In 2025, the MLB official website announced the number of votes for the first stage of the All-Star Game, and Judge surpassed Shohei Ohtani to become the king of popularity

In 2025Major League Baseball (MLB)The All-Star Game will be held on July 16 at the Warriors' home court, voting started a few days ago, and the official website announced the number of votes in the first phase on the 17th.

The official website of the major leagues announced the votes for the first stage of the All-Star Game

Yankees captain Judge leads the major leagues with 1,568,527 votes, and in the American League, he leads the second-place Mariners heavy catcher Cal Raleigh by as many as 520,000 votes. According to the official website, Judge is expected to become the first player to become the favorite of the major leagues for two consecutive years since Alex Rodriguez of "A-Rod" Rodriguez in 2007-08.

Los Angeles DodgersJapanese superstar Shohei Ohtani currently has 1,398,771 votes and still has a chance to catch up with Judge, and Ohtani is also one of the five players in the National League to break 1 million votes, the other four being Freddie Freeman and Will Smith, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Francisco Lindor.

According to the rules, the player with the highest vote in the two leagues will automatically become the starting point of the star team of the league; In addition, the top 2 players with the most votes for each defensive position and the top 6 players with the top 6 outfielders votes will enter the second stage of voting. Phase 1 will close on June 26.