2030 Brawndo Futures Teams
The 2030 Brawndo futures rosters have been selected and Brawndo would like to congratulate all the invitees. Before announcing the players a little time must be spent discussing the selection methodology.
Selection Methodology
Players who have had any major league experience, players over the age of 25, players drafted in the 2030 amateur draft, or players residing on youth academy rosters were not eligible for the futures rosters. Unfortunately due to an ongoing league investigation into widespread, systematic steroid use and other improprieties within the Dallas organization all players from this storied organization have also been removed from consideration.
Of the players who were eligible for selection the primary criteria was performance. Players’ performance was given a weighted score based on a sliding scale governed by league level and age. While the primary selection criteria was performance there was also a small consideration given to OSA scouting scores.
Each roster comprise eight position player starters, five position bench players, five starting “rotation” pitchers, six relief pitchers, and one starting pitcher in the bullpen.
The Snubs
All teams with eligible players in the selection pool were granted a minimum of one representative. Although all players selected are considered deserving candidates there are other players who were under consideration but ultimately excluded when final cuts were made. The players just missing the following cuts were the following:
RP | Bobby Lopez | Los Angeles |
SP | Cesar Machado | Cincinnati |
SP | Chris Hunter | Los Angeles |
RP | Eric Finch | Chicago |
SP | Luis Villalva | Chicago |
RP | Marcus Fullwood | Cincinnati |
C | Ruben Hernandez | Cincinnati |
American Roster
Starters:
C | Justin Cox | Carolina |
1B | John Rankin | Chicago |
2B | Jason Forrester | New York |
3B | Jim Andersen | San Diego |
SS | Joe Ferguson | Austin |
LF | Gordie McCormick | Florida |
CF | Byron Weis | Los Angeles |
RF | Korey Harris | Cincinnati |
Bench:
1B | Sean Milbrandt | Salt Lake City |
SS | Austin Nemeth | Wichita |
LF | Edwin Tercero | Boston |
2B | Kevin Keller | Salt Lake City |
LF | Joe Brown | Carolina |
Starting Rotation:
SP | Frank Butsko | Great Lakes |
SP | Branden Docter | Detroit |
SP | Zachary Wallace | Indianapolis |
SP | John June | New York |
SP | Devin Gallagher | Mexico City |
Bullpen:
RP | Russ Chittester | Midwest |
RP | Garrett Allen | Detroit |
RP | Branden Abbott | Bay Area |
RP | Danny Vallee | New York |
RP | James Kramer | Salt Lake City |
RP | Eddie Ruelas | DC |
SP | Howie Benoit | Houston |
World Roster
Starters:
C | Alex Soza | Iowa |
1B | Antonio Ortiz | Midwest |
2B | Emilio Elizondo | Cincinnati |
3B | Ed Pablo | Cincinnati |
SS | Miguel Molina | Miami |
LF | Manny Rivas | Great Lakes |
CF | Quintino Casiraghi | Los Angeles |
RF | Danny Hernandez | Los Angeles |
Bench:
SS | Tony Zamarripa | New York |
LF | Mario Gonzalez | Chicago |
2B | Qi-chen Yuan | Denver |
1B | Rikio Honda | Philadelphia |
CF | Hector Ulloa | Carolina |
Starting Rotation:
SP | Mario Valdez | Miami |
SP | Alex Romero | Oklahoma |
SP | Jose Diaz | Sacramento |
SP | DeMario Partida | Atlanta |
SP | Jesus Ureste | Brooklyn |
Bullpen:
RP | Chris Rivera | Indianapolis |
RP | Bonifazio Martini | Chicago |
RP | Felix Martinez | Bay Area |
RP | Luis Solis | Austin |
RP | Urs Eisses | San Diego |
RP | Ivan Flores | Hershey |
SP | Jose Mosqueda | Arizona |
A big congratulations again goes out to all the futures selections who will look to mutilate their organizations’ thirst for future stars.