AL All Star Voting Update

On Saturday the update of the results for 2013 All Star Game for the AL team came out. The Voting has changed for a starting position. Also a record for amount of votes given to a single player may get broken.

Catcher
At the Catcher position Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins continues to pace the voting there with 2,127,175 votes. In second place Matt Wieters of the Baltimore Orioles continues to trail in the voting with 1,615,625 votes. These two players are the best at their position in the American League and they should finish this way when the voting is finally over. Joe Mauer is the face of the Twins and he is arguably the best Catcher in baseball but he definitely is the best in the American League.

First Base
At the First Base position Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles is still leading the voting for the First Base Position with 2,999, 094 votes. Chris Davis continues to have a career year because he is leading Major League Baseball in home runs with 22. In second place for the First Base position is Prince Fielder of the Detroit Tigers with 1,980,129 votes. Voters have so far got this position right and hopefully they will keep it this way because Chris Davis deserves to start at First Base after a career year so far.

Second Base
At the Second Base position Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees continues to lead the voting in his position with 2,409,512 votes. Robinson Cano is a really good player and he continues to play really good this season and he is also the best player at his position in the American League. In second place for the American League at the Second Base is Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox with 1,635,674 votes. Dustin Pedroia is a really good player for the Boston Red Sox but he should not beat Robinson Cano for the starting position at Second Base because Cano is the best in the American League.

Third Base
At the Third Base position Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers continues to lead the voting for his position with 3,277,890 votes. Miguel Cabrera is on pace to set a record for most votes for a single player for All Star game voting because last year current Angels and former Rangers Outfielder Josh Hamilton set a record with 11,073,744 votes and if Cabrera keeps this pace he could break it. Miguel Cabrera currently leads the American League in Batting Average and Runs Batted In and he is in second place in Home Runs. In Second Place in voting for the Third Base Position is Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles with 1,626,209 votes. If Manny Machado keeps playing well like he has, he will start an All Star game at some point but for now Miguel Cabrera deserves to be the starter.

Shortstop
At the Shortstop position J.J. Hardy of the Baltimore Orioles continues to lead with 1,871,010 votes. J.J. Hardy is a good player and he has had a good season so far. J.J. Hardy plays every play hard and he just someone that many people would love have playing for them, which is the biggest complement you can give any player. In second place in the voting for the Shortstop position is Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers with 1,358,412 votes. Elvis Andrus was originally leading the voting for the Shortstop position when the first results for voting came out and as I said in my previous post about the voting results, this one will come down to the end.

Outfield
The Outfield position has stayed the same with the top two vote getters to get to start in the Outfield being Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles with 2,740,505 votes and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels with 2,710,115 votes. These players are both very good players and they both deserve to be the top two leading vote getters and they should be starting the All Star game for the American League. The voting for the third and final starting Outfield spot has changed as Torii Hunter of the Detroit Tigers has been passed in the voting by another Outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, Nick Markakis is now third with 1,463,392 votes and Torii Hunter is now in fourth with 1,425,571 votes. This voting for the third Outfielder should come down to the end of voting and it will be interesting to see who will start in the Outfield for the American League.

Designated Hitter
As I said in my last post 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 current leader in the voting for the Designated Hitter position has not changed as it is the face of the Boston Red Sox organization as it is David Ortiz with 2,488,451 votes. In second place is Lance Berkman of the Texas Rangers with 1,239,521 votes. This vote is not really that close and I don't expect the results to change because David Ortiz is the best Designated Hitter in the American League.

For More Information on the second release of the AL team all star game voting go to the MLB webpage for more and you can also check out my previous opinions on the first results and the previous results on the voting

This is Miguel Cabrera, the Third Basemen of the Detroit Tigers and he is currently the leader of most votes for the American League Team and he is on pace to break Josh Hamilton's voting record.