For those of us who were looking forward to getting a glimpse at Pence... too bad. The rosters for the MLB Futures Game were announced last week, and to my dismay Hunter Pence seems to be left off of the roster. What gives? http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/events/allstargames.jsp?mc=_futures_05 UNITED STATES TEAM POSITION WORLD TEAM (RH) Travis Bowyer - Rochester (Min) Pitchers (RH) Fernando Cabrera - Buffalo (Cle) (RH) Thomas Diamond - Bakersfield (Tex) P (LH) Francisco Liriano - Rochester (Min) (LH) Zach Duke - Indianapolis (Pit) P (LH) Adam Loewen - Frederick (Bal) (LH) Zach Jackson - New Hampshire (Tor) P (RH) Scott Mathieson - Clearwater (Phi) (RH) Bobby Jenks - Birmingham (ChiW) P (RH) Juan Morillo - Modesto (Col) (RH) Chris Lambert - Springfield (StL) P (RH) Fernando Nieve - Round Rock (Hou) (LH) Troy Patton - Lexington (Hou) P (RH) Yusmeiro Petit - Binghamton (NYM) (RH) Ian Snell - Indianapolis (Pit) P (RH) Anibal Sanchez - Wilmington (Bos) (RH) Justin Verlander - Erie (Det) P (RH) Merkin Valdez - Norwich (SF) (RH) Joel Zumaya - Erie (Det) P (RH) Edison Volquez - Frisco (Tex) Ryan Garko - Buffalo (Cle) Catchers Russ Martin - Jacksonville (LAD) Josh Willingham - Albuquerque (Fla) C Miguel Montero - Lancaster (Ari) Josh Barfield - Portland (SD) Infielders William Bergolla - Cincinnati Daric Barton - Stockton (Oak) INF Yuniesky Betancourt - Tacoma (Sea) Conor Jackson - Tucson (Ari) INF Edwin Encarnacion - Louisville (Cin) Andy LaRoche - Jacksonville (LAD) INF John Hattig - Syracuse (Tor) Scott Moore - Daytona (ChiC) INF Justin Huber - Kansas City Marcus Sanders - Augusta (SF) INF Hernan Iribarren - West Virginia (Mil) B.J. Upton - Durham (TB) INF Kendry Morales - Arkansas (LAA) Brandon Wood - Rancho Cucamonga (LAA) INF Hanley Ramirez - Portland (Bos) Jeff Francoeur - Mississippi (Atl) Outfielders Melky Cabrera - Trenton (NYY) Jeremy Hermida - Carolina (Fla) OF Shin-Soo Choo - Tacoma (Sea) Lastings Milledge - St. Lucie (NYM) OF Nelson Cruz - Huntsville (Mil) Chris Young - Birmginham (CWS) OF Frank Diaz - Potomac (Was) Delmon Young - Montgomery (TB) OF Felix Pie - West Tenn (ChiC) George Brett Manager Guillermo Hernandez Marty Brown - Buffalo Coach Bobby Jones - Oklahoma Trent Jewett - Indianapolis Coach Dino Ebel - Salt Lake Torey Lovullo - Akron Coach Todd Claus - Portland Razor Shines - Birmingham Coach Bobby Dickerson - West Tenn Mike Jirschele - Omaha Coach Von Hayes - Midland Dyar Miller - Memphis
Well he was placed on the 7 day DL 9 days ago, I havent checked to see if he's been activated but the game is to be played on July 10 ... I dont THINK it's the injury..
The other American outfielders are better than him. They are higher ranked prospects at a higher level. Pence is 22 at low A ball.