Is Alfaro listed as a Dodger a premonition of an eventual Kershaw trade???

Taijuan Walker not here for the US because he's in Seattle in '13, or just because...you said so?

Omission of Rymer Liriano grabbing an OF spot because he's not better than the guys listed or will be up in SD?

Not going to criticize the 2 Pirate slots going to Hanson (who is certainly worthy, and might even be at 2B by then) or Heredia (the only rep from Mexico), but man it hurts not seeing Taillon or Cole on the list.

Folks, like I said in the intro. This is hard. Try doing it yourself with those limitations. No matter how you arrange it all, you are forced to make some tough sacrifices. I needed more world pitchers, so I took Portillo instead of Liriano. He's not a better prospect, but I needed him. You only get two players per team and have to fill every spot.

Is your hedge on Taveras because there isn't really a place in STL for him in the OF currently?

I would also hope that the organizers augment the HR derby with a stolen base derby where Bethancourt is behind the plate and Hamilton and DeShields attempt to steal as many bases as possible over a five minute period.

Tiny nitpick #2 - Alfaro is listed with the Dodgers. I assume #thelegend is still in Texas.

Pretty surprised Gary Sanchez didn't get the call. He may or may not be a catcher, but he's a bat for sure (as sure as anything is in prospectdom, which is to say not at all sure). If you don't like him as a catcher, can we call him an outfielder and stick him on the international team?

I can't call him an outfielder as much as I can't call myself a lefty reliever. I like Sanchez plenty, but I needed Campos and wanted Williams and that's my two.

Based on your comment regarding it being difficult to find players to fill the five International outfield spots I'm surprised you don't have Liriano making a return appearance. I'd rather see Hedges and Portillo from the Padres, so I'm not complaining just curious as to why you chose them over Liriano.

And speaking of Hedges do you have a number for his pop times?

FYI, Moya just had or is about to have Tommy John Surgery. As a result, I doubt he's in next year's Futures game.

Great article, love the premise. Will be really interesting to look back next year and see how many you nailed.

On an unrelated note, will there be a Mid-Season Top 101 coming out?

Great work, I spent about two minutes on your challenge to come up with a different roster before realizing I didn't want to spend several hours to change your list by 30%

Interesting that Martinez is the second Cardinal rather than Kolten Wong. Position scarcity (the international pitchers do not strike me as a particularly imposing crew), or are you expecting Wong to end the revolving door of second-base mediocrity in St. Louis by next July?

How far is Manny Banuelos from making the roster, injury permitting?

Tough to leave off Xander Bogaerts..