MILWAUKEE – Former Milwaukee baseball player Daulton Varsho has been selected to participate in the 2019 SiriusXM MLB All-Star Futures Game, the Arizona Diamondbacks organization announced Friday.
 
The Futures Game is scheduled for July 7 at Progressive Field in Cleveland. First played in 1999, the contest has annually pitted U.S. and World teams against each other. In 2019, the game will feature American League versus National League rosters for the first time.
 
Varsho, the starting catcher for the Jackson Generals (Double-A) in the Southern League, is currently ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Diamondbacks No. 7 prospect. He became the highest-drafted player in program history when Arizona took him with pick No. 68 in the 2017 MLB Draft.
 
Varsho played for the Panthers starting in 2015, capping his MKE career with Second-Team D1Baseball All-American honors. He had an impressive junior campaign, leading the Horizon League in batting average (.362), slugging percentage (.643), on-base percentage (.490), triples (6) and walks (46), while also finishing fourth in total bases (128), fifth in hits (72), sixth with a team-high 11 home runs and seventh in runs scored (47).

A California League All-Star in 2018, Varsho is currently batting .267 with nine home runs and 32 runs batted in through 61 games. He is batting .289 in his minor league career, adding 28 home runs and 116 RBI in 185 games.
 
MLB Network will exclusively televise and MLB.com will live stream the Futures Game at 7 p.m. ET. Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds and Jim Callis will call the action, with Heidi Watney providing reporting from both dugouts. The game also will be available to SiriusXM subscribers.