Ian Kinsler should be an All-Star.
He won’t be voted in by the fans, though as long as Royals fans don’t hack their way to Omar Infante starting, the candidate likely will be a deserving one.
In a voting update released last week, Jose Altuve led the position with more than 893,000 votes. He was followed by, yes, Infante, with 623,000, then Robinson Cano (537,000), and Dustin Pedroia (509,000).
Finally, in fifth, you find Kinsler at a mere 267,000.
That’s nearly a half-million votes fewer than Miguel Cabrera at first base, and nearly 100,000 fewer than Nick Castellanos at third.