It appears that Bryce Harper is well on his way to advancing to the next round of voting in MLB All-Star balloting. He’s the top vote-getter among all National League designated hitters and has accumulated the third-highest vote total among all NL players with 1,059,433 tallies through the first ballot update. He’s one of only six players league-wide to eclipse one million votes.
Harper, 29, is a six-time All-Star, but has not appeared in the Midsummer Classic since his last season with the Nationals back in 2018. While it helps that Harper is just one of only a few full-time designated hitters in the National League, he has performed like an All-Star so far at the plate.