Voting for the 2011 MLB All-Star Game is over inside stadiums, but online balloting will continue through the end of Thursday, June 30. Will Colorado Rockies shortstop be able to hold his now 244,832-vote lead over the New York Mets' Jose Reyes? From a half a million vote lead just a few weeks ago to just under a quarter of a million votes, it will be a race to the finish. Reyes does have a league-high .341 batting average and 14 triples, but then All-Star Game voting isn't so clear cut on the criteria for voting. Still, at 2.9 million votes Tulowitzki should have no trouble surpassing 3 million before all is said and done. This time Tulowitzki should be able to play in an All-Star Game (injury kept him out last year).
The only other Rockies' player to appear in the voting is still outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. He moved up to 10th overall among NL outfielders with 1,253,728 votes.
Here are the results:
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Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies: 2,955,609
Jose Reyes, Mets: 2,710,777
Jimmy Rollins, Phillies: 1,724,166
Alex Gonzalez, Braves: 1,142,470
Yuniesky Betancourt, Brewers: 1,131,078OUTFIELD
Ryan Braun, Brewers: 3,932,100
Lance Berkman, Cardinals: 3,208,183
Matt Holliday, Cardinals: 2,935,965
Matt Kemp, Dodgers: 2,743,927
Andre Ethier, Dodgers: 2,264,640
Jay Bruce, Reds: 2,119,267
Shane Victorino, Phillies: 1,742,128
Carlos Beltran, Mets: 1,639,362
Jason Heyward, Braves: 1,302,127
Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies: 1,253,728
Raul Ibanez, Phillies: 1,239,678
Corey Hart, Brewers: 1,217,629
Justin Upton, D-backs: 1,141,296
Carlos Gomez, Brewers: 1,016,685
Martin Prado, Braves: 1,012,084