A worthy duo
The Futures Game is a chance for MLB to showcase the game’s best prospects in a game setting. It’s like the All-Star Game for prospects and it’s wonderful. Sometimes, the offense can be missing because the pitchers throwing have such high octane, it can overpower hitters.
Nevertheless, the Phillies are sending two representatives to the game.
Headed to the Futures
Congrats to Andrew Painter and Eduardo Tait on being named to the 2025 All-Star Futures roster! pic.twitter.com/z5VFqPcCia
— Phillies Player Development (@PhilsPlayerDev) June 30, 2025
Andrew Painter is the big name here. He’s the team’s top prospect and arguably the best pitching prospect in the game. The anticipation for his arrival is still somewhat tepid thanks to the stretch of domination the rotation is currently on, but when he does arrive, it will be an exciting day. We already know Painter is going to miss the game because the team wants to keep him on schedule. A shame as he likely would have started the game, but the bigger picture is more important to a team that has World Series aspirations.
Eduardo Tait is the team’s #4 prospect according to MLB Pipeline and is showing why. Through 65 games, Tait has a .256/.328/.449 line with ten home runs and 42 RBI. He’s shown improvement behind the plate with his throwing and receiving and looks like the heir apparent to J.T. Realmuto in the big leagues. That could be a few years off still as he’s only 18 (!) years old, but he’s performing well in Clearwater and there really isn’t much in his path to block him. It’ll be exciting to see him pitted against the best prospects in the game in Atlanta.