Phase 1 voting for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game concludes on Thursday, June 26th at 9:00 AM PT. I have never before seen so many Dodgers with this many votes in the first phase. They will be more than represented for Phase 2.
Shohei Ohtani might catch Aaron Judge for most overall votes, but I doubt that he actually catches him. However, Ohtani should be the top NL vote getter, which makes him the automatic starter at DH.
FIRST BASEMEN
1. Freddie Freeman, Dodgers: 2,095,672
2. Pete Alonso, Mets: 1,536,045
3. Michael Busch, Cubs: 530,614
There is virtually no chance that Freddie and Pete Alonso are not the two 1B going into Phase 2. Freddie has a healthy lead, but that could evaporate quickly if Alonso continues to hit, and Freddie continues to slump.
SECOND BASEMEN
1. Ketel Marte, D-backs: 1,561,235
2. Tommy Edman, Dodgers: 1,059,174
3. Nico Hoerner, Cubs: 636,422
Admittedly, I am surprised that Tommy Edman is the #2 vote getter, but congrats to the Dodgers fan voters. This is a rarity that someone like Tommy Edman moves to Phase 2. I cannot see how Nico Hoerner catches Tommy, but it is doubtful that Tommy will catch Marte.
SHORTSTOPS
1. Francisco Lindor, Mets: 1,641,053
2. Mookie Betts, Dodgers: 1,211,461
3. Elly De La Cruz, Reds: 689,640
This is another where the top 2 current vote getters should be moving to Phase 2.
THIRD BASEMEN
1. Manny Machado, Padres: 1,683,022
2. Max Muncy, Dodgers: 891,799
3. Eugenio Suárez, D-backs: 538,765
This is one of the closer vote totals between the 2nd and 3rd choice. However with the way Max has played the last month, it appears that he will hold off Suárez and move into Phase 2.
CATCHERS
1. Will Smith, Dodgers: 2,099,944
2. Carson Kelly, Cubs: 769,860
3. J.T. Realmuto, Phillies: 489,289
Smith has the 2nd most NL votes, so he should easily hold on for the top vote getter to be starting catcher for the NL.
OUTFIELDERS
1. Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs: 2,005,630
2. Teoscar Hernández, Dodgers: 1,366,537
3. Kyle Tucker, Cubs: 1,219,866
4. Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves: 1,140,061
5. Juan Soto, Mets: 1,048,781
6. Corbin Carroll, D-backs: 1,019,472
7. Andy Pages, Dodgers: 962,219
The top 6 OF vote getters move on to Phase 2. Teoscar will clearly make Phase 2, but Pages has a decent chance to move into the top 6. He will have to pass Corbin Carroll, and even though Carroll is on the IL with a fractured wrist, the Arizona fans will still be voting for Carroll. Outside of PCA, all of the next 6 vote getters can make a move to make the final 2. I would fully expect San Diego voters to vote for any player in contention with Pages.
Phase 2 voting will continue until Wednesday, July 2nd at 9:00 AM PT. The vote totals in Phase 1 do not change. The player receiving the most votes (top 3 for OF) after Phase 2 will be the ASG starter.
Finalists who don’t win the All-Star Ballot Finals at their position are not automatically added to All-Star rosters, so after the starters are selected by fans, each league has 23 spots to fill to reach a total of 20 position players and 12 pitchers per side.
There are two groups making these decisions. It’s a group effort between the player ballot and the Commissioner’s Office. A change made in 2017 resulted in All-Star skippers no longer having a say in selections, so there’s no longer the potential for any perceived conflicts of interest.
The first group selecting the All Star players come from the Player votes. The ballots gathered from players account for 17 players in each league — eight pitchers (five starters and three relievers), as well as one backup for each position. The top vote getter from the Players becomes the All Star backup.
The players will not have any knowledge as to who the fans voted through, so if the Players select the same starter as the fans, the Players #2 vote getter becomes the backup.
The Commissioner’s Office is responsible for selecting six additional players in each league (four pitchers and two position players). At this stage, MLB must ensure that every club is represented by at least one All-Star selection.
If any LAD player/pitcher is not selected by the fans or players, it is highly unlikely that the Commissioner will select any additional Dodgers. However, if after the teams are named, and there is an injury, then it is conceivable that an additional Dodger could be added.
