Are you tired of the Hamilton-adjacent cosplays yet? Well, Braves Country isn’t throwing away its shot to send some Braves to the All-Star Game. But some help may be needed.
With three days left remaining in Phase 1 of voting, Major League Baseball has released the second balloting update for the 2026 All-Star Game in Philadelphia. As of last week’s update, five Braves were poised to advance.
Much is the same in this update, which is what we like to see.
Our recently-returned reigning ROY Drake Baldwin and recent walkoff hero Ozzie Albies lead their positions at catcher and second base, respectively. Baldwin, sporting a cumulative 1,755,668 votes, has a decent lead over LA’s Will Smith. If a late push to get J.T. Realmuto in at his home field happens, he’s more than welcome to fight it out with Smith. We love the Drake.
Things are much tighter in the race for second base. Ozzie’s holding at first with just shy of a million votes, but is nearly 200,000 votes above Phillie Bryson Stott in second, and just over 300,000 votes separate him from Luis Arraez of the Giants in fifth. The Ozzie Albies game came with a relentless push to vote Ozzie, and our short king could use your support.
Matt Olson remains (criminally) in second place with Freddie Freeman in first for NL first basemen, but is still poised to advance to Phase 2. If a last-minute comeback for Bryce Harper in voting sinks this for Matty O… I don’t even want to think about it.
The outfield has the one mildly unpleasant update. Ronald Acuña Jr.‘s current placement on the IL may be dampening his All-Star voting for the outfield. He’s slipped from second place to third behind Andy Pages and Brandon Marsh. The latter has surged but has a slim ~40k lead. Michael Harris II is right there behind Ronald at fourth. Both would still advance to Phase 2, but of course we’d much prefer to see Acuña Jr. earn the starting spot in the OF over a Phillie, right?
TL;DR: Baldwin and Albies are in line to start at catcher and second base for the National League, while Olson, Acuña Jr., and Harris II are in good shape to advance to Phase 2 of voting.
As for our other Braves, Austin Riley surged in voting a little to overtake Nolan Arenado to be third for third baseman. The gap between him and Alec Bohm isn’t impossible to close, but it could be tough to find 300k+ votes. Ha-Seong Kim, Dominic Smith, and Mauricio Dubón all remain at the same spots as last update in their positions (sixth, third, and eleventh, respectively). Full vote totals can be found here.
The marching orders seem clear to me: help secure Ronald’s spot in the Midsummer Classic and keep voting Braves. Consider submitting your five daily votes today through Wednesday while we’re waiting around all day for these Pacific Time games. Phase 1 of the voting ends at 12:00 p.m. ET sharp on June 25. Finalists will be announced at 6:00 p.m ET that same day and Phase 2 begins on June 29.
