ESPN: Una estrella más de los Yankees establece un récord de la MLB
Aaron Judge, an outfielder with the New York Yankees, will be returning to the All-Star Game to represent the Bronx Bombers.
Aaron Judge, the slugger for the New York Yankees, continues to lead the American League in vote totals and will start in the All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas, next month.
In both of the results releases—the most recent one occurring on Monday—Judge had led the league in votes cast.
He was the most voted player in both leagues with 3,425,309 votes. Judge is now automatically selected as an All-Star per voting standards, and he will start for the AL on July 16 at Globe Life Field.
Judge was a starter in Seattle the previous season and is an All-Star for the sixth time.
Bryce Harper of Philadelphia, who finished first in the National League in voting, will start at first base.
Juan Soto, an outfielder who plays with Judge, was the only other Yankees player to go past the first round of voting.
Only a small number of players in phase one garnered at least three million votes, including Soto. Even if phase two voting begins on Sunday, Judge’s victory might have made it easier for Soto to get into another All-Star Game.
There are just two outfield starting lineup places available because Judge already has a spot. And as a result, only Soto, Steven Kwan of Cleveland, Anthony Santander of Baltimore, and Kyle Tucker of Houston were the other four outfielders who made it past phase one voting.
That ought to improve Soto’s chances of being selected for the fourth time in his career for the All-Star Game. He was a reserve for San Diego last year, and his other three bids were in the National League.
Voting in phase two begins on Sunday at noon and runs through Wednesday at noon. You can access the ballot at mlb.com/vote on a mobile device or online. Fans are limited to one vote every day.
On Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern, ESPN will reveal the winners and starting lineups. The pitching staff and reserves will be chosen later.
Following the announcement of the second wave of results, Giancarlo Stanton, who had been ranked second in the designated hitter voting, was no longer in the top two on Thursday. Due to his injury, it is unlikely that he will play again until after the All-Star break.
Yordan Alvarez of Houston and Ryan O’Hearn of Baltimore will now compete for the position. Shohei Ohtani, who began the season as DH for the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League but moved to the AL in the winter, will be replaced by the winner.
There are a lot of Baltimore and Philadelphia players among the finalists. The Phillies, which include Harper, have seven finalists, while the Orioles have six.
The other AL finalists are: Jose Altuve of Houston and Marcus Semien of Texas at second base; Adley Rutschman of Baltimore and Salvador Perez of Kansas City at catcher; Ryan Mountcastle of Baltimore and Bobby Witt Jr. of Kansas City at first base; Jose Ramirez of Cleveland and Baltimore’s Jordan Westburg at third base; and Gunnar Henderson of Baltimore and Bobby Witt Jr. of Kansas City at shortstop.
