AL All Star Voting Results Updated

On Saturday the updated results for 2013 All Star Game for the AL team came out. The starters for the AL team stayed the same but the positions in voting changed.

Catcher
At the Catcher position Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins continues to lead the voting with 1,492,396 votes. Matt Wieters, the Catcher from the Baltimore Orioles continues to be in second place with 1,153,795 votes. As I said when I wrote my original post on the AL team's all star game voting results, these two players are the best players in the American League at their position and they both deserve to be where they are at in the voting right now.

First Base
At the First Base position Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles continues to lead the voting with 2,084,274 votes. As I wrote in my original post on the AL team's all star voting results, Chris Davis deserves to be leading the voting results so far because he has had a really nice first half of the season so far. Second in voting for the First Base position is Detroit Tigers first basemen Prince Fielder. Prince Fielder has a total of 1,469,537 votes. This is still the same as the last time and if the voters get it right, this will stay the same.

Second Base
At the Second Base position Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees continues to lead the voting with 1,851,371 votes. Robinson Cano still continues to be a good hitter and continues to be one of the faces of the Yankees since Derek Jeter is still out with an injury. The Second leading vote getter for the Second Base position has changed and it is Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox with 1,106,949 votes. Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox is a really good player but the votes are still right with the Second Base position because Robinson Cano is the best in the game at the position.

Third Base
At Third Base the leading vote getter is still the obvious choice at this position and he continues to be the leading vote getter with 2,355,128 votes. He has almost gained 1 million votes since the early voting numbers came out. Miguel Cabrera is a very good player and he deserves to be first at third base because he has had an MVP caliber season so far and he is trying to defend his triple crown title from last season. In second place in the voting is Baltimore Orioles Third Basemen Manny Machado with 1,170,108 votes. Manny Machado is a very good young third basemen for the Orioles and he plays for a long time he will get to start the all star game at some point.

Shortstop
At the Shortstop position the leading vote getter has changed and it is now J.J. Hardy of the Baltimore Orioles leading with 1,231,843 votes. J.J. Hardy is a hard nosed player and the fans of Baltimore enjoy watching him play and that is why he is probably first in the voting now. In second place in the voting is Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers with 1,045,855 votes. Elvis Andrus was leading the voting for the Shortstop position when the first voting results came out. This race is really close and will come down to the end of the voting period.

Outfield 
The Outfield players are still the same but the amount of votes and the order has changed. The leading vote getter for the Outfield is now Baltimore Orioles Outfielder Adam Jones with 1,944,450 votes. Adam Jones is a really good player and it is no surprise that he has this many votes and is now leading the votes for the Outfield. In second for the Outfield is good, young Outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout with 1,939,486 votes. Mike Trout had a good rookie season and he continues with a good sophomore season. In third and the final starting position for the Outfield is Torii Hunter of the Detroit Tigers with 1,067,973 votes. The results for the outfield are different because the top three vote getters in the Outfield get to start the all star so that is why the top three vote getters matter so much.

Designated Hitter
The Designated Hitter position is unique to the American League. The Designated Hitter will hit instead of the Pitcher in the American League, however, in the National League the Pitcher bats and they do not have a Designated Hitter. The voting for the Designated Hitter position has not changed and the face of the Boston Red Sox David Ortiz is still leading the voting with 1,716,410 votes. In second place for the Designated Hitter position is Lance Berkman of the Texas Rangers with 957,618 votes.

For More Information on the second release of the AL team all star game voting go to the MLB webpage for more and if you want to see a earlier release of the votes and my opinion on the votes, check out my Early AL All Star Voting results post.