The MLB Secretariat announced the results of the interim tally of MLB All-Star voting on the 18th (Korea Standard Time).
Judge, a candidate in the outfielder category of the American League, garnered the most votes in the entire MLB with 1,366,315 votes. He hit 26 home runs this season, leading the league in home runs, and captivating fans.
Juan Soto (Yankees) is trailing his teammate Judge with 1.25 million votes. Soto is also a candidate in the AL outfielder category.
Judge and Soto are the only players who have exceeded 1 million votes in the AL.
Four players in the National League have received more than 1 million votes. Among them, first baseman candidate Bryce Harper (Philadelphia Phillies) is receiving the most votes with 1,110,562.
Shortstop candidate Mookie Betts (LA Dodgers), who suffered a broken left hand the previous day, also received 1,023,690 votes.
Third baseman candidate Alec Bohm (Philadelphia) received 1,012,174 votes, and designated hitter candidate Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) received 1,002,377 votes.
Kim Ha-sung, the only Korean major leaguer to be nominated for an All-Star, ranks sixth in the NL shortstop category (114,657 votes).
It is not easy to overturn, as it is 909,033 votes behind Betts, who ranks first in this category, and 394,386 votes behind second-place Trea Turner (Philadelphia, 509,043 votes).
Kim Ha-sung, who advanced to the big league in 2021, has not yet made a single MLB All-Star Game stage.
The MLB All-Star voting will be divided into the first and second rounds. The second round of voting will be conducted for the top two players (six outfielders) with the most votes from each position in the first round, and the final players for the All-Star Game will be decided.스포츠토토사이트
The two players with the most votes in the two major leagues will be confirmed to start the All-Star Game without a final vote.
Pitchers are selected through a team vote and a secretariat recommendation.
Meanwhile, this year’s All-Star Game will be held on the 17th of next month at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, home to last year’s World Series winner Texas Rangers.