Phillies dominate early MLB All-Star voting results originally appeared in NBC Sports Philadelphia
Over the past week, Phillies fans have filled stadiums in London, Boston and Baltimore to cheer on their beloved team.
They also filled ballot boxes to support their team.
Led by first baseman Bryce Harper, the Phillies have two players leading their respective positions in All-Star voting among National League players, and five others ranked in the top three in the first voting update.
Harper leads all NL first basemen – and all NL players, for that matter – with 1,110,562 votes. That’s about 400,000 more votes than the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, who has started four of the last five All-Star Games. He leads all NL starting bsaemen in SLG (.519) and OPS (.909) entering Monday’s games.
Third baseman Alec Bohm likely would have made the All-Star Game as a rookie. The problem is, it was 2020 and there was no Mid-Summer Classic. His breakout season in 2024 is certainly being noticed by voters, as he leads NL third basemen by an order of magnitude. His 1,012,174 votes are ahead of Manny Machado of San Diego by nearly 750,000 votes. He is already on the verge of starting his first career All-Star Game.
Trea Turner is currently a distant second in votes behind the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts. He is behind by more than half a million votes. But Betts was hit by a pitch yesterday against the Royals and broke his hand and is expected to be out for several weeks. If he is unavailable for the game, Turner will likely be selected for his third career All-Star appearance.
Bryson Stott ranks third among NL second basemen, but is less than 150,000 votes behind current leader Luis Arraez of the Padres.
Catcher JT Realmuto, who may not be healthy enough to participate in the game in Arlington’s netx month, is second behind the Brewers’ William Contreras.
The three regular outfielders, Brandon Marsh, Nick Castellanos and Johan Rojas, placed fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the voting. Jurickson Profar of San Diego is the current leader with just over 900,000 votes.
You can continue voting on and vote five times a day until June 27th.
