Toronto Blue Jays fans are stuffing the ballot boxes.
Second baseman Ernie Clement leads all American League players in All-Star Game voting, MLB announced on Monday.
Clement, with 2,054,130 votes, is the only AL player to break the two-million mark. Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani paces all players with 2,310,735 votes.
The Blue Jays infielder also has a healthy lead at his position, with Texas Rangers second baseman Ezequiel Duran nearly 1.5 million votes behind.
Clement, 30, is vying for his first-career all-star selection. In 75 games, he is slashing .292/.311/.440 with seven home runs, 28 RBIs and a league-leading 20 doubles.
The Rochester, N.Y., native is one of six Blue Jays in the top two at their positions with less than 72 hours to go in the first phase of voting. On Thursday, the top vote-getters at each position in each league (top three outfielders) will earn an automatic entry to the all-star game July 14 in Philadelphia.
The second-place finishers (next three outfielders) will move onto Phase 2 of voting.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., leads first basemen by a healthy margin over New York Yankees slugger Ben Rice, while catcher Alejandro Kirk, third baseman Kazuma Okamoto, shortstop Andres Gimenez and designated hitter George Springer all sit second at their positions.
Daulton Varsho and Jesus Sanchez are seventh and eighth, respectively, among outfielders.





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