Shohei Ohtani of the Angels took the lead in the designated hitter category with 63% of the votes in the final vote announced in a fan vote to select a fielder to start in the All-Star Game of the Major League Baseball next month. I did.
The fielders who start in the All-Star Games of the Major Leagues are selected by a two-stage fan vote, and Otani is the top of the American League's designated hitter category in the first vote, and is proceeding to the final vote by the top three players.
The progress of this final vote was announced on the 29th, and in the American League designated hitter category, Otani collected 63% of the votes and took the lead by a large margin over the second and lower players.
The Astros player Yodan Alvarez was second with 20% of the votes, and the Red Sox JD Martinez was third with 17% of the votes.
The number of votes for each player has not been announced.
The final vote will be held until the 1st of next month, and the results will be announced on the 1st.
The All-Star Game, in which Otani is expected to participate for the first time, will be held in Denver, Colorado on the 13th of next month, and on the 12th of the previous day, there will be a home run competition in which Otani has already decided to participate.