2023 Futures Game scouting reports

The best thing about the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game is getting to see all of that talent, all of these future stars, on the field at one time. We use the “kid in a candy store” metaphor often because it’s so apt.

Before you see them all on Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) at T-Mobile Park, you should see all of them on “paper,” a metaphor not as relevant these days. But you get the idea. Here are scouting reports on every organization’s 2023 Futures Game participants.

Blue Jays: Yosver Zulueta, RHP (No. 3); Sem Robberse, RHP (No. 7)

Zulueta threw one pitch in last year’s Futures Game (a 96.9 mph fastball on a Francisco Alvarez groundout) and will be looking for a more robust appearance this time. The 25-year-old right-hander can touch 98 but is generally around 95-97 with his four-seamer and sinker while mixing in a mid-80s slider. Control has been a major problem (31 walks in 37 2/3 innings) at Triple-A and a reason why he hasn’t debuted with Toronto yet. A Netherlands native, Robberse has added some strength in recent years to throw in the low 90s and features a four-pitch mix to keep hitters honest. He owns a 4.54 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 67 1/3 innings at Double-A New Hampshire.

We’re running out of superlatives for our new No. 1 prospect. Holliday, the No. 1 pick in last year’s Draft, is making his first full season of pro ball look easy, with all five tools helping him earn one promotion already, with another potentially in his future. Kjerstad has put his health issues in the rearview and is making it clear the guy we saw in the Arizona Fall League in 2022 is legit, showing off his hit and power tools across two levels this year.

Caminero has been our highest Top 100 climber in two straight updates based on his ability to make consistent hard contact to all fields at such a young age. He’s reached Double-A at just 19 years old and has held his own with a .482 slugging percentage, 19.8 percent K rate and 123 wRC+ through 23 games. Similarly, Manzardo has been pushed aggressively to Triple-A to begin his second full season by Tampa Bay. Unlike most first basemen, the 2021 second-rounder owns a better hit tool than slugging ability but has the discipline and enough raw pop to be above average in both categories by the time he reaches St. Petersburg.

The Red Sox took California prep middle infielders with their first-round picks in each of the last three Drafts, and two of them will be in Seattle. Mayer and Yorke are double-play partners at Double-A Portland, with the former having the tools to make an impact on both sides of the ball and the latter more of an offensive second baseman. Drohan has emerged as one of the best mound prospects in the system as his stuff has kicked up a notch, as he’s now operating with a 92-95 mph fastball and a solid changeup.

Yankees: Spencer Jones, OF (No. 3); Clayton Beeter, RHP (No. 13)

The 6-foot-6, 225-pound Jones offered one of the best combinations of size…