Judge, Harper Earn Automatic Bids to 2024 MLB All-Star Game

Phase 1 of the 2024 MLB All-Star Game voting has concluded.

The finalists for the starters in each league were announced on Thursday evening.

Aaron Judge

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees earned his sixth career All-Star selection by earning the American League’s automatic bid for having the most votes in the AL. Judge was the overall leading vote-getter in Phase 1, earning 3,425,309 votes.

This season, Judge is hitting .304, with a .428 OBP, 1.130 OPS, 30 homers, and 77 RBI. He appears to be headed for another 60-homer season.

Bryce Harper

Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies was the leading vote-getter in the National League, earning him the NL’s automatic bid for his eighth career All-Star selection.

The former two-time NL MVP earned 3,277,920 votes in Phase 1. Harper is hitting .303, with a .399 OPB, 981 OPS, 20 homers, and 58 RBI.

The rest of the starting lineups will be filled with the finalists from Phase 2 of the voting, which begins on Sunday at noon ET and ends at noon ET on Wednesday. The results will be announced later that night at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

Below are the remaining finalists for each position:

American League

C: Adley Rutschman (Baltimore), Salvador Perez (Kansas City)

1B: Ryan Mountcastle (Baltimore), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto)

2B: Jose Altuve (Houston), Marcus Semien (Texas)

SS: Gunnar Henderson (Baltimore), Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City)

3B: Jose Ramirez (Cleveland), Jordan Westburg (Baltimore)

OF: Juan Soto (New York), Steven Kwan (Cleveland), Anthony Santander (Baltimore), Kyle Tucker (Houston)

DH: Yordan Alvarez (Houston), Ryan O’Hearn (Baltimore)

National League

C: William Contreras (Milwaukee), J.T. Realmuto (Philadelphia)

2B: Ketel Marte (Arizona), Luis Arraez (San Diego)

SS: Mookie Betts (Los Angeles), Trea Turner (Philadelphia)

3B: Alec Bohm (Philadelphia), Manny Machado (Padres)

OF: Jurickson Profar (San Diego), Christian Yelich (Milwaukee), Teoscar Hernandez (Los Angeles), Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego), Brandon Marsh (Philadelphia), Nick Castellanos (Philadelphia)

DH: Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles), Kyle Schwarber (Philadelphia)

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