The second phase of voting for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game began yesterday and will run until noon Eastern Time on Thursday. With most of the field winnowed away in Phase 1, Phase 2 is more of a runoff with the top two players at each non-outfield position going head-to-head to determine who will start for their league squad on July 11th in Seattle. Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña Jr. already punched their tickets as the top vote-getters in each league in Phase 1.
Yankees superstar Aaron Judge earned more votes than any of his fellow American League outfielders in Phase 1, but the toe injury that has kept him out of action since the beginning of June might finally be hurting him in Phase 2.