New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani are the leading vote-getters in the first round of MLB All-Star Game voting released on Monday.
Judge has received 1,568,527 votes thus far through Phase 1 of voting, according to MLB. If that lead holds, he would be the first player to finish as the top All-Star vote-getter since Alex Rodriguez in 2007-08. Ohtani has 1,398,771 votes and could certainly overtake Judge between now and when this phase of voting concludes on June 26.
The leading vote-getters for the American and National League when Phase 1 finishes will automatically get starting spots in the All-Star lineups.
Here are the current leaders in MLB All-Star voting by position:
American League
C: Cal Raleigh, Mariners
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, Yankees
2B: Gleyber Torres, Tigers
3B: José Ramírez, Guardians
SS: Jacob Wilson, Athletics
OF: Mike Trout, Angels
OF: Riley Greene, Tigers
OF: Aaron Judge, Yankees
DH: Ryan O’Hearn, Orioles
National League
C: Will Smith, Dodgers
1B: Freddie Freeman, Dodgers
2B: Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks
3B: Manny Machado, Padres
SS: Francisco Lindor, Mets
OF: Teoscar Hernández, Dodgers
OF: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs
OF: Kyle Tucker, Cubs
DH: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers
Ohtani is one of five National League players with more than one million votes, along with Dodgers teammates Freddie Freeman and Will Smith, the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong and Francisco Lindor of the Mets. The only other American League player at the one million vote mark is the Mariners’ Cal Raleigh, tied with Judge for the MLB lead in home runs at 26.
The Dodgers have the most players leading All-Star voting with catcher Will Smith, first baseman Freddie Freeman and outfielder Teoscar Hernández joining Ohtani. The Yankees, Tigers and Cubs each have two players among the current lineups based on voting.
Voting totals for the top five players at each position are available at MLB.com.
The 2025 MLB All-Star Game will be played at Atlanta’s Truist Park on July 15.
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