Ryon Healy of the Nashville Sounds
Nashville Sounds infielder Ryon Healy was named to the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game today as announced by Major League Baseball.
Now in its 18th year, the All-Star Futures Game features top Minor League prospects competing as part of All-Star Sunday at Petco Park in San Diego. Healy will be part of the U.S. Team taking on the World Team.
Healy will be teammates with former Vanderbilt Baseball standouts Dansby Swanson and Carson Fulmer.
In 39 games with the Sounds, he’s hitting .346 (53-for-153) with 31 runs scored, 25 RBI, 15 doubles, 5 home runs and 18 multi-hit games. Since being promoted from Double-A Midland on May 17, he’s among PCL leaders in hits (T-2nd), doubles (3rd), total bases (85, T-3rd), extra-base hits (21, T-5th), runs (T-6th) and average (8th).
Healy’s hometown of West Hills, California is located 150 miles northwest of San Diego. A preview of the event, along with complete rosters from Major League Baseball is listed below and attached.
Rosters for the 2016 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which will be played at 7:00 p.m. (ET)/4:00 p.m. (PT) on
Sunday, July 10th at Petco Park in San Diego, were announced by Major League Baseball earlier today on MLB
Network’s “The Rundown.”
Major League Baseball, in conjunction with MLB.com, Baseball America and the 30
Major League Clubs, selected the 25 players currently on each team. Each Major League
organization is represented and players from all full-season Minor Leagues were eligible to be
selected. Complete Futures Game rosters, prospect analysis and rankings can be found at
MLB.com/pipeline.
The teams feature 15 former first round draft picks (14 on U.S. Team and one on World Team), one player
picked in Compensation Round A (U.S. Team) and four second round picks (all U.S.). Among the 15 first round
picks, seven were selected in the 2015 Draft, one in the 2014 Draft and seven in the 2013 Draft.
The World Team features players from 11 different countries and territories outside the 50 United States.
The Dominican Republic is represented by 13 players, followed by Canada (2) and Venezuela (2). Colombia, Cuba,
Lithuania, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Taiwan and the U.S. Virgin Islands are each represented by one player
on the World Team.
The SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game will last nine innings, and in the event of a tie, a 10th inning will be
played. The game will not go longer than 10 innings, regardless of the score. Players and coaches will be outfitted
in special SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game caps and jerseys.
The SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which is now in its 18th year, features the top Minor League prospects
competing in a contest as part of All-Star Sunday. The U.S. Team, which has won each of the last six games, leads
the all-time series, 11-6. As part of its live All-Star Week programming, MLB Network will exclusively televise and
MLB.com will live stream the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at 4:00 p.m. (PT)/7:00 p.m. (ET), with Matt
Vasgersian, Mark DeRosa, Heidi Watney and MLB.com prospect expert Jonathan Mayo on the call live from Petco
Park.
SiriusXM, the Official Satellite Radio Partner of Major League Baseball, will provide live play-by-play
coverage of the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on MLB Network Radio (XM channel 89; Sirius channel 209) in
addition to SiriusXM’s other comprehensive live coverage from San Diego. The game will also be available to
SiriusXM subscribers on the SiriusXM app and online at SiriusXM.com. SiriusXM’s broadcast team will feature Mike
Ferrin, Jim Duquette, Jim Bowden and Grant Paulsen. All-Star Sunday is the first of three days of All-Star events at
Petco Park, culminating with the 87th All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 12th.
Tickets are available for purchase for the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and the All-Star Legends and
Celebrity Softball Game by visiting www.allstargame.com or visiting the Padres box office at Petco Park.
MLB All-Star Week includes the MLB All-Star Game presented by MasterCard at Petco Park (July 12th),
Gatorade All-Star Workout Day featuring the T-Mobile Home Run Derby (July 11th), All-Star Sunday featuring the
SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game (July 10th), All-Star FanFest at the
San Diego Convention Center (July 8th-12th), plus a lineup of additional events taking place around the city. The
87th Midsummer Classic will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and
worldwide by partners in more than 160 countries. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive
national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide
comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information about MLB All-Star Week and to purchase tickets,
please visit AllStarGame.com and follow @AllStarGame on social media.
2016 AllStar Futures Game(Click to enlarge)
