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Miguel Sano holds on to All-Star voting lead at third

By Collin Kottke

Jun 7, 2017; Seattle, WA, USA; Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano (22) throws to first for a putout against the Seattle Mariners during the eighth inning at Safeco Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 7, 2017; Seattle, WA, USA; Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano (22) throws to first for a putout against the Seattle Mariners during the eighth inning at Safeco Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Miguel Sano keeps his lead in the race to start at third base for the American League in the All-Star Game.

The MLB All-Star Game is less than a month away and things are looking good for Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano. Last week, Sano took the lead in the race for the third base spot in the American League starting lineup and Sano continues to hold that spot.

In last week’s voting update, Sano had 638,952 votes. In the latest update Sano has 1,010,060 votes which is 312,313 votes over Sano’s second place competitor.

Here is the up-to-date top five for American League third basemen via MLB.com:

  1. Miguel Sano, Twins: 1,010,060
  2. Jose Ramirez, Indians: 697,747
  3. Manny Machado, Orioles: 677,925
  4. Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays: 527,680
  5. Alex Bregman, Astros: 512,734

The rest of the American League starting lineup would currently include Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez, Oakland A’s first baseman Yonder Alonso, Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, Seattle Mariners designated hitter Nelson Cruz, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout and Astros outfielder George Springer.

Alonso, Correa and Springer are all new leaders for their position compared to last week’s update.

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Miguel Sano is still having a nice season, in case you missed a week and a half of Twins baseball due to the long road trip on the West Coast. As of Tuesday afternoon, Sano has played in 57 games with 15 home runs and 46 RBI. Sano is hitting .288/.389/.576/.965 in his third season of big league ball.

Sano also has shown vast improvements in the field this season. The right-handed slugger has been a negative 0.6 in the defensive WAR measurement, which isn’t great but is a great improvement over last season’s negative 1.4. Sano this season helped trigger an around-the-horn triple play which was the team’s first in over a decade.

You can vote for the MLB All-Star Game online and help make sure that Sano represents the Twins in the starting lineup through June 29. The 88th All-Star Game is set for Tuesday, July 11 from Marlins Park in Miami, Florida.

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