Judge, Acuña Jr. elected starters
NEW YORK • Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. were elected Thursday to start in the July 20 All-star Game at Dodger Stadium.
The pair were chosen under new rules that give starting spots to the top vote-getter in each league in the first phase of online voting, which began June 8 and ended Thursday. Others advanced to the second phase, which runs from 10 a.m. on Tuesday and ends at 12 p.m. on July 8.
Votes from the first phase do not carry over.
Starters will be announced July 8, and pitchers and reserves on July 10.
Judge received 3.76 million votes and was elected to start for the fourth time. Acuña led the NL with 3.5 million votes and was elected to start for the third time.
AL finalists
Catcher: Alejandro Kirk, Jose Trevino First Base: Ty France, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Second Base: Jose Altuve, Santiago Espinal Third Base: Rafael Devers, José Ramírez Outfield: Mike Trout, George Springer, Giancarlo Stanton, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Designated Hitter: Yordan Alvarez, Shohei
Ohtani
NL finalists
Catcher: Willson Contreras, Travis d’arnaud First Base: Paul Goldschmidt, Pete Alonso Second Base: Ozzie Albies, Jazz Chisholm Jr. Third Base: Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado
Shortstop: Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson Outfield: Mookie Betts, Joc Pederson, Starling Marte, Adam Duvall
Designated Hitter: Bryce Harper, William
Contreras
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