
MLB published the first update on the fan voting for the 2022 All-Star starters on Tuesday, and Aaron Judge has received 1,512,368 votes so far. That's more than 200,000 votes over the next-closest American League player, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, who also ranks second in home runs to Judge.
Mookie Betts, the outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, leads the National League with 1,446,050 votes. But Betts' advantage isn't nearly as influential as Judge's, as Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. is behind Betts by only 50,000 votes.
Major League Baseball has published a first update on the voting cycle for the 2022 All-Star Game. The game will take place on Tuesday, July 19, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. With the new system, MLB has decided to start the All-Star Game based on the league with the most votes, authorizing them to skip the second phase.
The voting process remains at Stage 1, so fans can continue to vote for players until Thursday, June 30.
MLB will begin Phase 2 on Tuesday, July 5, after which fans will choose between the top two players in each position and the top six outfielders to determine who will start this year's Midsummer Classic. The top two vote-getters at every post, including designated hitters, and the top six outfielders in each league will be revealed on June 30 at 2 PM during a live MLB Network special.
ESPN will broadcast the starting lineup and full roster on Sunday, July 10, following the conclusion of Phase 2 on Friday, July 8. The starting positions at Dodger Stadium will go to Judge and Betts if they continue to lead their leagues.
Voting continues at MLB.com and on the official websites of the 30 teams.
The AL ballot has a couple of tight races. Among all teams, four Toronto Blue Jays players are in first place at their respective positions. In the race for second place among second basemen, Blue Jays' Santiago Espinal exceeds Cleveland Guardians' Andrés Giménez by just over 8,00 votes.
Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts and Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson are separated by just over 3,000 votes in the race for the second shortstop position. Over 8,000 votes separate New York Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton and Los Angeles Angels' Taylor Ward for the fourth and final outfield position.
The New York Mets' Jeff McNeil and the Atlanta Braves' Ozzie Albies are in a close race for second place in the National League. More than 9,000 votes currently favor Albies.
Other than Judge, Betts, Acuña Jr., and Trout, only Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper and Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk have reached over one million votes so far.
Catcher
- Wilson Contreras (Cubs): 801,630 votes
- Travis d’Arnot (Braves): 471,921 votes
- Yadier Molina (Cardinals): 454,685 votes
First base
- Paul Goldschmidt (Cardinals): 930,441 votes
- Pete Alonso (Mets): 602,321 votes
- Freddie Freeman (Dodgers): 469,197 votes
Second base
- Jazz Chisholm (Marlins): 634,762 votes
- Ozzy Albis (Braves): 589,804 votes
- Jeff McNeil (Mets): 580,257 votes
Third base
- Manny Machado (Padres): 969,582 votes
- Nolan Arenado (Cardinals): 581,363 votes
- Austin Riley (Braves): 557,220 votes
Shortstop
- Trea Turner (Dodgers): 811,839 votes
- Dansby Swanson (Braves): 599,251 votes
- Francisco Lindor (Metz): 521,489 votes
Far-field
- Mookie Betts (Dodgers): 1,446,050 votes
- Ronald Acuña Jr. (Braves): 1,398,563 votes
- Jock Pederson (Giants): 630,584 votes
- Starling Marte (Mets): 469,344 votes
- Juan Soto (citizens): 451,079 votes
- Adam Duval (Braves): 332,387 votes
Designated hitter
- Bryce Harper (Phillies): 1,059,433 votes
- William Contreras (Braves): 584,630 votes
- Albert Pujols (Cardinals): 344,248 votes
Catcher
- Alejandro Kirk (Blue Jays): 1,057,008 votes
- Jose Trevino (Yankees): 387,983 votes
- Salvador Perez (Royals): 266,604 votes
First base
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Blue Jays): 947,045 votes
- Ty France (Sailors): 596,030 votes
- Anthony Rizzo (Yankees): 445,683 votes
Second base
- Jose Altuve (Astros): 710,708 votes
- Santiago Espinal (Blue Jays): 522,154 votes
- Andres Jimenez (Guardians): 514,982 votes
Third base
- Raphael Devers (Red Sox): 727,669 votes
- Jose Ramirez (Guardians): 711,367 votes
- Matt Chapman (Blue Jays): 406,182 votes
Shortstop
- Beau Bichette (Blue Jays): 585,744 votes
- Tim Anderson (White Sox): 528,278 votes
- Xander Bogaerts (Red Sox): 525,202 votes
Far-field
- Aaron Judge (Yankees): 1,512,368 votes
- Mike Trout (Angels): 1,295,854 votes
- George Springer (Blue Jays): 622,063 votes
- Giancarlo Stanton (Yankees): 504,537 votes
- Taylor Ward (Angels): 497,361 votes
- Byron Buxton (twins): 403,050 votes
Designated hitter
- Jordan Alvarez (Astros): 835,669 votes
- Shohei Otani (Angels): 555,056 votes
- JD Martinez (Red Sox): 307,706 votes
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