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Joey Votto of Toronto, Ontario and Mike Saunders of Victoria, B.C. were selected to participate in the All-Star Futures Game on July 8^th in San Francisco to kick off the festivities of All-Star weekend.

Votto, a first baseman with the Louisville Bats in Triple-A in the Cincinnati Reds organization, is hitting .314 with nine home runs and 41 RBI in 70 games this season.  This is the second time that the former Senior National Team member has been selected to the Futures Game.

Saunders is hitting .307 with 10 homers and 51 runs driven in for the High Desert Mavericks in Class-A in the Seattle Mariners organization.  The outfielder and former Junior and Senior National Team member will be participating in the Futures Game for the first time.

The All-Star Futures Game is an exhibition featuring prospects that are divided into two teams, Team USA and the World Team.  The players selected to participate are chosen by all 30 Major League clubs in conjunction with Baseball America and MLB.com.  In total, 12 countries will be represented in this year’s edition of the game.