Cubs News: Pete Crow-Armstrong leading NL All-Star voting for outfielders

Kamil Krzaczynski - USA Today Sports

Press Release · 9 hours ago

Outfielder Aaron Judge of the reigning American League Champion New York Yankees leads all Major League players in the first balloting update for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard, while fellow 2024 MVP Award-winner Shohei Ohtani of the defending World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers paces all National League players.

The 2025 PRO SPIRIT MLB All-Star Ballot, which is available exclusively online and via mobile devices at MLB.com/vote, all 30 Club web sites, the MLB App and the MLB Ballpark App, will be accessible until the voting period for Phase 1 concludes at 12:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 26th. During the initial voting period, fans can submit up to five ballots each day on MLB platforms. Each day, after submitting a fifth vote on the ballot, fans will be given the option to be redirected to the mobile game, PRO SPIRIT for an exclusive opportunity to vote for a sixth time. In PRO SPIRIT, fans and gamers can follow the prompts to cast a sixth vote. On Thursday, June 26th, the top two vote-getters at each position (and the top six outfielders) in each league will be revealed on MLB Network at 6:00 p.m. (ET), and they will advance to the second phase of voting to determine who makes the All-Star teams and starts for each league. Once again, the leading vote-getter in each league during the first phase of voting will receive an automatic starting assignment at the All-Star Game and bypass the second phase of voting. (Note: if an outfielder is a league’s leading vote-getter, Phase 2 voting at the position will still take place to determine the remaining two starters among the next four outfield finalists)

Judge, who led all of Baseball in fan voting for a second time last season (also 2022), has received 1,568,527 total votes. The 33-year-old, who is tied for the Major League lead with 26 home runs on the season, is aiming for his seventh All-Star selection and seventh fan-elected starting assignment after earning the honor in each of the last four seasons, and in six of the last seven All-Star Games overall. The two-time AL Most Valuable Player (2022, 2024) could become just the fourth player since fan balloting returned in 1970 to lead the Majors in voting on at least three occasions. The only players to accomplish the feat previously include Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. (5) and Rod Carew (4), and 2025 Hall of Fame inductee Ichiro Suzuki (3). In addition, Judge would become just the third Yankees player ever with at least seven fan elections, joining Hall of Famers Derek Jeter (9) and Dave Winfield (7).

Judge is followed in the AL outfield by Riley Greene of the AL-best Detroit Tigers and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels. Greene, an All-Star for the first time in his career last season, has accumulated 675,070 votes, while the 11-time All-Star Trout has garnered 475,265 votes. Greene is vying to become just the fifth Tigers outfielder to earn a fan-elected starting assignment at the Midsummer Classic, and the first since Magglio Ordoñez in 2007. Others include Ron LeFlore (1976), Rusty Staub (1976) and Chet Lemon (1984). Trout is aiming for his 12th career Midsummer Classic selection and 11th fan-elected start. The three-time AL MVP would become just the third player in AL history to earn at least 11 fan elections with one Club, joining Hall of Famers Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL, 17) and George Brett (KC, 11). The leading trio of AL outfielders is followed by 2024 AL All-Star Steven Kwan of the Cleveland Guardians (457,882); two-time All-Star Javier Báez of the Tigers (421,342); and two-time All-Star and 2019 AL MVP Cody Bellinger of the Yankees (416,858).

Other highlights of the AL Ballot include:

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who is tied with Judge for the Major League lead with 26 home runs on the season, is leading all AL catchers and ranks second overall in the AL with 1,043,168 votes. Raleigh, trying for his first All-Star selection, could become Seattle’s first-ever fan-elected starting backstop. He ranks ahead of 2022 fan-elected starter Alejandro Kirk of the Toronto Blue Jays (370,460) and Detroit Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler (316,401).

Two-time All-Star Gleyber Torres (535,079) is leading second basemen in his first season with the Tigers while Baltimore Orioles sophomore Jackson Holliday (449,093) ranks slightly ahead of nine-time All-Star Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros (446,787) in the AL’s closest race to advance to Phase 2. Torres would join Lou Whitaker (1984-86) and Placido Polanco (2007) as Detroit second basemen to earn a fan election. Holliday would become Baltimore’s first starting second baseman since Brian Roberts in 2005, and Altuve is seeking his second consecutive starting assignment, his third in four seasons, and his seventh fan election overall.

Rookie shortstop Jacob Wilson of the Athletics (562,696) is leading AL shortstops, ranking ahead of 2024 All-Star and MVP runner-up Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals (519,984) and 2022 World Series Champion Jeremy Peña of the Astros (341,515). Wilson could become just the second different A’s shortstop to earn a fan election, joining Bert Campaneris (1973-75). In addition, he would be the first-ever rookie shortstop to win a fan election and could become just the second rookie in All-Star history to start at shortstop, joining Baltimore’s Ron Hansen, who started both editions of the 1960 All-Star Game. Witt is aiming to join Fred Patek (1978) and Alcides Escobar (2015) as Kansas City shortstops to win a fan election.

In his first year with the Yankees, seven-time All-Star and 2022 NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt (667,258) holds a slight lead over four-time All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays (614,726). Goldschmidt won three fan elections in the NL, claiming the 2014 and 2015 starting roles while with Arizona, and the 2022 starting job while with St. Louis. He would be the first Yankees first baseman to garner the honor since Mark Teixeira in 2009. Guerrero, the fan-elected starting first baseman in three of the last four seasons, was MLB’s leading vote-getter in 2021 before claiming the Ted Williams All-Star Game MVP presented by Chevrolet at the 2021 Midsummer Classic in Colorado. With a fourth fan election, Guerrero would match Roberto Alomar and José Bautista for the most in Blue Jays history. Tampa Bay’s Jonathan Aranda ranks third among AL first baseman with 483,290 votes.

