A May pick for Shorebird of the Week, Pedro Beato got a much larger honor recently. He’ll be pitching on a major league stage as he’s been selected to the World Team playing the All-Star Futures Game today (4 p.m. on ESPN). The site of the Futures game is AT&T Park in San Francisco, where Tuesday’s major league All-Star Game will be held.
Four other SAL foes have also been selected to participate in this contest. The U.S. Team includes Chris Coghlin of Greensboro, farm club of the Florida Marlins, and Adrian Cardenas of Lakewood, representing the Phillies organization. Cardenas may not be a BlueClaw long, he’s currently on their Reserve List. It’s most likely he’ll be in for a promotion upon his return.
Joining Beato on the World Team is Fautino De Los Santos of Kannapolis (property of the Chicago White Sox) and James Van Ostrand of Lexington, who’s a Houston Astros prospect.
In case you’re wondering about seeing these other SAL players in person, for the U.S. Team representatives you’re out of luck. Coghlin’s Greensboro squad made their annual trip into Perdue Stadium back in May, while Cardenas’s BlueClaws wrap up their final trip here tomorrow evening. On the other hand, both De Los Santos and the Kannapolis Intimidators (July 30-August 2) and Van Ostrand’s Lexington Legends (August 17-20) are still on the Perdue docket this season.
Hopefully Beato does well for his inning or two of work – but of course I’m rooting for the U.S. Team to win!
Update: Beato pitched in the game, giving up a bloop single and striking out a batter to close out the 6th inning. Those were the only two batters Pedro faced as World Team manager Juan Marichal was trying to get pitchers into the World Team’s 7-2 victory.
