Royals manager Ned Yost urged Royals fans last week to get on board and support Hosmer, and his pleas seemed to have helped.
Perez, a four-time All-Star, is hitting .290 with 15 home runs and 43 RBIs. Perez has 2,150,233 votes to the Yankees' Gary Sanchez's 1,337,651. Perez's first career grand slam last Wednesday helped the Royals rally past the Red Sox, 6-4.
Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, who has 19 home runs, has pulled within less than 500,000 votes of the leader, Minnesota's Miguel Sano, who has 1,550,240 votes to Moustakas' 1,067,150.