DH 1st place is Alvarez with 2.215 million votes, will it be elected in reverse?
Major League Baseball (MLB) announced the result of the first fan vote to decide the starting fielder of the All-Star game (Los Angeles) to be held on June 30 (1st Japan time) and July 19 (20th Japan time). .. Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani has collected 1,664,012 votes in the American League designated hitter category to take second place and decide to advance to the final vote.
The Astros outfielder Yordan Alvarez won first place in the category with 2,215,456 votes. From the second interim announcement on June 27 (28th), which was about 410,000 votes, it has expanded to about 550,000 votes. The starting lineup for Alvarez and Otani, who became the top two players, will be decided by the final vote from the 5th to the 8th (6th to 9th). The final vote does not carry over the result of the first vote.
Last year, Otani was elected by a fan vote in the American League DH category and a player-to-player vote in the pitcher category, and became a member of the ball banquet at the same time as pitching for the first time in history. He participated in “No. 1 pitcher and DH” and became a winning pitcher. Ichiro (10 times) and Hideki Matsui (2 times) have been elected multiple times in Japanese fielders, and if they are elected, it will be the second consecutive year following last year.
The top of both leagues was the Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge with 3,762,498 votes. The Yankees’ first place is the first in 14 years since Alex Rodriguez infielder in 2008. The National League top is Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. outfielder with 3.53188 votes. Both players, who have the most votes in each league, have been decided to start.
By team, a maximum of 6 players from the Braves and the Blue Jays advanced to the final vote. In addition, pitchers and fielders will be selected by voting among players, and all participating players will be available on the 10th (11th).
(Full-Count editorial department)
