Major League Baseball released its first round of voting results for the 2023 All-Star Game and Pittsburgh Pirates fans were shocked when they saw the results.
Despite sitting atop the National League Central, no Pirates hitters are remotely close to leading on the ballot. To add salt to the wound, only three players rank in the Top 10 across seven slots.
The Pirate with the most attention is Andrew McCutchen, who ranks sixth in the designated hitter category with 107,483 votes. He trails Christopher Morel of the Chicago Cubs (114,897), Jorge Soler of the Miami Marlins (170,483), Travis d’Arnaud of the Atlanta Braves (221,543), Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies (380,345), and J.