CLEVELAND: Francisco Lindor has established himself as one of top all-around shortstops in the game today, but after the first round of All-Star Game voting, his name doesn’t appear among the top 5 in the American League.
Major League Baseball releases updates on All-Star Game voting by showing the top 5 in votes at each position each week. To date, Boston’s Xander Bogaerts and Kansas City’s Alcides Escobar are first and second, respectively, with nearly 600,000 votes each.
Toronto’s Troy Tulowitzki (325,949 votes), Houston’s Carlos Correa (304,997) and Baltimore’s J.J. Hardy (226,087) round out the top 5.