The teams are announced on July 6. I expect that the Dodgers will have Shohei and Will Smith as starters, Freddie as a starter or reserve, Teoscar as a starter or reserve, and maybe Betts and Muncy. Outside chance of Pages. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is deserving. Will the Players vote him as one of the top 5 SP?
MiLB GAME SUMMARY REPORTS
OKC Comets 16 – Sacramento River Cats (Giants) 0
Emmet Sheehan pitched 6.0 perfect innings IN SACRAMENTO IN THE DAY TIME. That is no small feat. Sacramento is a launching pad. 73 pitches in 6.0 innings. That is basically 12 pitches per inning, and Sheehan was obviously throwing strikes. 13 strikeouts of the 18 batters he faced.
Interesting that this was against the San Francisco Giants AAA affiliate. Sheehan’s MLB debut was against the Giants MLB team. On 06-16-2023, he threw 6.0 hitless/shutout innings, walked 2 and struck out 3.
Emmet Sheehan was simply on a different planet today in his start for AAA OKC.
6IP 0H 0R 13Ks 0BB…75 pitches-52 strikes
As that line shows, he retired ALL 18 batters he faced, and threw a perfect 6 innings.3rd outing in a row he has not walked a batter, compared to 26 Ks in… pic.twitter.com/e5CbbtVgdK
— Dodgers Daily (@dodger_daily) June 25, 2025
Garrett McDaniels, Sam Carlson, and Nick Frasso completed the combined 2-hit shutout. Overall, the Comets retired 27 of 29 batters and finished with a season-high 17 strikeouts during the team’s third shutout of the season.
The Comets ripped Carson Whisenhunt on Tuesday (#2 prospect) and manhandled Trevor McDonald (#9 prospect) on Wednesday.
OKC was 8-17 wRISP. The Comets had 13 hits including 5 XBH.
The offense backed Sheehan with a four-run third inning, including a three-run homer by James Outman and solo homer by Ryan Ward. Ward and Outman are now #1 and #2 in HR in the PCL.
James Outman woke up still on a heater! 🥵
3️⃣ straight games with a homer for No. 3️⃣3️⃣ pic.twitter.com/eckZRwD9mM
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) June 25, 2025
Ryan Ward won’t let Outman have anything nice 🤣
Just when Outman tied Ward at the top of the league in homers, Ward takes it right back! pic.twitter.com/Vwi15TCwKj
— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) June 25, 2025
The Comets dropped eight runs on the River Cats in the fourth inning during a rally that included four hits, three walks and four errors by Sacramento.
RBI singles by Hunter Feduccia, Kody Hoese and Nick Senzel led to three more runs in the sixth inning to make it 15-0. A balk plated the final run of the day in the eighth inning. The Comets pitching staff retired the first 22 batters of the game before Drew Ellis broke up the perfect game and no-hit bid with a single in the eighth inning.
The Comets won a fourth straight game and improved to 10-1 in the last 11 games, 11-2 in the last 13 games and 13-3 in the last 16 games. The team also won a fifth straight road game – tying a season high – and improved to 8-2 over the last 10 road games.
- Esteury Ruiz – 3-6, 2 runs, 2 RBI, double (14)
- Ryan Ward – 2-5, 1 BB, 3 runs, 2 RBI, HR (19)
- Kody Hoese – 2-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI, double (9)
- Nick Senzel – 2-3, 1 BB, 1 run, 2 RBI
- Austin Gauthier – 2-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI
- James Outman – 1-4, 2 BB, 2 runs, 4 RBI, HR (18)
Frisco RoughRiders 3 – Tulsa Drillers 1
The Tulsa Drillers continued their road series in Frisco, Texas Wednesday night, and they continued to struggle to generate much in the way of offense. For the second straight game, the Drillers scored just one run, wasting an impressive night from the Tulsa bullpen in a 3-1 loss to the RoughRiders.
It was the third straight loss for the Drillers, and they have scored a total of two runs in the three games.
The RoughRiders got all the offense they needed with a three-run first inning. They got a leadoff single and SB. Frisco got a second single with one out and that put runners on 1st and 3rd. A SB and throwing error gave the RoughRiders their 1st run. That was followed by a 2-run HR and a 3-0 lead.
Frisco starting pitcher Kohl Drake blanked the Drillers through the first six innings, surrendering just two hits.
