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Phase 1 of the voting for this year’s All-Star Game is in the home stretch, and Ronald Acuña Jr. (overall leader) and Shohei Ohtani remain the leading vote-getters in the National League and American League, respectively, in our second update of the 2023 Scotts MLB All-Star Ballot.

From now until Phase 1 ends at noon ET on Thursday, you can vote as many as five times per every 24-hour period exclusively at MLB.com, on all 30 MLB club sites and on the MLB app.

Your votes will help decide who will start the 2023 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard on July 11 at T-Mobile Field in Seattle. The leading vote-getter in each league will receive an automatic spot in their team’s starting lineup. Beyond those two players, the top two vote-getters at every position, and the top six outfielders, will advance to Phase 2 of the voting, which begins on Monday. If an outfielder is a league’s leading vote-getter, only the next four outfield finalists will move on to Phase 2 to determine who starts at the two remaining spots.

Victor Wembanyama, the likely No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, visited Yankee Stadium and threw out a first pitch that was juuust a bit outside. What can you expect when a baseball is like a ping pong ball in his hands?

Jo Adell is still slugging away in Triple-A, and this absolutely demolished dinger soared farther than any Major League home run that has been tracked by Statcast.

The talent Caden Sorrell is showing off at the Draft Combine shouldn’t really shock you, since both (!) of his grandfathers were Major League players.

Tony Kemp went all akimbo to make an impressive catch.

Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala. — the former home of the Negro Leagues’ Birmingham Black Barons, where Willie Mays once played — will host the Cardinals and Giants for a special regular-season game on June 20, 2024.

Seattle ace Luis Castillo is scheduled to pitchagainst Yankees rookie Jhony Brito at 7 p.m. ET.

Watch baseball’s future stars showcase their skills during the MLB Draft Combine from Chase Field in Arizona at 3:30 p.m. ET.

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