Six-time All-Star third baseman José Ramírez of the Cleveland Guardians has a comfortable lead at the hot corner, while Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn ranks atop his position. Ramírez (968,754) is trailed at third base by two-time All-Star Alex Bregman (397,581) in his first season with the Red Sox and second-year player Addison Barger of the Blue Jays (248,463). With a fourth fan election, Ramírez would become the first player in franchise history to accomplish the feat, surpassing the three fan elections by Sandy Alomar Jr. and Kenny Lofton. O’Hearn (353,029) leads a trio of would-be first-time All-Stars, ranking ahead of sophomore Ben Rice of the Yankees (232,331) and Mike Tauchman of the White Sox (177,483). O’Hearn is aiming to join Nelson Cruz (2014) as Baltimore designated hitters to earn a fan-elected starting assignment at the Midsummer Classic.

Ohtani, who leads the NL and ranks third in the Majors with 25 home runs on the season, tops all NL players and ranks second among all Major Leaguers behind Judge with 1,398,771 votes. The four-time All-Star and three-time MVP, who led AL players in balloting for the 2023 Midsummer Classic, is aiming to become the first player since Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. to lead both the AL and NL in voting during a season (Griffey led the AL in voting with Seattle on five occasions before leading the NL in 2007 as a member of the Cincinnati Reds). Ohtani, who is seeking his fifth consecutive fan-elected starting assignment at designated hitter, was already the first player ever to win four straight fan elections at the position. He is followed in voting by San Francisco’s Rafael Devers (796,382), who was traded from the Red Sox to the Giants on Sunday while retaining his vote total, and Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs (358,138).

Dynamic outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs is currently sitting atop a star-studded group of NL outfielders with 1,126,119 votes, which ranks third-most in the NL overall. Crow-Armstrong, bidding for his first All-Star selection, is followed by his teammate and three-time All-Star Kyle Tucker of the Cubs (704,740); reigning T-Mobile Home Run Derby Champion and two-time All-Star Teoscar Hernández of the Dodgers (685,553); four-time All-Star Juan Soto of the New York Mets (625,618); 2023 All-Star Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks (597,805); and four-time All-Star and 2023 NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Atlanta Braves (596,363). With the top two outfielders, the Cubs are in line to send two fan-elected starting outfielders to the Midsummer Classic for the first time since 2008, when Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome won fan elections. Tucker is seeking a first fan election, while Hernández was a fan-elected starter in the AL in 2021 with Toronto. Soto is vying for his second starting assignment, and first in the NL, after earning a fan election in the AL last season. Carroll is attempting to become the first Arizona outfielder with multiple fan elections following his starting assignment during his Rookie of the Year-winning 2023 season. Acuña is trying for a fifth career fan election, which would match Hank Aaron and Dale Murphy for the most in franchise history.

Other highlights of the NL Ballot include:

Eight-time All-Star Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers is ahead at first base with 1,136,389 total votes, which ranks second overall in the NL behind Ohtani. Freeman, who spent the first 12 years of his career and made five All-Star Games with the Braves, is attempting to pick up his fifth fan-elected starting assignment and second in three years. Freeman ranks ahead of four-time All-Star and two-time T-Mobile Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso of the Mets (895,900) as he attempts to collect his first fan election. Chicago’s Michael Busch (286,931) is third at first base in search of his first All-Star selection.

Arizona’s Ketel Marte, the NL’s fan-elected starting second baseman last season, is once again in front at his position with 850,572 votes. The two-time All-Star, who also earned the starting assignment in 2019, would become the first D-backs player ever with three fan elections. In addition, Marte could become the first NL second baseman to win consecutive fan elections since Chase Utley picked up five straight from 2006-10. Marte ranks ahead of a pair of would-be first-time All-Stars in Tommy Edman of the Dodgers (510,451) and Nico Hoerner of the Cubs (354,745).

Four-time All-Star Francisco Lindor of the Mets is leading the way at shortstop in the NL with 1,019,273 votes, outpacing eight-time All-Star and 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (597,188), and three-time All-Star Trea Turner of the Philadelphia Phillies (348,053), who has won two of the last three fan elections at NL shortstop. Lindor, bidding for his first fan election, would be the first Mets shortstop to win a starting assignment since Jose Reyes in 2011, while Betts seeks his first starting role as a shortstop after winning four fan elections as an outfielder.

Six-time All-Star Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres leads NL third baseman in All-Star voting with 955,122 votes to rank ahead of two-time All-Star Max Muncy of the Dodgers (415,750) and 2018 All-Star Eugenio Suárez of the D-backs (290,138). Machado is vying for his fourth fan-elected start overall and first since 2022 with the Padres. Muncy is attempting to become just the second Dodgers third baseman to win a fan election, joining Ron Cey (1974-75, 1977), while Suárez is bidding to become the second D-backs third baseman to earn a fan-elected start, joining Matt Williams (1999).

Rounding out the NL leaders is two-time All-Star catcher Will Smith of the Dodgers, who has totaled 1,124,629 votes to rank ahead of first-time All-Star hopefuls Carson Kelly of the Cubs (408,081) and Francisco Alvarez of the Mets (274,191). Smith, who is contending for his first fan election, would become the first Dodgers backstop to win a starting assignment since Russell Martin in 2007. A starting assignment for Kelly would give the Cubs a fan-elected catcher for the fourth time in the last seven Midsummer Classics, while Alvarez would be New York’s first starting backstop since Paul Lo Duca in 2006.