Cubs prospect Brennen Davis homers twice, named MVP of Futures Game |
DENVER — Taking advantage of the Coors Field altitude, Chicago Cubs prospect Brennen Davis hit two home runs in the All-Star Futures Game on Sunday and was named the MVP of the contest. Davis, a center fielder for the Double-A Tennessee Smokies, is the No. 2-rated prospect in the Cubs' farm system.
The 21-year-old is integral to the Cubs' future, and he showcased why by crushing two solo blasts and leading the National League to an 8-3 victory over the American League in the seven-inning affair. Davis' first dinger was a 428-foot bomb that sailed out to straightaway center field in the bottom of the fourth, and the second was a lined shot that was hammered out to left field in the bottom of the sixth. Brennen Davis: 428 feet to dead center ?? Meanwhile in Colorado...@BrennenDavis__ with a 428-foot blast to extend the NL lead! pic.twitter.com/OMNeHGM9Es Brennen Davis AGAIN! Have a #FuturesGame, @BrennenDavis__! Davis started in right field and batted sixth in the lineup, going 2-for-3 with one strikeout in his three plate appearances at the home of the Colorado Rockies. He became just the third-ever player to homer twice in the Futures Game. The first to do so was former Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano, who swatted a pair of round-trippers in the 1999 event. As the No. 45-rated prospect in all of baseball, Davis lived up to the hype en route to taking home the MVP honor. Fellow Cubs prospect Manuel Rodriguez, a relief pitcher for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, also suited up in Sunday's tilt, tossing a scoreless inning out of the bullpen for the National League. Your #FuturesGame MVP! ?? Cubs prospect Brennen Davis (@BrennenDavis__) told us last night that the Futures Game MVP was up for grabs … he grabbed it ?? pic.twitter.com/Js1gOmcBo1
The @Cubs' No. 2 prospect, who has 55-or-better grades for all five tools, extends the NL's lead in the All-Star Futures Game. pic.twitter.com/fjAkR3Ekhb
The @Cubs prospect is just the third player in Futures Game history to homer twice in the event.
(Alfonso Soriano in 1999; Yusniel Diaz in 2018) pic.twitter.com/yiIrZYzZYi
The #Cubs prospect crushed his second homer of the day. pic.twitter.com/tiUY7bwxGi
Congratulations, @BrennenDavis__! pic.twitter.com/DMnie14PQ9
