Since its 1999 debut at Fenway Park, the All-Star Futures Game has showcased baseball's best prospects. Joe Mauer will become the first Futures Gamer inducted into the Hall of Fame in a couple of weeks. Mookie Betts, Miguel Cabrera, Zack Greinke, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout, Justin Verlander and many others will follow him into Cooperstown in coming years.

The rosters are as jam-packed with talent as ever this year, including 37 members of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list among the 50 participants. Scheduled for 4 p.m. ET Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, the game will be broadcast on MLB Network, MLB.TV, MLB.com and in the MLB App.

There are the loudest tools that will be on display:

Best Hitter: Dylan Crews, OF, Nationals
The No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 Draft, Crews repeatedly makes hard contact with a quick right-handed stroke and a selectively aggressive approach.

Best Power: Owen Caissie, OF, Cubs
Caissie's combination of bat speed, strength and leverage produces high-end exit velocities and raw pop that earns top-of-the-scale grades from some scouts.

Fastest Runner: Chandler Simpson, OF, Rays
Evaluators joke that Simpson has 90 speed on the traditional scouting scale. He tied for the Minor League crown with 94 steals in 2023 and is the runaway leader with 58 swipes this season.

Strongest Arm: Max Clark, OF, Tigers
Clark went fifth overall in last year's Draft because of his five-tool potential as a center fielder, but he also pushed his fastball to 97 mph as a prep left-hander.

Best Defender: Druw Jones, OF, Diamondbacks
Jones' speed and range give him tremendous range in center field -- reminiscent of his father, 10-time Gold Glover Andruw. He also features well above-average arm strength that's uncommon for his position.

Best Fastball: Emiliano Teodo, RHP, Rangers
Teodo has a lightning-fast arm that generates four-seamers that sit in the mid-90s and touch 103 mph, as well as two-seamers with similar velocity and electric sink.

Best Curveball: Thomas White, LHP, Marlins
White not only has a high-spin curveball that reaches the low 80s, but he also shows the ability to land it in the zone despite its big break.

Best Slider: Noah Schultz, LHP, White Sox
This may be the most devastating pitch in the Futures Game, as the 6-foot-9 Schultz unleashes a low-80s slider with huge sweep from a low arm slot.

Best Changeup: Tink Hence, RHP, Cardinals
Hence's mid-80s changeup fades and tumbles and has generated an astounding 70 percent swing-and-miss rate in Double-A this year.

Best Control: Rhett Lowder, RHP, Reds
The No. 7 overall choice a year ago, Lowder needed just five starts before reaching Double-A, in large part because he pounds the strike zone with his fastball, slider and changeup.

RECOMMENDED READING

• How did Georgia outfielder Charlie Condon go from completely overlooked high schooler to record-setting slugger and potential No. 1 overall choice? Anthony Castrovince has all the details.
• MLB Pipeline keeps the mock drafts coming with Jonathan Mayo's latest effort, which features college hitters taken with the first six selections. We'll have a new first-round projection Thursday evening and then a double mock on Sunday morning.
• If you need more Futures Game info beyond the best tools above, Team Pipeline has you covered with scouting reports for all of the participants.

TRIVIA

The United States set a Futures Game record for runs in 2012, routing the World 17-5 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Which player was named MVP after going 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI and a homer?

A. Nick Castellanos

B. Billy Hamilton

C. Wil Myers

D. Jon Singleton

ON THIS DAY

Exactly one year ago, the Pirates spent the No. 1 overall pick on right-hander Paul Skenes, who had pitched Louisiana State to the College World Series championship while leading NCAA Division I in strikeouts (209, breaking Ben McDonald's school and Southeastern Conference record), strikeouts per nine innings (15.3) and WHIP (0.75) and ranking second in wins (12), ERA (1.69) and opponents' average (.165). Signed for a Draft-record $9.2 million bonus, he became the first player ever to get drafted with the top choice one year and make the All-Star Game the next. Skenes made his big league debut on May 11 and has gone 5-0 with a 2.12 ERA and a 78/12 K/BB ratio in 59 1/3 innings over his first 10 starts.

TRIVIA ANSWER

A. Nick Castellanos

Castellanos' big day was highlighted by a three-run homer off Phillies right-hander Julio Rodriguez in the sixth inning. Hamilton provided a two-run triple, Myers had a pair of hits and three RBI and Singleton went 3-for-4 and scored twice.

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