Tulsa finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh. Singles from Kendall Simmons and Ezequiel Pagan, followed by a walk to Sean McLain, loaded the bases with two outs. Kole Myers hit a sharp grounder that the second baseman could not handle cleanly, allowing Myers to reach safely with an infield single and Simmons to cross the plate with the Drillers lone run of the game.
- Ezequiel Pagan – 2-4
Great Lakes Loons 11 – Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego) 0
The Great Lakes Loons (37-33) (3-2) dominated the Fort Wayne TinCaps (34-36) (3-2) in all aspects, an 11-0 win on a warm 88-degree sunny Wednesday night at Parkview Field.
Mike Sirota drove in four runs and now has seven RBI in the first two games played in Fort Wayne this week. He started the scoring with an RBI double in the top of the first inning. In the sixth, the Dodgers 18th prospect smoked a two-run homer 405 feet with a 110 mph exit velocity, his second in as many games. He finished his night with a sac fly. Sirota has 25 RBI in 27 games as a Loon.
Mike Sirota can flat RAKE!
Dude had a double and a home run tonight for Great Lakes to move his average up to .348. He's 5-for-his-last-8 with 2 home runs, a double, and 7 RBIs in that span.Whoever taught this young man to stay "inside" the ball, let the ball get deep, and hit… pic.twitter.com/P5nX0A125A
— Dodgers Daily (@dodger_daily) June 26, 2025
Top #Dodgers OF prospect Mike Sirota absolutely demolished his 13th homer of the season
This ball left the bat at 110 mph, per the broadcast. Sirota is batting .352 with a 1.129 OPS since moving up to Great Lakes in mid-May pic.twitter.com/uJfe4RuPXD
— Bruce Kuntz (@Bnicklaus7) June 26, 2025
Roque Gutierrez made his first start of 2025. He provided his second five-inning outing, striking out three TinCaps. The right-hander needed only 57 pitches.
The Loons tallied for two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth. Fort Wayne pitchers delivered walks to begin each frame. Logan Wagner walked aboard in the fourth and scored on a wild pitch. He then whacked an RBI single to right field in the sixth. Frank Rodriguez sliced an RBI single in the fourth inning. Rodriguez has five RBI in his first five games as a Loon this year.
Facing TinCaps catcher turned pitcher Victor Duarte, Great Lakes scored four in the ninth. Jake Gelof demolished a lob, 372 feet, and with a 106 mph exit velocity to deep left field, a three-run homer.
Over the final four innings, three Loons pitchers combined for eight strikeouts to two walks. Alex Makarewich struck out two in the sixth. Cam Day inherited two in scoring position in the seventh and got a strikeout to push through it. Reynaldo Yean punched out the side, with each finishing pitch being 100+ mph.
- Mike Sirota – 2-5, 1 run, 4 RBI, double (8), HR (6)
- Jake Gelof – 3-4, 1 BB, 3 runs. 3 RBI, double (8), HR (5)
- Jordan Thompson – 2-4, 1 BB, 1 run
San Jose Giants 6 – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 1
Not a whole lot to report in this one. The Quakes scored the first run, but nothing after that. In the fourth Samuel Munoz singled and later scored on a Niko Perez RBI single. For the game, they totaled 4 singles.
The San Jose Giants scored the game’s last six runs, pulling away from the Quakes for a 6-1 victory.
This was the Giants eighth straight head-to-head win over Rancho.
Quakes’ starter Sterling Patick was sharp through four, but one of four Rancho errors cost him in the fifth inning as the Giants took the lead for good.
San Jose added two in the sixth thanks to a two-run double and then two more in the eighth, taking a commanding 6-1 lead.
The Quakes did not have a hitter with a multi-hit game or an XBH.
Dodgers are now 50-31… So we’re at the midpoint, with the Dodgers on a 100-win pace.
So Shohei is on pace for 54 HRs, 102 RBIs and 158 runs scored.
And Pages is on pace for 32 HRs and 108 RBIs.
Four Dodgers are trending toward 100 RBIs, with Max and Teo joining Shohei and Pages. (Freddie and especially Mookie need to pick up the pace.
Nice to read about Sheehan’s great game for the Comets in Sacramento. Also nice to read that Outman and Ward each hit another HR.
