AL All-Star Voting Update Has David Ortiz Passing Michael Young

Last week, in the first update on American League All-Star Game voting, the Yankees had the leaders at six of nine positions, with two Rangers and one Blue Jay. This week? This week, one of those Rangers has fallen off. He hasn't been replaced by a Yankee, but he has been replaced by the next-closest thing.

C	Russell Martin	1317557	Joe Mauer	829073
1B	Mark Teixeira	1333445	Adrian Gonzalez	1268706
2B	Robinson Cano	1930762	Dustin Pedroia	963996
SS	Derek Jeter	1454795	Asdrubal Cabrera	1162728
3B	Alex Rodriguez	1515818	Adrian Beltre	1224381
OF	Jose Bautista	2142867	Ichiro Suzuki	970622
OF	Josh Hamilton	1229040	Jacoby Ellsbury	871897
OF	Curtis Granderson	1725654	Nelson Cruz	768115
DH	David Ortiz	1160590	Michael Young	1033514

In the table above, Yankees players are shown in bold, while Red Sox players are shown in italics. And at the DH slot, we see that David Ortiz has surged past Michael Young, after trailing by about 28,000 votes a week ago. As things currently stand, the two beasts of the East are holding on to seven of nine starting spots.

Which isn't to say that this is wrong, and which isn't to say that this is how things will end up. But this is how things are right now. Voting continues through June 30, and winners will be announced on July 3.

The closest gap is the one between Teixeira and Gonzalez. Also, note that if Ichiro falls short, it will be the first time in his career that he doesn't make the team.