With the 95th MLB All-Star Game just over three weeks away, it’s time again to check in on how the balloting for the Midsummer Classic is shaping up as we near the end of Phase 1 of voting.
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For two particular superstars, it’s looking great.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and Dodgers two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani remain the top vote-getters in the American League and National League, respectively, in our second update of the 2025 PRO SPIRIT MLB All-Star Ballot.
If Judge and Ohtani remain the top vote-getters from each league when Phase 1 of balloting ends on Thursday at noon ET, they will automatically receive starting spots in their league’s lineup for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Truist Park in Atlanta on July 15.
Complete All-Star Ballot standings as of June 23
As Phase 1 continues, you can vote as many as five times per every 24-hour period exclusively at MLB.com, on all 30 MLB club sites and on the MLB app.
Judge, who leads all players with 2,699,483 votes, could become the first player to repeat as MLB’s top All-Star vote-getter since Alex Rodriguez did it for the Yankees in 2007-08. He’s nearly 800,000 votes ahead of the next-closest AL player, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (1,901,389).
Ohtani, though, is still within striking distance of Judge for the overall lead — he’s garnered 2,521,718 votes. He’s one of four NL players with more than 2 million votes, along with Dodgers teammates Freddie Freeman and Will Smith, as well the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong.
The 5 closest All-Star races in final days of Phase 1 balloting
Beyond the top vote-getter in each league, the top two vote-getters at every position, and the top six outfielders, will advance to Phase 2, which begins June 30. If an outfielder is a league’s leading vote-getter, only the next four outfield finalists will move on to Phase 2 to determine who starts at the two remaining spots.
There are some fairly close races for second place among position players in both leagues, and one of the tightest is in the AL, where the Orioles’ Jackson Holliday and the Astros’ Jose Altuve are separated by just 11,010 votes for the chance to advance to Phase 2.
Here’s a look at the current All-Star vote totals, position by position, for the AL and NL:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
FIRST BASE
1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays: 1,192,604
2. Paul Goldschmidt, Yankees: 1,118,501
3. Jonathan Aranda, Rays: 879,030
4. Spencer Torkelson, Tigers: 797,210
5. Christian Walker, Astros: 246,538
Guerrero leapfrogged Goldschmidt between our first update and this one as he seeks to be the starting first baseman for the AL for the fourth time in five years. Goldschmidt remains right behind him, though, as he continues his renaissance campaign with the Yankees. Aranda, meanwhile, is enjoying a breakout season for Tampa Bay, but he’s well behind Goldschmidt in the race to advance to Phase 2.
