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2023 MLB All-Star voting: Who are the Phase 1 finalists? Who clinched a starting spot?

The votes are in and Phase 2 of the MLB All-Star voting begins today at noon ET. We look at all of the fan favorites who made the shortlist.

The votes are in and Phase 2 of the MLB All-Star voting begins today at noon ET. We look at all of the fan favorites who made the shortlist.
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A product of Cajun country in south Louisiana, Jeff played football through high school, and baseball through college and beyond. After getting a BFA from the Savannah College of Art & Design, he moved to London, where he worked for Sky Sports and coached the 2005 British Champion Croydon Pirates baseball team. He also cooks a mean jambalaya.
Update:

The votes are in through Phase 1 of the MLB All-Star voting process and Phase 2 will kick off in a few hours, at noon Eastern. The top overall vote-winners were Ronald Acuña Jr in the National League and Shohei Ohtani in the American League, who both have clinched a spot in the starting lineup.

Acuña received 3,082,600 votes, the most overall, and Ohtani was not trailing far behind with 2,646,307 votes.

For the rest of the All-Star field, the top two vote recipients at each position will advance to Phase 2 to determine the starting lineup. In the outfield it will be the top six players who advance.

Fans do not vote for starting pitchers, who will be selected by the two managers: Dusty Baker (Astros) for the American League and Rob Thomson (Phillies) for the National League.

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Phase 2 will continue from today until noon ET on Thursday and fans can only vote once per 24-hour period.

Here are all of the players advancing to Phase two in each league.

Catcher

  • AL: Adley Rutschman (Orioles), Jonah Heim (Rangers)
  • NL: Sean Murphy (Braves), Will Smith (Dodgers)

First base

  • AL: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Blue Jays), Yandy Díaz (Rays)
  • NL: Freddie Freeman (Dodgers), Matt Olson (Braves)

Second base

  • AL: Marcus Semien (Rangers), Whit Merrifield (Blue Jays)
  • NL: Luis Arraez (Marlins), Ozzie Albies (Braves)

Shortstop

  • AL: Bo Bichette (Blue Jays), Corey Seager (Rangers)
  • NL: Orlando Arcia (Braves), Francisco Lindor (Mets)

Third Base

  • AL: Josh Jung (Rangers), Matt Chapman (Blue Jays)
  • NL: Nolan Arenado (Cardinals), Austin Riley (Braves)

Outfield

  • AL: Aaron Judge (Yankees), Mike Trout (Angels), Randy Arozarena (Rays), Yordan Alvarez (Astros), Kevin Kiermaier (Blue Jays), and Adolis García (Rangers)
  • NL: Mookie Betts (Dodgers), Corbin Carroll (D-Backs), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (D-Backs), Michael Harris II (Braves) (Acuña also advances)

Designated Hitter

  • AL: (Ohtani advances)
  • NL: J.D. Martinez (Dodgers), Bryce Harper (Phillies)

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