Jazz Chisholm Jr. voted in as NL All-Star starting second baseman

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is the first confirmed 2022 Marlins All-Star. It was announced Friday that he beat out Ozzie Albies of the Braves for the National League’s starting second base job, as determined by fan voting. The first-ever Bahamian-born All-Star, he joins Hanley Ramírez, Dee Strange-Gordon, Marcell Ozuna, Gary Sheffield and Giancarlo Stanton as the only Marlins to be fan-elected starters.

Chisholm opened up the regular season buried at the bottom of a veteran-laden Marlins lineup, but he quickly asserted himself as the club’s most impactful position player. He has amassed 2.5 fWAR in his 60 games played this season, slashing .254/.325/.535 (140 wRC+) with 14 home runs and 12 stolen…