Five Phillies lead early All-Star voting
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Five Phillies lead early All-Star voting
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
Major League Baseball just released its first voting tallies for National League All-Stars and the Phillies are represented well.
Second baseman Chase Utley, shortstop Jimmy Rollins, third baseman Placido Polanco and outfielders Jayson Werth and Shane Victorino all lead their respective positions. Utley, actually, leads all NL players with 687,724 votes.
Catcher Carlos Ruiz and first baseman Ryan Howard are second at their positions behind two Cardinals, Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols.
Voting concludes July 1. By that time, I'd assume Florida's Hanley Ramirez will pass Rollins, who, well, isn't very deserving of an All-Star bid considering he has played in 12 games.
Here are the numbers:
FIRST BASEMEN
1. Albert Pujols Cardinals 647,666
2. Ryan Howard Phillies 329,673
3. Prince Fielder Brewers 200,395
4. James Loney Dodgers 116,850
5. Lance Berkman Astros 112,589
SECOND BASEMEN
1. Chase Utley Phillies 687,724
2. Rickie Weeks Brewers 169,941
3. Martin Prado Braves 134,993
4. Kelly Johnson D-backs 118,342
5. Skip Schumaker Cardinals 112,365
THIRD BASEMEN
1. Placido Polanco Phillies 309,458
2. David Wright Mets 236,387
3. Casey McGehee Brewers 185,312
4. Pedro Sandoval Giants 160,179
5. Chipper Jones Braves 143,558
SHORTSTOPS
1. Jimmy Rollins Phillies 340,747
2. Hanley Ramirez Marlins 309,244
3. Alcides Escobar Brewers 151,710
4. Rafael Furcal Dodgers 144,209
5. Jose Reyes Mets 137,321
CATCHERS
1. Yadier Molina Cardinals 316,795
2. Carlos Ruiz Phillies 259,227
3. Ivan Rodriguez Nationals 247,998
4. Brian McCann Braves 203,377
5. Russell Martin Dodgers 160,698
OUTFIELDERS
1. Ryan Braun Brewers 423,834
2. Jayson Werth Phillies 365,402
3. Shane Victorino Phillies 348,841
4. Andre Ethier Dodgers 316,383
5. Matt Holliday Cardinals 309,463
6. Jason Heyward Braves 304,547
7. Matt Kemp Dodgers 249,554
8. Raul Ibanez Phillies 248,450
9. Manny Ramirez Dodgers 217,694
10. Jason Bay Mets 191,181
Would love to see Chooch get in.— Guy Incognito- Jimmy shouldnt and probably wont make it. Even though he has great stats, he has only played in 12 games like stated above. Howard's power numbers are down a bit, but he is still deserving of a berth. Plenty of catchers deserve the berth, someone is going to get lerft off and that will be a shame. OFs, Shane really doesnt deserve the spot over Eithier or even Hayward.— ESFjellin
- pablo sandoval not pedro— en37
- pablo sandoval not pedro— en37
- All right Carlos!— Mike977
- sorry, I swear I only hit the button once— en37
- Polanco ahead of Wright? Ha ha. Mets suck.— realzeel
- If Chooch doesn't get in Cholly will take him along I'm sure
- pablo,pedro,whatever, he still sucks— annad
How is Raul Ibanez in the top 10 outfielders?- With Manuel managing, I'd bet that Howard, Utley, Polanco, Ruiz, Werth and Victorino all make it if they aren't voted in unless they get hurt and miss a lot of time or their numbers drop off significantly between now and then. Halladay should make it too and Hamels has an outside shot if he goes on a tear here. Contreras has been as dominant as anyone out of the bullpen but won't make it due to his low save total.— JimG
- Is there any way we can start a campaign to sabotage the AL voting and get all scrubs voted in as starters so Selig will once and for all revert the game back to a meaningless exhibition game instead of having homefield for the WS riding on the line?— toccheyhockey
- Rollins....really— bumblebee_4tuna
- Thats Great.... an All-Star team that cant score runs unless there's two outs, or the game is won already... its sad, we've lost more games that we should have won.. we got a 25 million dollar man, who lost his home run swing, or hits Grand Slams when we dont need em, we got a Cy Young Award Winner, and we cant score runs to win his games, we owe Halladay 3 games, Hamels 2 games, and Blanton at least 1 game.. because we blew it.... one day we'll look back and regret losing games we should've WON.... with our All-Star team.— Pa Bryon
- Charlie gets to pick his players, privilege of winning the NL pennant.— SuperJ