Ward may havve the league lead over Outman by 1 HR–but of course that doesn’t include the 2 HRs Outman hit for the Dodgers this season.
Conforto, clearly wanting to serve me crow, his another dinger at Coors Field… but I still would prefer to see one of four Comets take his place on the roster: Outman, Ward, Ruiz, Feduccia.
Conforto finally tied Outman with 2 home runs.
He has six, not two.
I believe Conforto will be the left fielder for the second half push. What that means for Outman, Ward, and Ruiz remains to be seen but I suspect they are there in reserve for injuries. The plan may have been to not need them but I won’t be surprised if need them, and others, they will..
Will Mookie and Freddie begin to hit again? Maybe in spurts but my suspicions of Mookie being drained by this position move appear to be coming to pass, and face it, Freddie is just not right. Even his glove is coming apart at the seams.
The question remains, will this juggernaut ever be operating on all cylinders? Sure would be fun to see it. But honestly, I hope it happens in the last two months of the season. Until then, marking time keeping everyone as healthy as possible should be the goal. And that means resting those that need it. In my opinion all these guys need innings restrictions. This is not just a 26 man effort, I can easily see it being as many as 30 needed to finish the job.
Wish they would give Freeman a few days off.
Would it light a fire under Mookie and Freddie like it did for Muncy and Pages, if we started talking runways and who we could trade for to replace them? We could slide Arenado in at short and Robert jr at first. Just to keep the names consistent.
quality post, clever strategy
Sirota has had a spectacular overall first half .
That HR . . .
He needs to be moved up. He could be in CF next year.
So far looks like the real deal keeping fingers crossed
It’s still no long ways away to the big club
Where has Kim been these last few days? He can play short, Hernandez can play first giving Freddie and Mookie a blow. Today would be a good day to do it, day game after a late night game. And against a last place club.
Getting them both out of the lineup a day would be awesome . Is Kim in the doghouse ?
He played CF the last inning last night. He won’t get the start today either against Gomber who is left-handed. Kike most certainly will.
even if I wasn’t a closet Tatis fan, this would be awesome:
I like the one of Trea Turner doing that slide in Philly. It was pretty cool. I can’t stand Tatis, or the Padres and those ice cream unis are awful.
Was hoping a great big boot was gonna come in and crush it.
Reminds me of short film I saw at a small out of the way indie theater in Hollywood back in the early 70s. “Bambi Meets Godzilla”. Starts off with Bambi alone in a field, peacefully grazing, butterflies, squirrels, a rainbow, quiet music. Then a gigantic Godzilla foot comes down and with a loud thud smashes everything. End scene. It was over in about 15 seconds. Everyone in the theater, all twenty of us, roared in laughter.
One of my favorite movies. I laughed,I cried, it became a part of me.
Good one Sam.
50-31 without Snell or Glasnow really playing a part is some going.
First half hero’s,
Will (the extra rest seems to be working)
Pages (turned things around impressively)
Dreyer
Wrobo
Caspa
Vesia
Yamamoto (delivered when we really needed it).
The rest of the Position Players have really dovetailed to perfection – some started hot and have cooled off, Shohei, Freddie, Teo, Edman, while others started slowly and have improved, Max, particularly but also Comforto lately and Kim.
With the harder half of the schedule completed and hopefully the aforementioned Blake and Tyler returning and Shohei pitching more innings, we should be well set.
Also, and obviously a lot can change, I’m not seeing anyone yet that we should be fearful of, other than the Tigers (tipped by Jeff tbf).
Think we might see a trade for couple of potent relievers because the way the Dodgers go about the Post Season, relievers play a pivotal role.Graterol and Treinen should be back too, plus Scott is looking better now.
Im feeling optimistic.
Cooled off for Ohtani is .978 OPS the last 30 days! He’s still the MVP of the league as well as the Dodgers.
Frasso is looking pretty good as a reliever right now. Henriquez is getting closer to a return. Luis Garcia is expected back sometime this week. Graterol not until September. Treinen is throwing again.
Will Graterol ever be healthy for longer than a month?
Remains to be seen.
I agree that Frasso has been looking legit as a reliever. I was intrigued when this was rumored more than a month ago. His last start was May 21, and the rumors were whispered before that start. HIs first two relief appearances were rough, but he has been good since. For the month of June, Nick has pitched in 9 games. He has 12.2 IP, 2 runs, 10 hits, 1 BB, 9 K. The two runs came in 1 game off a 2-run HR in Albuquerque.
