Prospects Yanquiel Fernández, Yosver Zulueta and Edgar Quero were chosen to participate in the MLB All-Star Game which will take place on July 8 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
The 23rd edition of this 7-inning game where the greatest promises in baseball meet will be played as usual in the National League vs. American League.
Fernández, the only Cuban to make the National League team, was named the Colorado Rockies’ No. 3 prospect and is currently at the Double-A level.
Last May, he was voted Northwest League Player of the Month (Class A Strong).
For the second time in these games, the Blue Jays pitcher from Villa Clara Yosver Zulueta and the Angels catcher from Cienfuegos Edgar Quero will be representing the American team.
Zulueta, Toronto’s No. 3 prospect, has played at the Triple A level this year with the Buffalo Bisons and It is expected that he will debut in the Big Top very soon.
For his part, Edgar Quero, also the number 3 prospect for the Angels, currently plays with Rocket City Trash Pandas at the Double A level.
This year’s group of 50 Future Stars features 28 prospects on MLB Pipeline’s newly updated Top 100 list, including No. 1 prospect and No. 1 pick in last year’s Draft, Jackson Holliday of the Orioles.
In addition, five other members of the top 10 prospects in baseball will see action: Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio (3), Boston shortstop Marcelo Mayer (5), Nationals outfielder James Wood (6), D-backs shortstop Jordan Lawlar (7) and Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong (10).
This game is part of the activities of the MLB All Star Game 2023 to be held on July 11 in Seattle.
Precisely, this Sunday it became known that a total of 8 Cubans were chosen to participate in the next All-Star Gamein what will be considered from now on as a historic season for MLB fans on the island.
To the two electric Tampa Bay Rays, Randy Arozarena and Yandy Díaz, who, as it had become known yesterday, make up the starting roster of the American League by fan vote, are joined in the same league by the Avilanian reliever of the Orioles Yennier Cano, and outfielders Luis Robert Jr. (CWS), Yordan Álvarez (HOU) and Adolis García (TEX), on the substitute list.
For the Nacional, the team is made up as substitutes by the youngest of the Gurriels, Lourdes Jr, a Diamondbacks outfielder, and Miami slugger Jorge Soler.
These 8 baseball players from the island break a historical record of 55 years of greater number of Cuban participation in these games, when in 1968 Joaquín Azcue, Bert Campaneris, Leo Cárdenas, Tony Oliva, Tany Pérez and Luis Tiant participated.
In total, there will be 11 players of Cuban blood in the 2023 All-Star Game, if we add the Cuban-Americans Nolan Arenado, JD Martínez and Nick Castellanos.
