Midwest League announces roster for All-Star Game
Posted: Jun 5, 2019 5:04 PM EDT
The Midwest League announced the team rosters for the 55th Annual Midwest League All-Star Game at Four Winds Field.
Five South Bend Cubs players are playing including four pitchers: Brailyn Marquez, Riley Thompson, Cam Sanders and Jeff Passantino. Shortstop Andy Weber will be a reserve off the bench for Manager Buddy Bailey.
The All Star Game will be at Four Winds Field on Tuesday, June 18.
Eastern Division Starters
- C: Chris Betts – Bowling Green
- 1B: Jake Brodt – Lansing
- 2B: Xavier Edwards – Fort Wayne
- 3B: Miguel Vargas – Great Lakes
- SS: Wander Franco – Bowling Green
- OF: Niko Hulsizer – Great Lakes
- OF: Will Benson – Lake County
- OF: Ulrich Bojarski – West Michigan
- DH: Roberto Alvarez – Bowling Green
Eastern Division Reserves
- C: Pabel Manzanero – Dayton
- INF: Dillon Paulson – Great Lakes
- INF: Andy Weber – South Bend
- INF: Nick Podkul – Lansing
- INF: Tyler Freeman – Lake County
- INF: Ryan Gold – Lansing
- OF: Grant Witherspoon – Bowling Green
Eastern Division Pitchers
- Easton McGee – Bowling Green
- Shane McClanahan – Bowling Green
- Alan Strong – Bowling Green
- Caleb Sampen – Bowling Green
- Ryan Weathers – Fort Wayne
- Henry Henry – Fort Wayne
- Jose Chacin – Great Lakes
- Austin Drury – Great Lakes
- Manuel Alvarez – Lake County
- Josh Winchowski - Lansing
- Cobi Johnson - Lansing
- Jeff Passantino – South Bend
- Riley Thompson – South Bend
- Brailyn Marquez – South Bend
- Cam Sanders – South Bend
Western Division Starters
- C: David Fry – Wisconsin
- 1B: Brady Whalen – Peoria
- 2B: Blaze Alexander – Kane County
- 3B: Nolan Gorman – Peoria
- SS: Brice Turang – Wisconsin
- OF: Jerar Encarnacion – Clinton
- OF: Alek Thomas – Kane County
- OF: Austin Dennis – Quad Cities
- DH: Chris Williams – Cedar Rapids
Western Division Reserves
- C: Cesar Salazar – Quad Cities
- INF: Gabe Snyder – Cedar Rapids
- INF: Trey Dawson – Quad Cities
- INF: Buddy Kennedy – Kane County
- INF: Jeremy Pena – Quad Cities
- INF: Delvin Perez – Peoria
- OF: Jesus Lujano – Wisconsin
Western Division Pitchers
- Eric Marinez – Beloit
- Aiden McIntyre – Beloit
- Robinson Pina – Burlington
- Jose Soriano – Burlington
- Cristopher Molina – Burlington
- Josh Winder – Cedar Rapids
- Humberto Mejia – Clinton
- Chris Vallimont – Clinton
- Blake Workman – Kane County
- Diego Cordero – Peoria
- Matt Ruppenthal – Quad Cities
- Austin Hansen – Quad Cities
- Adam Hill – Wisconsin
- Aaron Ashby – Wisconsin
- Logan Gillaspie – Wisconsin