NL All Star Voting Results Updated

On Sunday the updated results for 2013 All Star Game for the NL team came out. The starters for the NL team changed at one position but the other positions stayed the same but the positioning in terms of voting changed.

Catcher
At the Catcher position Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants continues to lead with 1,961,861 votes. Buster Posey is currently the highest vote getter overall for the National League team. In second place in voting for the Catcher position is Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals with 1,684,700 votes. As a wrote in my initial post on the NL all star team voting, I think Buster Posey is a good pick for the Catcher position but I think the Catcher for the Atlanta Braves Evan Gattis should be competing for the starting spot. I talked about Evan Gattis on my Monday post.


First Base
At the First Base position Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds continues to the lead the voting with 1,569,477 votes. As was written in my original post I thought that Joey Votto should be leading the voting for the First Base position. Second in voting for the First Base position is Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks with 928,647 votes. This is a better decision than the previous vote because Brandon Belt of the San Francisco Giants was in second. Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves should be contending but he is not because he is only in fifth position with 704,578 votes.

Second Base
At the Second Base Position Brandon Phillips of the Cincinnati Reds continues to lead the voting with 1,541,720 votes. Brandon Phillips is the best Second Basemen in the National League and he deserves to be first in voting. In second place at the Second Base position is Marco Scutaro of the San Francisco Giants with 1,285,076 votes. Marco Scutaro is a good Second Basemen and should be competing for the starting job for the All Star game. This vote could come down to the end of the voting period and it should be interesting.

Shortstop
At the Shortstop position Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies continues to lead the voting with 1,691,262 votes. Troy Tulowitzki has had a good season this year so far after he was injured a lot last season. Troy Tulowitzki continues to hit the ball well and living up to the reputation of the best hitting Shortstop in the National League. Second in the voting for the National League for the Shortstop position continues to be Brandon Crawford of the San Francisco Giants with 1,015,633 votes. The young Shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers, Jean Segura should be second in the voting and many experts believe that he should be competing for the starting position. Jean Segura is currently third in the voting with 835,329 votes. Segura is a very good defensive player and it just depends on if your preference is a good hitter like Tulowitzki or a good fielder like Segura.

Third Base
At the Third Base position Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants continues to lead at the Third Base position with 1,674,157 votes. Pablo Sandoval went on the disabled list yesterday for an injury and will not be playing for a little bit of time. The big question is Pablo Sandoval going to be healthy enough to start for the National League team. In second place in the voting for the Third Base position is David Wright of the New York Mets with 1,473,381 votes. David Wright is the best Third Basemen in the game and maybe by the end of the voting period maybe he will be the leading vote getter at the Third Base position. Chris Johnson of the Atlanta Braves has fallen in the voting to fourth place with 635,138 votes and has been passed by the Third Basemen for the St. Louis Cardinals David Freese with 720,939 votes.

Outfield
In the Outfield which is the most unique of any of the positions because of the top three voting outfielders get to start, Justin Upton of the Atlanta Braves continues to lead the voting for the Outfield with 1,666,026 votes. Justin Upton has played really well this season and he deserves to continue leading the Outfield in most votes. Second in voting for the Outfield continues to be young outfielder Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals with 1,616,784 votes. Bryce Harper is a good player but he has been injured this season and has had a stint on the disabled list this season for playing really hard and injuring himself after hitting the outfield wall. Third in the voting for the Outfield has changed and now in third place with 1,550,844 votes is Carlos Beltran of the St. Louis Cardinals. Carlos Beltran is a veteran and a very good right fielder for the Cardinals. Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers and who had been third in the voting is now fourth with 1,283,103 votes. I wonder if the recent PED report that came out affected where he was in the voting.  

For More Information on the second release of the NL 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 NL All Star Voting Results post.

This is Buster Posey, the Catcher for the San Francisco Giants and currently the leading vote getter at the Catcher position and the overall leader in votes for the National League.