Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter continues to lead in voting among American League shortstops after the latest round of voting results for MLB's All-Star Game were announced Sunday.
MLB All-Star votes: Derek Jeter likely to start, Jose Bautista and Troy Tulowitzki lead balloting
Jeter is set to play in his 14th All-Star Game during his final season, while Jose Bautista and Troy Tulowitzki are the only players to garner more than two million votes.
Al Bello
Despite batting just .254/.312/.300 in 54 games for the Yankees this season, the 39-year-old Jeter is leading runner-up Alexei Ramirez by more than one million votes. Jeter has been an All-Star on 13 different occasions, though he missed last year's game for the first time in seven seasons.
Elsewhere in the AL, Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista (2,135,223 votes) passed Mike Trout (1,945,170) for the overall AL lead with just over a month remaining before July 15's All-Star Game at Target Field in Minnesota. Bautista leads all AL players with a .435 on-base percentage and has also belted 15 home runs. He has been named an All-Star in four straight seasons dating back to 2010.
Bautista's teammate in Toronto, Melky Cabrera, rounds out the starting outfield with 1,096,784 votes, while Miguel Cabrera (1,477,420), Robinson Cano (1,111,800), and Josh Donaldson (1,470,544) fill out the rest of the AL's infield.
Orioles catcher Matt Wieters (1,235,369) is in line to start at catcher despite remaining on the DL with an injury to his throwing elbow.
In the National League, Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki remains the highest vote-getter with 2,007,202, joining Bautista as the only two players to eclipse two million votes thus far. Tulowitzki has made the All-Star team on three prior occasions. He leads the National League in batting average, OBP, slugging percentage and home runs.
Mets third baseman David Wright has overtaken the top spot at the hot corner for the NL with 859,082 votes as Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Utley remain the top players at second and first.
Yasiel Puig (1,472,717) is now the NL's top vote-getter in the outfield after his torrid May. Giancarlo Stanton (1,259,047) and Carlos Gomez (1,192,174) would currently join Puig in the outfield after both players leapfrogged Andrew McCutchen (1,190,516) in the voting.
Cardinals backstop Yadier Molina (1,621,944) is currently slated to start at catcher.
Voting for MLB’s All-Star Game will continue through July 3.
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