Midwest League Announces 2019 All-Star Game Rosters
SOUTH BEND, IN - With the 55th annual Midwest League All-Star Game at Four Winds Field under two weeks away, the Midwest League has announced the official team rosters for the game between the Eastern and Western Divisions. This year's game will again be loaded with supreme talent from each
SOUTH BEND, IN - With the 55th annual Midwest League All-Star Game at Four Winds Field under two weeks away, the Midwest League has announced the official team rosters for the game between the Eastern and Western Divisions. This year's game will again be loaded with supreme talent from each team in the league.
Midwest League Eastern Division Roster
Midwest League Western Division Roster
In particular, the game will feature two number one overall prospects. 18-year-old shortstop and number one Tampa Bay Rays prospect
The hosting South Bend Cubs will send five players to the All-Star game, including four pitchers. Shortstop
Other notable Eastern Division players on the team include Lake County's
Top pitching prospects headline the West's roster. This includes the Midwest League strikeout and ERA leader. Clinton's
Bowling Green will send the most players to the All-Star Game this season with eight. Tied for the lead in the Western Division are the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Quad Cities River Bandits with six players each.
The total team representatives in the East include Bowling Green with 8, South Bend 5, Lansing 5, Great Lakes 5, Fort Wayne 3, Lake County 3, Dayton 1, and West Michigan 1.
In the West, Wisconsin has 6 players, Quad Cities 6, Peoria 4, Kane County 4, Cedar Rapids 3, Clinton 3, Burlington 3, and Beloit 2.
The full team rosters are listed below.
Eastern Divison Starters
C:
1B:
2B: Xavier Edwards - Fort Wayne
3B:
SS: Wander Franco - Bowling Green
OF:
OF: Will Benson - Lake County
OF:
DH:
Eastern Division Reserves
C:
INF:
INF: Andy Weber - South Bend
INF:
INF:
INF:
OF:
Eastern Division Pitchers
Josh Winchowski - Lansing
Jeff Passantino - South Bend
Riley Thompson - South Bend
Brailyn Marquez - South Bend
Cam Sanders - South Bend
Western Divison Starters
C:
1B:
2B:
3B: Nolan Gorman - Peoria
SS:
OF:
OF:
OF:
DH:
Western Division Reserves
C:
INF:
INF:
INF:
INF:
INF:
OF:
Western Division Pitchers
Cristopher Molina - Burlington
Chris Vallimont - Clinton
2019 Midwest League All-Star Game
The 2019 Midwest League All-Star Game presented by Four Winds Casinos takes place Tuesday, June 18 and will feature some of the most promising players in professional baseball today. It is the first time in 30 years the Midwest League All-Star game will be held in South Bend, Indiana. The 2019 event will kick off with a concert on Sunday, June 16 at Four Winds Field featuring global superstar Pitbull, along with two additional acts. Fan Fest at Four Winds Field will take place on Monday, June 17 and will feature a home run derby with the top hitters in the Midwest League, an autograph session with several former Chicago Cubs players along with the 2019 Midwest League All-Star players. On Tuesday, Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg will headline an All-Star Luncheon at the Century Center in downtown South Bend, with proceeds benefitting Beacon Children's Hospital. For more information on the 2019 Midwest League All-Star Game and any of the events leading up to it, including tickets for the All-Star Luncheon, visit SouthBendCubs.com and search for All-Star Festivities.
About the South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs are the Class A minor league affiliate of the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs. Over the past 31 seasons, the team has won five Midwest League titles, most recently in 2005, and has captured 12 division titles. In 2019, the South Bend Cubs will host the Midwest League All-Star Game. In June 2017, Four Winds Field, home of the South Bend Cubs, was voted Best Class A ballpark in the country by Ballpark Digest. In 2015 the team was named Ballpark Digest's Team of the Year and received the John H. Johnson President's Award, the highest award in minor league baseball. The team is owned and operated by Swing-Batter-Swing, LLC whose principal shareholder is Andrew T. Berlin of Chicago, IL.