This Friday, MLB announced the early voting results for the All-Star Game of the Major Leagues, where Dominican Juan Soto occupies the second place among the American League outfielders, just behind Aaron Judge, teammate in the New York Yankees.
The data revealed on Monday includes several Latin American players leading the voting in their positions in both the National and American Leagues.
In the race among American League outfielders, Soto (1.252.020 votes) is behind Judge (1.366.315) and ahead of Kyle Tucker of the Houston Astros (593.358).
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Players like Venezuelan Anthony Santander of the Orioles (321.333); Mexican Alex Verdugo, of the Yankees (293.984); Cuban Adolis García, of the Rangers (257.623) and Julio Rodríguez, of the Mariners (219.502), are positioned in 5th, 6th, 8th, and 10th place among the minor league outfielders.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Dominican of the Blue Jays (746.031), leads the voting among the first basemen, while Yandy Díaz, Cuban of the Rays (60.540), is in 10th place.
At second base, Venezuelan José Altuve of the Astros (620.724) dominates the voting; followed by Dominican Jorge Mateo, of the Orioles (276.440) in fourth place; Venezuelan Andrés Giménez, of the Guardians (265.999) also in fourth; Gleyber Torres, of the Yankees (209.471) in seventh and Jorge Polanco, of the Mariners in ninth.
At third base, Dominican José Ramírez, of the Guardians (742.910) leads, followed by Rafael Devers, also Dominican of the Red Sox (342.046) in third place and Venezuelan Oswaldo Cabrera, of the Yankees (218.650) in fourth, while Venezuelan Luis Rengifo, of the Angels (136.063), Mexican Isaac Paredes, of the Rays (129.078) and Maikel García, Venezuelan of the Royals (111.850), occupy from eighth to tenth place.
Cuban Yordan Álvarez of the Astros (475.158) is the leader among the designated hitters, with Puerto Rican Nelson Velázquez of the Royals (76.356) in tenth place.
In the American League catching, Adley Rutschman of the Orioles (792.857) leads, followed by Venezuelan Salvador Pérez of the Royals (588.952) in second and Mexican José Treviño of the Yankees (234.469) in third.
Among the shortstops, Dominican Jeremy Peña of the Astros (192.509) occupies the sixth position; with Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican of the Twins (60.311) behind; Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles (740.436) leads this category.
In the National League
Venezuelan William Contreras, of the Brewers (746.461), leads among the catchers in the National League, with his brother Wilson Contreras of the Cardinals (149.315) in fourth place and Gabriel Moreno, Venezuelan of the Diamondbacks (115.583) in sixth place.
Luis Arráez, Venezuelan of the Padres (613.068) leads among the second basemen, followed by Dominican Ketel Marte of the Diamondbacks (608.807) in second and Curazoleño Ozzie Albies of the Braves (247.517) in fourth.
Among the outfielders, Curazoleño Jurickson Profar of the Padres (90.541) occupies the first position, with Fernando Tatis Jr., Dominican of the Padres (798.609) in third place and Dominican Teoscar Hernández of the Dodgers (761.934) in fourth place.
Shohei Ohtani, Japanese of the Dodgers (1.002.377), leads among the designated hitters, followed by Dominican Marcell Ozuna of the Braves (478.538).
Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (1.023.690) leads among the shortstops, where Dominican Elly de la Cruz of the Reds (324.559); Venezuelan Orlando Arcia of the Braves (147.103) and Dominican Willy Adames of the Brewers (137.323) occupy from third to fifth place respectively.
At third base, Alec Bohm of the Phillies (1.012.174) leads over Dominican Manny Machado of the Padres (267.063). Christopher Morel, also Dominican of the Cubs (102.119) and Venezuelan Eugenio Suárez of the D-backs (96.652), are in ninth and tenth place respectively.
Bryce Harper of the Phillies of Philadelphia (1.110.562) leads in first base.
The voting process for the All-Star Game, which will be held on July 16 of this year at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ends on June 27.
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