Futures squad, which features the past two No. 1 overall picks: third baseman Spencer Torkelson, 21, selected by the Detroit Tigers in 2020, and catcher Adley Rutschman, 23, the Baltimore Orioles’ pick in 2019.
Both players are in Double-A ball this season, with Torkelson at Erie (.290, eight home runs and 37 RBIs) and Rutschman at Bowie (.287, 11 homers, 32 RBIs).
Among the 29 former first-round picks, 16 are on the AL roster, with the other 13 playing for the NL. The teams also include five second-round picks (all NL) and one third-round pick (NL). Of the first-round
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