The battle for the third base of the American League starring the Dominicans is one of the closest in voting for the game on July 19
Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez has taken the lead over his compatriot rafael devers in the last count of votes to elect the starters to the Dodger Stadium All-Star Game.
‘Mr. LaPara’ was down in the previous report by just over 16,000 votes but since then the Cleveland player has gained an advantage of 34,000 votes.
Last season, Devers was selected as the starter in his first All-Star Game, while Ramirez was selected from the reserves for his third game last season held in Colorado.
Ramírez (1,219,704) leads the American League in RBIs with 63 and has a .300 batting average with a .387 OBP with 16 home runs.
In the case of Devers (1,185,906) he is the player with the most hits in the Major Leagues with 97 and is the leader in the young circuit with 26 doubles, while batting .333 with an OBP of .390.
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The competition in the prelude between the Dominicans also moves to the possible lineup that the Dominican team would put in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, where the figure of Manny Machado, who is the current leader for the position in the Game, is also added. National League All-Star with 1,563,188 votes.
Other close battles are between Jazz Chisholm Jr. (1,066,927) and Ozzie Albies (984,846) at second base, and Mookie Betts (2,270,566) and Ronald Acuña Jr. (2,197,684) in the National League outfield.
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MLB: Ramirez tops Devers in All-Star Game vote update