New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Mike Trout of the Angels, Toronto’s Jose Bautista and retiring Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter lead all American League players in the first balloting figures for the 2014 All-Star Game.<\/p>\n
This year’s Midsummer Classic will take place July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
Trout tops the league with 764,007 votes, followed by fellow outfielder Bautista with 675,290 votes. Jeter, a 13-time All-Star playing his final season, is next at 602,525.<\/p>\n
Trailing Trout and Bautista among outfielders are a pair of first-year Yankees. Jacoby Ellsbury is third with 417,452 votes, followed closely by Carlos Beltran at 401,101.<\/p>\n
Jeter has a comfortable lead at shortstop, as Alexei Ramirez of the White Sox trails by nearly 130,000 votes.<\/p>\n
Two-time AL MVP Miguel Cabrera of Detroit leads Angels slugger Albert Pujols at first base, while first-year Tiger Ian Kinsler has an edge of just under 6,000 votes over first-year Mariner Robinson Cano at second base with Boston’s Dustin Pedroia a close third.<\/p>\n
Oakland’s Josh Donaldson leads Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria at third base and Baltimore’s Matt Wieters has a large margin over New York catcher Brian McCann. Boston’s David Ortiz is the front-runner at designated hitter, more than 17,000 votes ahead of Baltimore’s Nelson Cruz.<\/p>\n
Voting will conclude July 3. The All-Star teams will be revealed the weekend of July 5-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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