Four Cubs Lead the NL in All-Star Voting With Two Weeks to Go

Five Chicago Cubs players are among the leaders for the National League in the latest 2016 All-Star Game balloting totals released Wednesday by Major League Baseball, joining three Kansas City Royals and three Boston Red Sox among the American League leaders announced Tuesday.

With two weeks of fan voting remaining, the top four spots in the NL are occupied by Cubs—Anthony Rizzo, Ben Zobrist, Kris Bryant, and Dexter Fowler—with Bryce Harper of the Nationals and Yoenis Céspedes of the Mets following closely behind in the race for the top vote-getter. In the AL, David Ortiz and Salvador Pérez have become the first two players to eclipse two million votes.

The results for the AL are much more diversified than at the same point last year, when eight Royals were among the nine leaders. Ultimately, only three Royals—Lorenzo Cain, Salvador Pérez, and Alcides Escobar—were in last year’s starting lineup, while a fourth (Alex Gordon) won the fan vote but was scratched due to injury.

Currently, there are only two closely contested races: In the NL, catcher Yadier Molina is edging out Buster Posey, and in the AL, four players are vying for the third outfield spot, where Lorenzo Cain holds a slim lead over Mark Trumbo, Mookie Betts, and José Bautista.

Nevertheless, history has shown that results can change dramatically in the final weeks of voting, due to the number of votes that are cast, so it’s likely that we’ll see at least a few different leaders by the time that voting ends. Last year, Toronto’s Josh Donaldson set a record with 14,090,188, or roughly seven times the number of votes that David Ortiz currently has.

Here is a complete list of the current leaders for each position:

American League

1B – Eric Hosmer, Royals
2B – José Altuve, Astros
3B – Manny Machado, Orioles
SS – Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox
OF – Mike Trout, Angels
OF – Jackie Bradley, Jr., Red Sox
OF – Lorenzo Cain, Royals
C – Salvador Pérez, Royals
DH – David Ortiz, Red Sox

National League

1B – Anthony Rizzo, Cubs
2B – Ben Zobrist, Cubs
3B – Kris Bryant, Cubs
SS – Addison Russell, Cubs
OF – Dexter Fowler, Cubs
OF – Bryce Harper, Nationals
OF – Yoenis Céspedes, Mets
C – Yadier Molina, Cardinals

Detailed results are available at MLB.com: American League | National League

Another round of voting updates is scheduled for next week, with the final vote totals being announced at some point after June 30, the final day of voting.