The second All-Star Game voting update was released on Monday, and Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor remains on track to start at shortstop for the National League — in what would somehow be just his first All-Star Game appearance as a Met.
Lindor leads all National League shortstops in balloting, with 1,641,053 votes. That is 429,592 ahead of the second-highest vote-getter at shortstop, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (1,211,461 votes).
Lindor led by 422,085 votes during the first voting update last Monday, so he has increased his advantage.
Elsewhere in voting, Pete Alonso trails Freddie Freeman by about 500,000 votes for the top spot among NL first basemen.
Juan Sotois also on track to reach the second round of voting.
Soto has 1,048,781 votes, making him fifth among NL outfielders.
Phase 1 of voting ends on June 25 at 12 p.m., with the top two vote-getters at each position advancing to Phase 2 of voting (for outfielders, it will be the top six advancing).
The top vote-getter in each league becomes an automatic starter for the game.
As of now, Aaron Judgeand Shohei Ohtani are on track to be the top vote-getters in the American League and National League, respectively.
Aside from Judge, Paul Goldschmidt is the Yankees' other serious candidate in the voting.
Goldschmidt is second in voting at first base, trailing Vladimir Guerrero Jr. by roughly 70,000 votes.
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