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Vote No. 27 on your ASG Ballot on the 27th
- Updated: May 27, 2016
No. 27 is perfect in baseball, and there are some perfectly good reasons to vote for No. 27 on May 27 as you help decide All-Star starters via your 2016 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot.
As an added bonus, this red-letter date means we are now 35 days out from the end of balloting for the 87th All-Star Game presented by MasterCard, and so if you haven’t started, you can use up your 35 allotted ballots by voting once every day the rest of the way.
Jose Altuve, Astros second baseman It is a strong year for American League second basemen on the ballot — especially with Robinson Cano’s resurgence in Seattle — but it’s hard to imagine the Houston mighty mite missing out on a fourth selection in a five-year span. Altuve leads all AL second basemen in batting, steals, OPS and plenty more.
Matt Kemp, Padres right fielder An All-Star in 2011-12, Kemp certainly merits consideration for a hometown assignment at Petco Park. He ranks among National League outfield leaders with 10 homers and 30 RBIs, and when you look at that latter category, consider that he has come to the plate with runners in scoring position in only 38 of his 197 plate appearances (19.3 percent) — well below the league norm of 24.8 percent.
Addison Russell, Cubs shortstop He is among the wave of young marquee talent that has helped take the Cubs to the top of the overall MLB won/lost records, and you can see his maturation process on display this season — his first as the everyday shortstop. Russell ranks among club RBI leaders with 30, and for most of the season he has been pretty reliable with runners in scoring position. Only four other regular MLB players have had a greater percentage of RISP opportunities per at-bat this season, so he has prime RBI potential ahead. He has struggled against lefties, but he had an OPS of 1.394 (20 PAs) at home over the past 14 days.
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