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Eastern League All-Star Game

On a whim — spontaneity is my middle name, after all — I decided to snag a couple tickets to tonight’s Eastern League All-Star Game (AA) in beautiful downtown Trenton, New Jersey. I do try my best at staying up with all levels of baseball’s prospectdom, honest, but sometimes trying to track all these players and all these teams and all these levels of competition leaves me disoriented and completely overwhelmed, lost in a sea of seemingly never-ending prospects. I'm more of a fan of tracking amateur guys personally, so I come before the community asking for a life preserver of knowledge lest I drift further out to sea. Alright, now that my awful metaphor is dead and buried, here's my question: Have I’ve overlooked any big names to watch heading into tonight’s game? Here’s what I’ve got so far:

Northern Division —> Zach McAllister, Anthony Slama, Junichi Tazawa (not playing), Madison Bumgarner (not playing), Brian Jeroloman, Jesus Montero, Josh Thole (not playing), Lars Anderson, Whit Robbins

Southern Division —> Daniel Moskos, Joe Savery, Vance Worley, Hector Rondon (not playing), Alex Avila, Carlos Santana, Brian Friday, Beau Mills, Quintin Berry, Mike Taylor, Nick Weglarz

Link to page with links to rosters

I'm bummed about missing some of the high level arms and I would have liked to seen Thole behind the plate, but it'll be fun checking out some of the really big boppers (Montero, Anderson, Santana, Mills, Taylor, and Weglarz) live and in color. 

So, who am I missing? Or, who on the list is someone I should pay extra special attention to? Or, should I just skip the game entirely and see what other fun, legal or otherwise, I can conjure up in Trenton on a Wednesday night? 

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