It's hard to believe the All-Star Futures Game is turning 25 this year. It feels like just yesterday the game was in its infancy at Fenway Park back in 1999.

Here's a timeline of some of the top moments from Futures Games past:

2023: Jacob Misiorowski created the buzz on the mound and Nasim Nu?ez provided all the offense that was needed as the National League won, 5-0, the fourth shutout in Futures Game history and the first since 2008. Misiorowski threw 11 fastballs in his inning, all in the 100-102 mph range, and struck out the side, using his mid-80s curve to get one and his 92-94 mph slider to get the other two. Nu?ez put the game away with a three-run double, taking a 97 mph sinker down and away and going to the opposite field with it, then stole third, to earn MVP honors.

2022: A¡¯s catcher Shea Langeliers took home MVP honors by homering -- off his former Braves batterymate Jared Shuster -- and throwing out Corbin Carroll trying to steal as his American League squad beat the NL, 6-4. It wasn¡¯t just Langeliers¡¯ arm strength on display. On the mound, Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller started at Dodger Stadium and struck out the side, touching triple digits. But Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn one-upped him and broke Statcast with a throw to first base that registered at 100.5 mph, a record for an infield throw.

Langeliers was not the only member of the AL lineup to go deep. Yankees outfielder Jasson Dom¨ªnguez took Giants lefty Kyle Harrison out to center field, 415 feet, in the third inning. Later that frame, Twins outfielder Matt Wallner hit a 115.8 mph laser that gave the American League a 5-3 lead.

2021: The return of the Futures Game after the 2020 cancellation brought two years worth of anticipation -- and action -- with it. Cubs prospect Brennen Davis drilled two home runs to be named Most Valuable Player and fuel the National League team to an 8-3 victory. Rockies prospect Michael Toglia elated the Coors Field crowd with a homer of his own, and the Cardinals' Nolan Gorman -- promoted from Double-A Springfield to Triple-A Memphis not two weeks prior -- contributed an RBI double. The Nationals' Cade Cavalli threw three consecutive triple-digits pitches during a scoreless frame.

On the American League side, the Tigers' Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene combined to reach base four times, and Boston's Jeter Downs doubled for the lone extra-base hit in the losing effort. Gameday ?

2019: The '19 version of the Futures Game featured two new wrinkles -- the game was shortened to seven innings and featured a league vs. league matchup, a change from the World vs. U.S. format that had been used since its inception. Despite the changes, the two teams actually played more than seven innings thanks to Rangers prospect Sam Huff. With his team down to its final two outs, Huff gave the AL new life in the seventh with a game-tying two-run home run against Ben Bowden (Rockies¡¯ No. 16 prospect). The game went to an extra inning, but ended in a tie following a scoreless eighth inning. Huff¡¯s big blast in front of 34,386 fans at Progressive Field earned him game Most Valuable Player honors. More ?

2018: The two sides combined for eight home runs -- doubling the previous Futures Game record -- as the Team USA outslugged the World, 10-6, on All-Star Sunday at Nationals Park. The win was the second straight for the U.S. and their eighth in nine years.

Yusniel Diaz, the Dodgers' No. 4 prospect, became only the second player in the 20-year history of the Futures Game to go deep twice, Mets first-base prospect Pete Alonso launched an absolute moon shot that was the first in the Statcast? era to have an exit velocity above 113 mph and a launch angle above 40, and White Sox outfielder Luis Basabe turned around a 102.3-mph fastball from Cincinnati's Hunter Greene, sending it back at 104.8 mph for a 404-foot homer to right-center.

Taylor Trammell (No. 34 overall, Reds' No. 3) earned MVP honors, going 2-for-2 with a home run and a triple. More ?

2017: The U.S. ran out to a 7-0 lead and held on to win, 7-6, giving the team its seventh win in the past eight years. Astros outfielder Derek Fisher had the big blow in Miami, with a two-run double, and five more of his U.S. teammates drove in a run. Rays top prospect Brent Honeywell became the first pitcher to ever earn game MVP honors, setting the tone with a pair of shutout innings.

"This is actually the coolest thing I've ever done. I don't think I've ever won a real MVP," Honeywell said. "This is kind of cool. I thank them for letting me do this. I really, really wanted this start." Gameday ?

2016: The World team had not won the Futures Game since 2009, but thanks to MVP Yoán Moncada, the squad was able to break its six-game losing streak with a convincing 11-3 victory. Moncada crushed an upper-deck home run in the eighth inning to give the World a 4-3 lead. He also made a fine defensive play and stole a base.

"I'm really happy with the game I had and how we all united as a team the entire game," Moncada said. "This is the first time I've played in a big league stadium. This was a great experience for me to be part of the All-Star Game." Gameday ?

