The initial All-Star Game balloting numbers were released a couple days ago, with the top five American League vote-getters revealed at each of the nine offensive positions (actually, 15 outfielders without specific positions), for a total of 45 players among the 15 AL clubs.
There were zero Rangers.
The AL West-leading Rangers, that is, whose 31-22 record is a half-game short of the league’s best.
Maybe that’s not a shocking thing, given that the two most likely (or at least deserving) All-Star participants from Texas are probably a player who didn’t have a team until half a month after spring training started and another who began the season in AAA and, if not for unforeseen circumstances, might still be in a Round Rock jersey rather than back-to-back recipient of AL Rookie of the Month honors.