Two days after the best start of his young career, Carson Fulmer earned an invitation to the All-Star Futures Game.
The club’s top prospect will play for the U.S. team in the July 10 contest at Petco Park, the White Sox announced on Tuesday. Fulmer, who pitches at Double-A Birmingham, struck out seven in seven scoreless innings on Sunday night.
The 2015 first-round pick has struggled with command this season and has a 5.88 ERA and 44 walks in 75 innings. But Fulmer --- who has 75 strikeouts in 2016 --- has improved those figures of late, striking out 39 and walking 10 in his last 29 innings. He has a 4.34 ERA in that span, which accounts for his last five starts.
The White Sox selected Fulmer with the eighth overall pick of the 2015 draft. He had a 1.96 ERA in 23 innings between the franchise’s Rookie League team and Single-A Winston-Salem.