Walcott named to 2025 All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta
FRISCO, Texas (June 30, 2025) – On Monday, Major League Baseball announced that Frisco RoughRiders shortstop Sebastian Walcott was selected to play in the 2025 All-Star Futures Game. Part of MLB’s All-Star Week, the game will take place at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, July 12th at 3:00
FRISCO, Texas (June 30, 2025) – On Monday, Major League Baseball announced that Frisco RoughRiders shortstop Sebastian Walcott was selected to play in the 2025 All-Star Futures Game.
Part of MLB’s All-Star Week, the game will take place at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, July 12th at 3:00 p.m. CT. The Futures Game, held annually, is MLB’s showcase of the best prospects in Minor League Baseball.
Walcott, MLB Pipeline’s No. 9 overall prospect, returns to the event after participating in the 2024 All-Star Futures Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Last year, he earned the start at shortstop while participating in the inaugural Futures Skills Showcase.
In 2025, Walcott is batting .247/.349/.395/.744 with eight home runs, 33 RBI’s and 18 stolen bases in 71 games. Through the first 74 team games, his 24 extra-base hits are the most by a Double-A teenager since Fernando Tatis Jr. (35) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (30) in 2018.
The Nassau, Bahamas native is in his third year in the Rangers organization after signing as an international free agent on January 15th, 2023. Walcott finished the 2024 season with Frisco, hitting .348 (8-for-23) as the youngest to play for a Rangers Double-A franchise.
The American League Futures squad will be managed by two-time MLB All-Star Marquis Grissom. Grissom’s coaching staff includes Baseball Hall of Famer Fred McGriff, two-time NL MVP Dale Murphy, 2000 AL Manager of the Year Jerry Manuel and 10-year big leaguer Marvin Freeman.
For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team celebrated its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, Bullpen Bar, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 210 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].