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June 3, 2015One of the hottest teams in baseball, the Cleveland Indians are not only playing very well, but now some of their players are also gaining ground in the All-Star voting. On Monday, the MLB released their first update in the All-Star voting. The two Indians who have the best shot of making the All-Star Game, at least at this point, look to be second baseman Jason Kipnis and outfielder Michael Brantley.
Kipnis (504,909 votes) is currently fourth among second basemen in the American League, behind Houston’s Jose Altuve (2,020,143), Kansas City’s Omar Infante (1,442,990), and Detroit’s Ian Kinsler (537,849).
Brantley (906,788 votes) is currently seventh among American League outfielders, behind Kansas City’s Lorenzo Cain (2,506,859), Anaheim’s Mike Trout (2,371,435), Kansas City’s Alex Gordon (1,917,834), Baltimore’s Adam Jones (1,514,836), Kansas City’s Alex Rios (1,249,073 — those Royals fans are really voting), and Detroit’s Yoenis Cespedes (1,024,346).
Following one of the best months in Indians’ history, Kipnis is one of the best second basemen in not only the American league, but in all of MLB. Heading into Tuesday’s series opener in Kansas City, Kipnis ranked first among American League second basemen in batting average (.340), on-base percentage (.411), slugging percentage (.529), OPS (.940), doubles (16), hits (70), and total bases (109). The 28-year-old is also second in runs (37) and extra-base hits (25), and third in stolen bases (five). Kipnis also had five home runs, 25 RBI, and 37 runs, working mostly as the leadoff man atop the Indians’ lineup.
The lone Indians All-Star in 2014, Brantley is having another impressive season. Entering Tuesday’s series opener against the Royals, he ranked in the top five among AL outfielders in on-base percentage (.379), OPS (.853), RBI (30), doubles (17), walks (23), and extra-base hits (21). The 28-year-old also had a .302 batting average with four homers, 21 runs, seven stolen bases, and only 13 strikeouts.
Voting for the All-Star Game ends July 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET. For the first time in the history of the MLB, voting is exclusively online and fans can vote up to 35 times. The 2015 MLB All Star Game will be held at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park on July 14.
7 Comments
Fan ASG voting has always been a joke, but this year’s KC ballot box stuffing has pushed it into the realm of the absurd. Why does MLB seem to actively attempt to make it difficult to like baseball?
Must be a Missouri thing because look at how many Cardinals are on the NL starting lineup?
Kipnis really deserves it the run he has been on is more then historical it’s insane. Love seeing The JK Kid raking again!
The ASG is an exhibition meant for the most passionate fans. The 35 votes per fan is absurd and ripe for hacker scripts, but the idea of fans voting the starters and filling in the rest is fine with me. It is an exhibition afterall.
That decides home fie…. oh, never mind…. Fan voting is stupid.
Yeah, good as a coin toss I guess 🙂
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