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Florida State League names All-Star teams

Pirates' Bell, Mets' Nimmo, Jays' Norris to be featured in showcase
June 3, 2014

There have been more than a few big-name prospects in the Florida State League this season, and many of them will take the field together June 14 at Bradenton's McKechnie Field in the Class A Advanced circuit's All-Star Game.

Bradenton outfielder Josh Bell, who checks in as MLB.com's No. 62 overall prospect, might be the most prominent name to take his home field a week from Saturday. The 21-year-old switch-hitter owns a .308/.354/.466 slash line with five homers and 34 RBIs in 53 games with the Pirates. He'll be joined in the South Division outfield by Mets No. 4 prospect and 2011 first-rounder Brandon Nimmo, who is enjoying a bit of a breakout season in St. Lucie with a .325/.449/.460 line for St. Lucie.

MLB.com's No. 77 prospect and Fort Myers right-hander Jose Berrios (5-2, 2.24 ERA) leads the South Division pitching staff that also includes Bradenton left-hander Orlando Castro, who tops the circuit with a 0.92 WHIP through 11 appearances.

On the North Division squad, Blue Jays affiliate Dunedin placed a league-high seven players on the roster. The most notable is without a doubt No. 4 Toronto prospect and MLB.com's No. 99 overall prospect Daniel Norris. The 21-year-old left-hander leads the FSL with a 1.12 ERA through 11 starts (56 1/3 innings) to go with 66 strikeouts and a 1.05 WHIP in that time. He trails only right-handed teammate and fellow All-Star Taylor Cole (82) in punchouts.

Catcher Derrick Chung, infielder K.C. Hobson, outfielder Dalton Pompey and outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. form the rest of the Jays contingent. Right-handed reliever Arik Sikula, who still leads the league with 15 saves, was officially named to the squad but will not play after being promoted to Double-A New Hampshire last week.

Here is the complete list of the 2014 Florida State League All-Star teams:

FSL NORTH DIVISION ALL-STAR TEAM
CATCHERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Cameron Garfield C Brevard County MIL
Derrick Chung C Dunedin TOR
Austin Green C Lakeland DET
INFIELDERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Gioskar Amaya INF Daytona CHC
Marco Hernandez* INF Daytona CHC
Dante Bichette Jr. INF Tampa NYY
K.C. Hobson INF Dunedin TOR
Art Charles INF Clearwater PHI
OUTFIELDERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Dalton Pompey OF Dunedin TOR
Bijan Rademacher OF Daytona CHC
Dwight Smith Jr. OF Dunedin TOR
Jake Cave OF Tampa NYY
DESIGNATED HITTER      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Zach Wilson DH Tampa NYY
PITCHERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Daniel Camarena* LHP Tampa NYY
Taylor Cole RHP Dunedin TOR
Kevin Eichhorn RHP Lakeland DET
Damien Magnifico* RHP Brevard County MIL
Andrew McKirahan* LHP Daytona CHC
Angel Nesbitt RHP Lakeland DET
Felix Pena RHP Daytona CHC
Jake Thompson RHP Lakeland DET
Josh Turley LHP Lakeland DET
Tyler Wagner* RHP Brevard County MIL
FIELD STAFF      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Dave Keller Manager Daytona CHC
Ron Villone Pitching Coach Daytona CHC
Mariano Duncan Hitting Coach Daytona CHC
Nate Maldonado Coach Daytona CHC
Pete Fagan Trainer Daytona CHC
Jason Morriss Strength Coach Daytona CHC

FSL SOUTH DIVISION ALL-STAR TEAM
CATCHERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Maxx Tissenbaum* C Charlotte TB
Justin O'Conner C Charlotte TB
Cam Maron C St. Lucie NYM
INFIELDERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Leonardo Reginatto INF Charlotte TB
Patrick Leonard INF Charlotte TB
Breyvic Valera INF Palm Beach STL
T.J. Rivera INF St. Lucie NYM
Dilson Herrera INF St. Lucie NYM
OUTFIELDERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Matt Juengel* OF Jupiter MIA
Brandon Nimmo OF St. Lucie NYM
Charlie Tilson OF Palm Beach STL
Josh Bell OF Bradenton PIT
DESIGNATED HITTER      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Adam Brett Walker DH Fort Myers MIN
PITCHERS      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Jose Berrios RHP Fort Myers MIN
Kevin Brandt* LHP Charlotte TB
Orlando Castro LHP Bradenton PIT
Randy Fontanez RHP St. Lucie NYM
Kyle Helisek* LHP Palm Beach STL
Matt Koch RHP St. Lucie NYM
Reid Redman* RHP Jupiter MIA
Scott Lyman RHP Jupiter MIA
Steven Matz LHP St. Lucie NYM
Trevor Williams RHP Jupiter MIA
FIELD STAFF      
NAME POS TEAM MLB ORG
Jared Sandberg Manager Charlotte TB
Steve "Doc" Watson Pitching Coach Charlotte TB
Joe Szekely Hitting Coach Charlotte TB
Scott Thurston Charlotte Trainer TB
Justin Weiss Charlotte Strength Coach TB

* The following players were first team selections, but are unavailable due to promotion to the next level, injury, or pitch-count factors: RHP Arik Sikula and LHP Daniel Norris (Dunedin), LHP David Hurlbut and LHP Brett Lee (Fort Myers), LHP Jed Bradley and RHP Tanner Poppe (Brevard County), RHP Joseph O'Gara and C Austin Barnes (Jupiter), C Casey Rasmus and OF Starlin Rodriguez (Palm Beach) and INF Eric Jagielo (Tampa). Replacements have an asterisk by their names above.

Sam Dykstra is a contributor to MiLB.com.