Goldy's bat is booming, and the voters are reacting.
Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt has overtaken Adrian Gonzalez of the Dodgers in the most recent National League All-Star balloting revealed Tuesday.
Goldschmidt, who had fewer than half of Gonzalez's vote total two weeks ago and also trailed the Cubs' Anthony Rizzo, now finds himself atop the first base balloting with 2,010,049 votes. Gonzalez is second with 1,882,725, so this remains a race that's too close to call. Voting continues through July 2, and if you haven't used up your allotment of 35 votes, you can cast yours by clicking on this link.
Goldschmidt's hot hitting has been hard for the All-Star voters to ignore. He enters Tuesday's games ranked first in the NL in on-base percentage (.466), tied for first in runs (44), second in RBI (47) and slugging (.650), third in batting average (.340), tied for third in hits (69) and tied for fourth in home runs (44).
Goldschmidt is the only Diamondback ranked among the top five in voting (top 15 for outfielders), although A.J. Pollock can make a pretty convincing All-Star argument of his own. Pollock is second in the league in hits (70), tied for third in runs (40), fourth in stolen bases (14) and eighth in batting average (.321).
The closest vote is for the catcher position, where the Cardinals Yadier Molina (2,639,744) is fewer than 5,000 votes ahead of San Francisco's Buster Posey (2,634,846).
The Cardinals have the best record in the Major Leagues, and Molina is just one of four St. Louis players currently in position to be starters. The others are third baseman Matt Carpenter, shortstop Jhonny Peraldta and outfielder Matt Holliday.
The other positional leaders are Washington outfielder Bryce Harper, Miami second baseman Dee Gordon and Miami outfielder Giancarlo Stanton.
The American League vote also is dominated by a Missouri team -- with the Kansas City Royals leading at seven of nine positions. Houston second baseman Jose Altuve and Angels outfielder Mike Trout are the lone exceptions.
