Red Sox stars lag behind in first MLB All-Star voting update
MLB provided its first All-Star voting update on Monday, and so far the Red Sox top candidates aren’t getting much love.
As of now no Red Sox players are in line to finish as finalists at their respective positions, with Rafael Devers the closest in third among American League third basemen.
Devers (342,046) trails Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez (742,910) and Baltimore’s Jordan Westburg (366,670) in the AL third base vote. Among Boston’s other top vote-getters: Connor Wong is eighth among AL catchers (125,553), Triston Casas ninth among AL first basemen (84,628), Masataka Yoshida ninth among AL designated hitters (91,610) and Vaughn Grissom 10th among AL second basemen (49,653).
Surprisingly, there are no Red Sox outfielders currently among the top 20 vote-getters in the AL, not even Jarren Duran, who by all measures as been among the best outfielders in the league so far. Duran currently ranks third among AL outfielders in wins above replacement (3.6), entered Monday with 21 doubles, 17 stolen bases and a league-high 10 triples, and according to Statcast rates as the best baserunner in MLB and as an elite fielder.
The top vote-getters at each position as of Monday are as follows:
American League
C: Adley Rutschman, BAL, 792,857; Salvador Perez, KC, 588,952
1B: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., TOR, 746,031; Ryan Mountcastle, BAL, 693,594
2B: Jose Altuve, HOU, 620,724; Marcus Semien, TEX, 539,223
3B: Jose Ramirez, CLE, 742,910; Jordan Westburg, BAL, 366,670
SS: Gunnar Henderson, BAL, 740,436; Bobby Witt Jr., KC, 541,261
DH: Yordan Alvarez, HOU, 475,158; Giancarlo Stanton, NYY, 408,610
OF: Aaron Judge, NYY, 1,366,315; Juan Soto, NYY, 1,252,020; Kyle Tucker, HOU, 593,358; Steven Kwan, CLE, 464,274; Anthony Santander, BAL, 321,333; Alex Verdugo, NYY, 293,984
National League
C: William Contreras, MIL, 746,461; J.T. Realmuto, PHI, 558,624
1B: Bryce Harper, PHI, 1,110,562; Freddie Freeman, LAD, 713,858
2B: Luis Arraez, SD, 613,068; Ketel Marte, ARI, 608,807
3B: Alec Bohm, PHI, 1,012,174; Manny Machado, SD, 267,063
SS: Mookie Betts, LAD, 1,023,690; Trea Turner, PHI, 509,043
DH: Shohei Ohtani, LAD, 1,002,377; Marcell Ozuna, ATL, 478,538
OF: Jurickson Profar, SD, 900,541; Christian Yelich, MIL, 821,037; Fernando Tatis Jr., SD, 798,609; Teoscar Hernandez, LAD, 761,934; Brandon Marsh, PHI, 521,461; Nick Castellanos, PHI, 439,764