Top D-backs Prospects Show Out in All-Star Futures Game

On Saturday, two top Arizona Diamondbacks prospects made an appearance in the 2025 MLB All-Star Futures Game.

MLB's All-Star Futures Game features some of baseball's most exciting rising prospects, playing a seven-inning game to showcase the future of the game. The National League won by a score of 4-2 on Saturday.

Diamondbacks On SI's No. 3 D-backs prospect LuJames Groover started the contest, hitting eighth and playing third base.

Center fielder and recently-crowned No. 1 prospect Slade Caldwell did not start, but entered in the fifth inning, playing center and hitting fifth in the order.

Diamondbacks' LuJames Groover With Two Hits in All-Star Futures Game

Groover, the 23-year-old Georgia native, had a successful day at the plate for the National League. He went 2-for-2 in two at-bats and scored a run. He was the only member of the NL squad to record multiple hits.

Both of Groover's hits came on the ground. In the bottom of the second inning, he dug a 2-2 slider out from below the bottom of the zone, facing Mariners' switch-handed pitching prospect Jurrangelo Cijntje.

The ball ricocheted off Cijntje's glove. Tigers shortstop prospect Kevin McGonigle got to the ball, but Groover beat out a strong throw to first.

In the fourth inning, Groover pulled a 2-2 changeup, also below the zone, and also to the shortstop.

The throw was offline, but Groover would have beaten it out anyway. He would later score on a two-out double by Cubs prospect Owen Caissie.

Groover has come on with a strong 2025 season so far. He's hit to a .312/.386/.469 slash and .855 OPS with the Double-A Sod Poodles in 75 games.

He's hit 10 homers and is taking strides defensively at third base. He may not be in Double-A for much longer.

Diamondbacks' Slade Caldwell Makes Impressive Diving Catch

Caldwell, unfortunately, did not record a base hit, striking out looking on three pitches in his only at-bat.

He did, however, showcase his exceptional defense in the seventh inning. The 19-year-old made an impressive diving catch to snag a sinking line drive and steal a base hit away from the American League.