A rundown of Dogs, Cougars all-stars
The American Association All-Star Game is 7 p.m. Tuesday at Impact Field in Rosemont.
There will be a home run derby and other activities on Monday, gates open at 5:30 p.m. both days.
Here's a look at the All-Stars from the two local teams, the Chicago Dogs and Kane County Cougars:
Ryan Lidge, C, Dogs: The Barrington High School grad played in college at Notre Dame, is third in the league with a .364 batting average.
K.C. Hobson, INF, Dogs: Son of Dogs manager Butch Hobson was a sixth-round pick of Toronto and spent 10 years in the minors before joining the Dogs in 2020.
Grant Kay, INF, Dogs: Omaha native played in college at Louisville, leads Dogs with 10 home runs.
Danny Mars, OF, Dogs: Leads Dogs and ranks fifth in the league with 45 RBI, drafted in sixth round by Boston in 2014.
Ryan Clark, RHP, Dogs: Reliever owns a 1.12 ERA and 41-7 strikeout-to-walk ratio, reached Triple A with Angels.
James Reeves, LHP, Dogs: Reliever reached Triple A with both Yankees and Padres, played in college at The Citadel.
Paul Schwendel, RHP, Dogs: Reliever had a brief run in Cardinals organization last year, now in third season with the Dogs.
Jimmy Kerrigan, OF Cougars: In first season in Kane County, Kerrigan ranks fourth in the league with 17 home runs.
Dylan Busby, 3B, Cougars: Sarasota, Florida, native was a third-round pick of Pirates in 2017, now hitting .338 for Cougars.
Ryan Tapani, RHP, Cougars: Son of former major-league pitcher Kevin Tapani, Ryan leads league with 71 strikeouts.
Logan Nissen, RHP, Cougars: Minnesota native leads Kane County with 7 saves and 1.71 ERA.