2015: It was a fun homecoming story even before Kyle Schwarber took a swing. The Cubs' prospect from the Cincinnati area had a ton of friends and family at Great American Ballpark to watch the local boy and they were thrilled to see him triple in two runs to break open the game in the third inning en route to a 10-1 U.S. win.

"It was awesome to come out and actually step on the field I grew up watching ballgames on," said Schwarber, who was named MVP in a game that also featured a two-run home run by Josh Bell of the Pirates. "It was special. My eyes lit up as soon as I stepped on it. It was a great experience, being able to play in front of all my friends and family and all these great fans and to play with a great group of guys." Gameday ?

2014: It was the Joey Gallo show at Target Field. After putting on a Home Run Derby-caliber show during batting practice, including doing some serious damage to a truck on display beyond the right-field seats, the Rangers slugging third baseman hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the United States a 3-2 lead that held up for its fifth straight Futures Game victory.

"This is definitely my most memorable home run," Gallo said after the game. "To hit one in front of 37,000 people, definitely."

Gallo knew what fans wanted to see during batting practice, too.

"My first swing, I was up there just swinging and I hit a home run and heard people go kind of like, 'Ohhhhhh,'" Gallo said. "I said, 'I might as well put on a show. People are paying good money to be here, so I'll give them what I want.' I heard I broke a windshield, and I do feel bad about that." Gameday ?

2013: The U.S. ran its streak to four straight, leaning heavily on power arms to shut down the World Team offense. The World didn't manage a hit after the fourth inning.

"It's a true showcase of talent," said U.S. lefty Jesse Biddle of the Philles, whose strikeout to end the fourth was one of the game's biggest outs. "We have a lot of pitchers with sheer, raw power. Guys that just bring it."

Matt Davidson's two-run homer in the fourth was enough to give the then-D-backs third-base prospect the Larry Doby MVP Award.

"You have guys throwing 95-plus and they have good offspeed stuff, so you have to pick one or the other," Davidson said. "I was sitting dead-red fastball. The first one, he got in on me a little bit. Then the next pitch, I'm going to stick with the fastball. He shook a couple of times, so I'm thinking the catcher is trying to throw something offspeed. He hung a changeup and it kind of ran into my barrel." Gameday ?

2012: The United States made it three in a row in blowout fashion. Wil Myers and Nick Castellanos each drove in three runs. Castellanos had three of the U.S.'s 17 hits, including a home run, in the biggest offensive outpouring in Futures Game history.

"It still hasn't sunk in that I won the MVP at the Futures Game," Castellanos said following the game. "I'm just going to try to enjoy every moment of this ... this feeling, because it's a good one." Gameday ?

2011: Second base was the place to be in Arizona. On the United States side, Jason Kipnis started things off with a homer to lead off the bottom of the first. Grant Green pinch-hit for Kipnis in the fifth and doubled, then doubled again in a three-run eighth that allowed the U.S. to come from behind.

"I thought it was gone," Green said. "I didn't know it was a 15-foot-high wall. I thought it was a normal wall. I even heard from people in the stands when I got to second base, telling me to hit the weight room. The shortstop [Jurickson Profar] was cracking up behind me. It's all fun and games. That wall's huge. They need to lower that thing, make me feel good about myself."

On the World side, a relatively unheralded 5-foot-6 Astros prospect named José Altuve went 2-for-3 with a double in what was a breakout season that saw him hit nearly .400 between high A and Double-A before forcing his way onto the big league roster less than two weeks after the Futures Game. Gameday ?

2010: Just getting to play on what you hope will be your home field would be enough. But Hank Conger went one step further. Fellow Angels prospect Mike Trout reached base four times (five, if you count his pinch-running for Domonic Brown) and excited the crowd with his speed. But it was Conger who took home MVP honors, thanks to his two-run homer on a 96-mph fastball from Henderson Alvarez.

"I was trying to keep a straight face, and then rounding third, I had to break out into a big smile," Conger said. "I mean, this game is supposed to be fun. Rounding third base, I just had a big smile on my face. I was just so happy. Just so much adrenaline, so excited. It was awesome." Gameday ?

2009 and 2006: Velocity and plenty of it have been common in the Futures Game, with many a plus fastball on display over the years. But these two were particularly special. In Pittsburgh, Matt Lindstrom came in to close things out for the U.S. team and hit triple digits repeatedly. He struck out Pablo Sandoval to start the inning, then threw pitches of 101 and 100 mph to Yunel Escobar before whiffing him on a 78 mph changeup. Carlos Gonz¨¢lez flew out to left to end the game. 2006 Gameday ?

