Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Ernie Clement are leading at their positions in voting for this summer’s MLB All-Star Game, it was announced Monday.
Guerrero’s 603,014 votes sit nearly 100,000 ahead of Ben Rice of the New York Yankees for the top spot among first basemen. Clement has a sizeable lead among second basemen and is the third-highest vote-getter in the American League with over 900,000 tallies, trailing only Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels.
Guerrero has made five straight All-Star teams and could be on the way to the sixth nod of his career despite a 2026 season that’s been below his lofty standards. The star slugger is hitting .280 but has just three home runs and a slugging percentage of .366. He is ninth on the Jays in homers and his .737 OPS is more than .100 points below his career average of .853.
After setting the MLB postseason hits record last fall, Clement is enjoying his best offensive season thus far in 2026. He is slashing .304/.324/.460 with seven home runs, 28 RBI and a league-leading 20 doubles.
Kazuma Okamoto is second among AL third basemen in All-Star voting in his first MLB season, trailing Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays by fewer than 100,000 votes. Andres Gimenez, George Springer and Alejandro Kirk all sit second at their respective positions, but all trail by a considerable margin.
The leading vote-getter in each league during phase one of All-Star voting, which ends on June 25, will receive an automatic spot in their team’s starting lineup for the Midsummer Classic.
Outside of those two players, the top two in balloting at every position, as well as the top six in the outfield, will advance to phase two, set to begin on June 29. They will then face off to determine the starting spots.
Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is leading the way in votes (1,165,133) across baseball, while Alvarez (1,015,768) leads among American Leaguers.
