Disgrace of Ohtani, No. 1 in 7 categories? Why Harper has the most votes in NL, competing with Schwarber in the 2nd round of voting [MLB]

MLB announced the results of the first fan vote on the 28th (Korea time) to select players to participate in the 94th All-Star Game. Judge won 3,425,309 votes in the American League (AL), and Philadelphia Phillies Bryce Harper won 3,277,920 votes in the National League (NL). As a result, the two players will start as AL outfielder and NL first baseman in the 94th All-Star Game, which will be held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on July 17.

The first and second round of fan voting determines the starting players of the All Star. The players who rank first and second in the first round of voting will compete in the second round of voting, and the winner will be in the starting lineup. However, the player who wins the most votes in each league in the first round of voting will be automatically given the honor of starting without the second round of voting. Judge and Harper ranked first in the league throughout the first round of fan voting.

In the case of Judge, AL and NL combined to lead the way in major offensive categories such as home runs, RBIs and OPS, leaving fans with no choice. Judge became the second player to win the most votes in both leagues after 2022 when he set the record for the most in an AL season with 62 home runs. Judge is the 11th all-star vote in two or more leagues since the introduction of fan voting in 1970. Earlier, Ken Griffey Jr. (5 times), Rod Curry (4 times), Ichiro Suzuki (3 times), Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Carl Ripken Jr., Ajie Smith, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols and Jose Batista (more than two times) became the main characters of the most votes in all-stars.메이저사이트

Currently, Judge has a batting average of 0.307 (88 hits in 287 at-bats), 30 homers, 77 RBIs, 61 runs, a slugging percentage of 0.707, an OPS of 1.138, 54 long hits and 203 hits. In fact, the unexpected result is the NL. Harper received more support than Shohei Ohtani (2777,173) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who was a strong candidate for the most votes. Ohtani ranked third in the NL after Harper and Alec Bohm (3,175,134 votes) of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Currently, Harper has a batting average of 0.305 (87 hits in 285 at-bats), 20 homers, 58 RBIs, 52 runs scored, 0.401 on-base percentage, 0.586 slugging percentage and 0.987 OPS. Freddie Freeman was the only player who actually competed with Harper for the NL first baseman, but Freeman’s performance in the first half of the season is relatively weak. Freeman has a batting average of 0.299 (90 hits in 301 at-bats), 12 homers, 50 RBIs, 51 runs and an OPS of 0.905.

In the NL designated hitter category, Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber and Atlanta Braves Marcel Ojuna also had strong cards. Schwarber, who came in second after Ohtani, is ranking first in the NL with 59 walks as of the day, and performed well with 17 home runs, 49 RBIs, 60 runs scored, and an OPS of 0.80. Notably, Schwarber made a strong impression during the first fan voting period by hitting six home runs and an OPS of 0.918 in June alone.

Not long ago, Ozuna secured the support of fans by leading the NL home run (21), but recently faltered during the first fan vote. This allowed Schwaber to turn the tables on Ozuna. Until the second midterm count on the 25th, Ozuna was about 60,000 votes ahead of Schwaber. Schwaber has turned the tide in the last three days.

According to the results of the second interim tally announced on the 25th, Ohtani received 1.77 million votes in the NL designated hitter category, Ohzuna got 940,000 votes, and Schwarber got 880,000 votes, respectively. Ohzuna and Schwarber have more votes than Ohtani. However, in Harper’s case, Freeman was the only real competitor. Freeman and Matt Olson, the third-ranked Atlanta first baseman, have only about half of Harper’s total votes.

Ohtani currently has a batting average of 0.322 (100 hits in 311 at-bats), 25 homers, 61 RBIs, 65 runs scored, an on-base percentage of 0.402, a slugging percentage of 0.643, an OPS of 1.045, 48 long hits, and a 200-base hit. Ohtani ranks first in seven categories including NL batting average, home run, scoring, slugging percentage, OPS, long hit, and Ruta. Despite his career-high batting performance, he has been pushed back by the second round of fan voting is nothing short of humiliating. Ohtani garnered the most votes in the AL in last year’s All-Star fan voting, but has yet to win the most votes in both leagues.