Fireworks took flight from the roof of Coors Field at the conclusion of the national anthem prior to first pitch of Sunday’s SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. Earlier in the afternoon, they were coming in a different form.
Baseball’s top prospects took aim at the Coors Field outfield seats during batting practice — long regarded as an informal home run derby of sorts — and did not disappoint.
Thanks to late heroics of Torkelson and Greene, who hit in the American League team’s last batting practice group, Team Mayo pulled away for the victory. Callis’ picks led heading into that final round, combining for 10 homers with Rutschman belting five, Gorman cranking three and Kelenic and Luciano each hitting one.
Then Torkelson went off, hammering 10 homers on his own as part of the AL’s final group. Greene and Rodríguez each tallied four, and Witt tacked on one to lead Mayo’s group to victory according to MLB Pipeline’s unofficial counts.