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MLB All-Star voting: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. surges while Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani maintain leads

Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani still lead their respective leagues in voting for the MLB All-Star Game, but other players have climbed the rankings, MLB announced Monday.

With Phase 1 of voting ending on Thursday, Judge’s 2,669,483 votes lead the American League, and Ohtani leads the National League with 2,521,718 votes. But the AL has seen some movement since last week: Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has made a push, overtaking Paul Goldschmidt in first-base voting (1,192,604 votes to 1,118,501), while Tigers utilityman Javy Báez has overtaken Mike Trout and Steven Kwan in the outfield.

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On the NL side, the Dodgers are still dominating behind Ohtani, with Freddie Freeman and Will Smith accumulating more than 2 million votes each and Teoscar Hernández tallying 1.3 million. Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. climbed two spots to rank fourth overall in the NL outfield behind Pete Crow-Armstrong, Hernández and Kyle Tucker.

Ohtani and Judge will likely bypass the second phase of voting, assuming they still have the most votes in their respective leagues come Thursday.

Here are the current leaders in MLB All-Star voting by position:

American League

C: Cal Raleigh, Mariners (1,901,389)
1B: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays (1,192,604)
2B: Gleyber Torres, Tigers (1,133,888)
3B: José Ramírez, Guardians (1,780,631)
SS: Jacob Wilson, Athletics (1,120,791)
OF: Javier Báez, Tigers (901,969)
OF: Riley Greene, Tigers (1,370,098)
OF: Aaron Judge, Yankees (2,699,483)
DH: Ryan O’Hearn, Orioles (937,205)

National League

C: Will Smith, Dodgers (2,099,944)
1B: Freddie Freeman, Dodgers (2,095,672)
2B: Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks (1,561,235)
3B: Manny Machado, Padres (1,683,022)
SS: Francisco Lindor, Mets (1,641,053)
OF: Teoscar Hernández, Dodgers (1,366,537)
OF: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs (2,005,630)
OF: Kyle Tucker, Cubs (1,219,866)
DH: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers (2,521,718)

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