Saunders, a British Columbia native, was a nearly unanimous choice of all voters in Canada, riding #VoteCaptainCanada all the way to the Midsummer Classic with 17.7 million votes. He was followed in the American League standings by Astros right fielder George Springer, Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia and Rays third baseman Evan Longoria.
The outcome proved again that past All-Star experience means little in the Final Vote, which is based so heavily on real-time campaigning on and off the field.