Jean Segura did not seem like one bursting with faith that he’d be playing in his second career All-Star Game and first with the Seattle Mariners.
Then the Mariners’ social media and marketing whizzes went to work.
When MLB released its first polling numbers for the Final Vote tally Tuesday morning, Segura was listed atop the American League ballot, ahead of the Red Sox’s Andrew Benintendi, Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton, Twins’ Eddie Rosario and Angels’ Andrelton Simmons.
The top vote getter by 1 p.m. Wednesday heads to next week’s All-Star Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.