In 2009, it was Neftal¨ª Feliz's turn. A starter largely until that season, Major League fans got a glimpse of what he could look like as a high-octane short reliever when he entered this game. He popped a 100-mph fastball in St. Louis, creating a buzz after a very long delay (one that saw Brad Lincoln, Kyle Drabek and Mat Latos play Frisbee in the rain). Feliz, at age 21, was in Texas at the end of the year, blowing big league hitters away. 2009 Gameday ?

2008: The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry trickled down to the Futures Game this year and it was an under-the-radar prospect, Che-Hsuan Lin who caught the brunt of it. Lin homered at the game in Yankee Stadium, a two-run shot that enabled the World team to win, 3-0, and earn Lin MVP honors. It came on the very first pitch he saw at Yankee Stadium, turning around a Ryan Mattheus 94-mph heater. Lin heard some boos -- he was a Red Sox farmhand, after all -- but got more than a fair share of cheers mixed in.

"I didn't think too much about the cheering," Lin said. "Maybe one day when I become a big leaguer, there will be no more. But it's something, with the tradition, I respect that." Gameday ?

2007: Justin Upton homered, but it was the World Team's ability to manufacture runs that led to their victory in San Francisco. Michael Saunders stole two bases, Chin-Lung Hu drove him in twice, and stole a base of his own to earn MVP honors.

"Basically, [World Team manager Juan Marichal] looked at the stats and the scouting reports," Saunders said, "and gave us the green light to go." Gameday ?

2005: Justin Verlander had already made his Major League debut prior to the Futures Game, but it came in Cleveland. He got sent back down to the Minors, so he got to make his Comerica Park debut on All-Star Sunday. He started and tossed a scoreless frame for the U.S. team. He'd get a chance to make a Major League start at home later that month and, of course, would go on to win Rookie of the Year honors the following season. Gameday ?

2004: Aaron Hill wasn't even supposed to be in Houston for this game. Russ Adams was slated to represent the Blue Jays organization, but a rib-cage injury sidelined him and Hill was the last-minute replacement. He made the most of it, doubling in what proved to be the winning run to earn the game's MVP award. He would hit Toronto the following season.

"It still hasn't sunk in yet," he said after winning MVP honors. "I had to put the trophy in my locker. If I carried it around I would've dropped it." Gameday ?

2003: With pitchers largely going just an inning or two, at most, in each Futures Game, it's not a surprise that the arms have often dominated over the years. The U.S. team really had it going on in Chicago in this edition of the Futures Game, tossing three straight perfect frames. It started with John Van Benschoten, followed by Gavin Floyd and then Zack Greinke. Both Floyd and Greinke struck out two each. All three made their Major League debuts the following season. Gameday ?

2002: Mets shortstop, and 2011 All-Star, Jos¨¦ Reyes still talks about winning the MVP in this contest, held in Milwaukee. On a stacked World Team that included 19-year-old Miguel Cabrera, Reyes broke the game open with his bat and his legs. He took a 3-2 pitch from Aaron Cook and ripped it into right-center with the bases loaded for a three-run triple. Reyes was up with New York the following season at age 20. Gameday ?

2001: Safeco Field had (and has) a reputation for being pitching-friendly, and that's pretty well deserved. But at the Futures Game there 12 years ago, the United States team didn't get the memo. The squad hit three homers -- one each by Adam Dunn, Chase Utley and MVP Toby Hall. Dunn's was the most memorable, an absolute blast that slammed off the restaurant window well beyond the right-field fence. Dunn would make it up to Cincinnati just a couple of weeks later and finished fourth in National League Rookie of the Year Award voting by hitting 19 homers in just 66 games.

"I have heard that the ball doesn't carry that well here," Dunn said after the game, "but it seemed to carry pretty well today." Gameday ?

2000: Carlos Pena homered for the World Team in Atlanta in the game's second year. The United States took the lead, but CC Sabathia let in the tying run, though he did strike out the side. Barry Zito tossed a perfect frame, and Josh Beckett also struck out the side. Sean Burroughs had three hits to win Most Valuable Player honors. Gameday ?

1999: In the first year of this Minor League exhibition, no one knew exactly what to expect or whether this event would take hold. Two swings of the bat from one player helped cement it in place. At the time, Alfonso Soriano was a thin shortstop with the Yankees' Double-A affiliate. When he smashed not one, but two homers over the Green Monster, he jumped firmly on the map along with the game. Soriano would make his Major League debut later that season, establishing himself as a power-speed threat two years later in 2001.

"I'd like to make my mother proud. I'd like to be a star," a reserved Soriano had said prior to the game. Gameday ?