Disgrace of Ohtani in 7 categories? Why the 2nd round of voting is competing with Schwarber, NL's most votes are Harper
Jun 28, 2024
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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), respectively.
As a result, the two players will start as AL outfielder and NL first baseman, respectively, in the 94th All-Star Game to be held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on July 17.
All-Star selection contestants are determined by the first and second fan votes. In each position, the players who ranked first and second in the first round of voting will face off in the second round of voting, and the winning player will be in the starting lineup. However, players who get 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 remained top of the league throughout the first fan vote.
In the case of Judge, AL and NL combined to lead the way in major offensive categories such as home runs, RBIs and OPS, so fans had no choice. Judge set the second record for the most votes in both leagues after 2022 when he set an AL season record with 62 home runs. Judge is the 11th all-star in both leagues to get the most votes since the introduction of fan voting in 1970. Earlier, Ken Griffey Jr. (5 times), Rod Curryu (4 times), Ichiro Suzuki (3 times), Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Carl Ripken Jr., Ajie Smith, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols and Jose Batista (both times) became the main characters of the most votes of all-stars more than once.
Judge has a batting average of 0.307 (88 hits in 287 at-bats), 30 home runs, 77 RBIs, 61 runs, a slugging percentage of 0.707, OPS 1.138, 54 hits, and 203 hits.
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Why did this happen.
Harper has a batting average of 0.305 (87 hits in 285 at-bats), 20 homers, 58 RBIs, 52 runs, an on-base percentage of 0.401, a slugging percentage of 0.586 and an OPS of 0.987. Freddie Freeman was the only player who competed with Harper for the NL first baseman, but Freeman's performance in the first half was relatively weak. Freeman has a batting average of 0.299 (90 for 301), 12 homers, 50 RBIs, 51 runs scored, and an OPS of 0.905.
On the other hand, in the NL designated hitter category, Philadelphia Kyle Schwarber and Atlanta Braves Marcel Ojuna also held strong cards. Schwaber, who came in second after Ohtani, is No. 1 in the NL with 59 walks as of the day, and did well with 17 home runs, 49 RBIs, 60 points and an OPS of 0.820. In particular, Schwarber made a strong impression during the first fan vote by shooting 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 Schwarber to turn the tables on Ozuna. Until the second interim tally on the 25th, Ozuna was about 60,000 votes ahead of Schwarber. Schwarber has turned the tide in the last three days.
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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, Oh Juna got 940,000 votes, and Schwarber got 880,000 votes, respectively. Ozuna and Schwarber have more combined votes than Ohtani. However, in Harper's case, Freeman was the only real competitor. Freeman and third-place Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson have only about half of Harper's combined vote.
As of today, Ohtani has a batting average of 0.322 (100 hits in 311 at-bats), 25 home runs, 61 RBIs, 65 runs, an on-base percentage of 0.402, a slugging percentage of 0.643, OPS of 1.045, 48 hits, and 200 hits. It ranks first in seven categories, including NL batting average, home run, scoring, slugging percentage, OPS, slugging, and Ruta. Despite his career high in batting, he was pushed back by the second fan vote is nothing short of a 'disgrace".
Ohtani won the most AL votes in the All-Star fan vote last year, but he has yet to win the most votes in both leagues.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
