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McDaniel: The 10 players I'm most excited to watch in the MLB Futures Game

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Some of the brightest young stars in baseball are set to take the field at Dodger Stadium in the annual MLB All-Star Futures Game on Saturday afternoon.

On a basic level, I'm excited to see every player in the game because all but one or two of them are in the top 200 prospects in the sport, and about half of them are in the top 100. But, I've seen already some of the players in the game as recently as late last season while others are performing really well, but their mechanics, frames and tool grades are just at the high end of the last time I saw them.

Seeing a dynamic talent for the first time, or for the first time after a breakthrough, is what I'm most excited about. With that in mind, here are the 10 players I'm most excited to see -- and fans should be glued to watching -- in Saturday's Futures Game.