All-Star voting update: Intense competition highlights race for starting spot
Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels earned their starting spots by leading votes in the National League and American League respectively in the first period. The rest of the All-Star starters will be revealed Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
American League
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays: 31%
Guerrero( Human Resources Department, .723 OPS) leads all AL first basemen in first period voting, but Diaz ( human Resources,.805 OPS) There are players who have led the AL first base start in the last two All-Star games early in the second period. Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford and Corey Dixon are the Rays’ only position players to start in the All-Star Game #17;History.