Ryan Braun falls to 6th among OFs in all-star voting

Brewers rightfielder Ryan Braun, who was third among National League outfielders in fan balloting for the all-star team in the first round of voting, has dropped to sixth in the second round.

Teammate Carlos Gomez moved ahead of Braun into fifth place among NL outfielders. The top three outfielders in fan balloting will be starters in the All-Star Game in Minneapolis on Tuesday July 15.

Yasiel Puig of Los Angeles moved into first place among NL outfielders, followed by Colorado's Charlie Blackmon and Miami's Giancarlo Stanton. Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen, the 2013 NL MVP, is fourth, followed by Gomez and Braun.

Puig had more than 935,000 votes, with Blackmon at 883,186 and Stanton at 863,307. Gomez had more than 819,000 votes and Braun more than 750,000.
Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy moved up one place into third among catchers, following St. Louis' Yadier Molina and Buster Posey.

Shortstop Jean Segura moved up to third among shortstops, behind Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki and San Francisco's Brandon Crawford.

Third baseman Aramis Ramirez dropped one spot to third among third basemen in the balloting, trailing Colorado's Nolan Arenado and New York's David Wright.

Tulowitzki, the NL's starting shortstop in 2013 and a three-time all-star, has taken the overall lead in the majors with 1,419,718 votes to pull ahead of the top American League vote-getter, Mike Trout (1,361,649) of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. 


(jsonline.com)