Slideshow: 2014 MLB Futures Game players when they were in high school

Sunday's MLB All-Star Futures Game was a chance for some of the top talent in the minor leagues to get some national attention and dazzle fans in an MLB stadium. It was a great display of pitching at Target Field in Minneapolis, as the U.S. team beat the World team 3-2 in front of an announced 39,175 fans.

For some of the top players on the U.S. team, the honor of playing in the game came a short time after their prep careers. Check out some images of U.S. players while they were in high school in our slideshow.

Joey Gallo, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
Gallo was named the game's Most Valuable Player after clocking a two-run homer that gave the U.S. an insurmountable lead in the bottom of the sixth. Before pro ball, Gallo was the MaxPreps 2012 National Player of the Year with 21 homers his senior season (70 career), a .509 average and 13 stolen bases. He also pitched, hurling a no-hitter and entering as a force in relief.

Gallo was drafted 39th overall by the Texas Rangers and currently plays in AA for the Frisco RoughRiders. He has 31 homers this season between A and AA ball.


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Sean Coyle, Germantown Academy (Fort Washington, Pa.)
Coyle graduated in 2010 and was drafted in the third round out of high school, coming out for the draft after his team went 27-3.



He currently plays for the Portland Sea Dogs in Maine, the AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. He is hitting .336 this season in 217 at-bats.
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J.P. Crawford, Lakewood (Calif.)
Crawford was playing prep baseball in Southern California a little more than a year ago. He hit .452 as a senior for the Lancers in 2013 and stole 73 bases in four years of varsity play. Crawford, a cousin of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Carl Crawford, scored 162 runs and knocked 179 hits in his prep career before the Phillies drafted him 16th overall in 2013.

He plays for the Clearwater Threshers of the Class A-advanced Florida State League, and is hitting .279 with 14 steals between two stops.
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D.J. Peterson, Gilbert (Ariz.)
Peterson smashed his way to a .462 average and nine homers during his senior season, 2010. He also added 33 RBIs and 12 doubles to help Gilbert go 24-9.

Peterson was drafted in the 33rd round by the Mariners in 2010 but chose to play at the University of New Mexico. He was drafted 12th overall in 2013 by the Mariners and now plays for the AA Jackson Generals. He's hitting .319 this year between two stops with 21 homers and 80 RBIs.
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Jesse Winker, Olympia (Orlando, Fla.)
Winker hit .488 as a senior for Olympia, a team that was No. 1 in the Xcellent 25 deep into May while riding a 29-game winning streak. He was a MaxPreps All-American and was part of our 2012 Top 100, scoring 34 runs and knocking in 30.

Now Winker is an outfielder with the AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos in the Cincinnati Reds organization. The No. 49 overall draft pick in 2012 was the Reds' Minor League Hitter of the Year and is currently acclimating to AA after tearing it up at single-A Bakersfield earlier this season.
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Josh Bell, Dallas Jesuit
Bell registered a .438 average over his final three seasons at Dallas Jesuit to go with 28 homers in 260 at-bats. His senior year was monstrous, with a .552 average, 55 RBIs and 14 homers in 96 at-bats to go with 19 stolen bases. That earned him MaxPreps All-American accolades and the Pirates drafted him with the first pick of the second round.

Bell plays right field for the Class A-advanced Bradenton Marauders in the Florida State League, where he has a .333 average and 51 RBIs.
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Henry Owens, Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
The only season MaxPreps has stats for Owens was a dominant one. As a sophomore in 2009, he went 9-1 with a 0.98 ERA in 71 2/3 innings. He was a MaxPreps All-American his senior season and was named the MaxPreps California Player of the Year.

The Boston Red Sox took him in the first round in 2011 (36th overall) and he's 12-3 this season with the AA Portland Sea Dogs with a 2.21 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 105 2/3 innings.
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Daniel Norris, Science Hill (Johnson City, Tenn.)
Norris was the Gatorade State Player of the Year in 2011 and was also a MaxPreps All-American. He was rated the No. 1 pitching prospect in the country at one point during his senior season.



Norris was drafted in the second round by the Toronto Blue Jays and he recently was promoted to the AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He was 6-0 for Dunedin with a 1.22 ERA before the promotion.
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Jake Thompson, Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall, Texas)
Thompson earned MaxPreps All-American honors his senior season after posting a 12-1 record with a microscopic 0.73 ERA, including 165 strikeouts in 95 2/3 innings. At the plate, he was just as dangerous, hitting .419 with 40 RBIs and 10 homers.

He was drafted 91st overall by the Detroit Tigers and this season he's 6-4 with a 3.14 ERA for the Lakeland Tigers in the Class A-advanced Florida State League.
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Robert Stephenson, Alhambra (Martinez, Calif.)
Stephenson was the Gatorade State Player of the Year in 2011 (chosen over Henry Owens) and was on the MaxPreps California All-State Team.

Stephenson is currently pitching for the AA Southern League's Pensacola Blue Wahoos, posting a 4-6 record and 3.97 ERA with 93 strikeouts in 93 innings. He was selected 27th overall in the 2011 Draft.
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Noah Syndergaard, Mansfield Legacy (Texas)
Syndergaard was drafted by the Blue Jays with the No. 38 pick in the 2010 Draft, and was traded to the New York Mets organization in December of 2012. He currently plays for the AAA Las Vegas 51s and has a 7-4 record with a 5.31 ERA.

At Mansfield Legacy, the team finished 25-15 his senior year.