Major League Baseball elected to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta following the passage of SB 202, but at least one Braves icon will still take part in festivities that will now be held in Colorado.
Andruw Jones - he of the five All-Star selections - will coach in the MLB Futures Game on Sunday at Coors Field, as Mark Bowman of MLB.com noted. The 10-time Gold Glove Award winner will be the National League's hitting coach, with his former teammate, Vinny Castilla, slated to be the manager.
Braves prospects Drew Waters and Michael Harris will be on the National League team, and they'll play against an American League team that will be managed by former reliever LaTroy Hawkins.
Two nights before the MLB Futures Game, Jones' son, Druw, will play in the MLB/USA Baseball All-American Game, Bowman added.
Druw is a legitimate prospect independent of who is dad is. Perfect Game USA has Druw - who is preparing for his senior year of high school - listed at 6-foot-3, 180 pounds. The Vanderbilt commit is described as "rangy and fluid in the field," and able to "create lift" at the plate.