{"id":475094,"date":"2025-07-14T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/josue-de-paula-hits-a-home-run-and-leads-the-national-league-to-victory-in-the-2025-futures-game\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:59:59","slug":"josue-de-paula-hits-a-home-run-and-leads-the-national-league-to-victory-in-the-2025-futures-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/josue-de-paula-hits-a-home-run-and-leads-the-national-league-to-victory-in-the-2025-futures-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Josu\u00e9 De Paula hits a home run and leads the National League to victory in the 2025 Futures Game"},"content":{"rendered":"Atlanta, USA<\/strong>. Dominican prospect Josu\u00e9 De Paula<\/strong> shined under the lights of Truist Park by hitting a three-run home run<\/strong> that propelled the National League to a 4-2 victory over the American League in the 2025 Futures Game<\/strong>, winning the Most Valuable Player (MVP)<\/strong> award of the game.\n\n\n

You may be interested in: <\/strong>Dominicans seek to extend their historic dominance in the Home Run Derby<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDe Paula, a gardener and the Dodgers of Los Angeles’ main prospect<\/strong>, became the figure of the match after depositing a 79.5 mph slider from left-hander Noah Schultz (White Sox) into the stands during the fourth inning. His hit was key to overcoming a 2-0 deficit and leading his league to its third consecutive victory<\/strong> in this classic of young promises.\n\nDe Paula, of Dominican father and African-American mother<\/strong>, lived part of his childhood in the Dominican Republic. In addition to his baseball lineage, his family is linked to professional basketball<\/strong>, as he is a second cousin of former NBA players Stephon Marbury<\/strong> and Sebastian Telfair<\/strong>.\n\nThe young cannoner, who is currently playing the season with the Great Lakes Loons (Class A)<\/strong>, maintains an offensive line of .265\/.409\/.425 with 10 home runs and 26 stolen bases in 78 games.\n\nAlongside De Paula, other prominent prospects also shone in the encounter. For the National League, Owen Caissie (Cubs) hit a run-scoring double and several batters recorded solid performances, including LuJames Groover (D-backs), who went 2-2.\n\nFor the American League, Josu\u00e9 Brice\u00f1o (Tigers) opened the scoring with a run-scoring triple and was followed by a sacrifice fly from Sebastian Walcott (Rangers), who drove in the second run. Both players continue their development in Double-A.\n\nThe pitching also had its highlights. Jurrangelo Cijntje (Mariners), JR Ritchie (Braves), and Trent Harris (Giants) each added two strikeouts in their respective innings of work.\n\nThe Futures Game has been a launching pad for future MLB legends like Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts, Aaron Judge<\/strong>, and Dominicans like Elly De La Cruz<\/strong>. Now, Josu\u00e9 De Paula writes his name on that list<\/strong>, confirming that his talent and projection place him among the great promises of baseball.\n\n\n

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Atlanta, USA. Dominican prospect Josu\u00e9 De Paula shined under the lights of Truist Park by hitting a three-run home run that propelled the National League to a 4-2 victory over the American League in the 2025 Futures Game, winning the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of the game. You may be interested in: Dominicans seek […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":475095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766],"class_list":["post-475094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1ZAO","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/josue-de-paulamlbespanol-9c3a6c47-focus-min0.34-0.3-896-504.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/josue-de-paulamlbespanol-9c3a6c47-focus-min0.34-0.3-896-504.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}