I am not as optimistic on Graterol or Treinen as I have been for Glasnow and Snell.
Conforto’s new bat seems to be working for him. Ball he hit last night went 441 feet. His runway will now handle 747’s. What a fluke play on that popup. I was watching the game on the Rockies station here, and their announcers went bat nuts. That storm was up in the Denver area. We did not get any of that.
Mark Walter now officially owns the Lakers.
But Jeannie, not AF is running the team.
For a short term. Walter will install his own management team at some point. And she is not director of basketball operations; her title is governor. The reason given for this is estate planning for her family. Similar arrangement was made when the Celtics were sold for their previous owner.
Today’s lineup, with Kershaw facing Austin Gomber, 0-1 8.38 ERA. Game time 12:10 PST. Ohtani DH, Betts SS, Smith C, Freeman 1B, Hernandez RF, Pages CF, Edman 2B, Kike LF, Rojas 3B. Last night Pages made an awful throw to third that sailed into the Dodger dugout. I give him a little bit of a pass on the throw, since the ball was most likely wet. But he should have just thrown to second keeping the runner at first. As it was the run scored, and the runner ended up at second base.
I think that was the hype about his elite arm playing in his head. He had no chance to get the runner even with a dry ball. It was a mistake. He is 24, he will learn when to show that arm off and when not to. As long as he learns, I can live with his aggressiveness.
That was his first bad defensive play in months. Tough crowd.
Would have kept both Conforto and MM in the lineup , even vs a LHP. Both are hot.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I gave him a pass on the throw because of the weather. His decision making those was reminiscent of Yasiel Puig whose ego always took over when making throws.
Muncy especially is on absolute fire. I think it’s something like 42 rbi in his last 37 games?
In news that will make Scott ecstatic, the Dodgers have reinstated RHRP Luis Garcia from the IL. Will Klein who threw 2.0 scoreless innings yesterday was optioned to OKC to make room for Garcia. Garcia was out 25 games with a right adductor strain.
Slow claps lol
He is better than Trevino admittedly.
I was actually impressed with Klein’s stuff and movement last night. Yes, it’s against a crap team, but it also was in Colorado which is weird.
Let’s see if he continues the success in AAA
I wonder if Karros ever picked up a rule book and actually read it. His explanations on that overthrow were embarrassing
He is not a good announcer
Karros is an idiot. When he has nothing to add, he just talks anyway. He makes lots of errors on what’s going on, on the field. I wonder how much attention he paid as a player to other positions? His mouth engages before his brain, way too often.
He and Stephen Nelson are brutal for an elite franchise like the Dodgers.
I know everyone has their own favorites. I watch a lot of games involving a lot of teams. And I actually listen to what they say.
My favorite broadcast teams are Cohen and Hernandez for the Mets, Kay and Cone with the Yankees, Kruk and Knipe with the Giants and Aaron Goldsmith with Ryan Rowland-Smith or Angie Mentink for the Mariners. They replaced Dave Simms and Mike Blowers and are very good.
I really like Ben McDonald who does some Orioles games and did the CWS.
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One thing you always get with the Yankees, pregame is tons of information. Even with Joe Davis the Dodgers don’t offer close to the same information.
With the Yankees pre-game, you get both starting lineups, offense and defense, the umpiring crew, a book on the HPU’s tendencies, the wind directions and a great rundown of the pitcher’s stuff.
With the Dodgers you get the batting order and some fluff from Kirsten that ends everytime with “guys”. None of the other information. It sometimes is the 5th inning before the HPU’s name is mentioned. Even Joe is tardy with defensive replacements.
Probably the best team for the Dodgers is Joe Davis and Nomar with Orel in short bursts. I think Rick Monday and Tim Nevertte on the radio side are terrible too. Neverette just lobs softballs at Monday all broadcast. Heavy on the NEVER part of Neverette. The rest, including Jess Mendoza are lame starting with Karros and Hairston being the worst.
Having Vin’s shoes filled by Stephen Nelson is a crime.
Another first inning goose egg!
Down early again. Game over. Another Dodger win!
Damn, another fantastic start for Kersh.
I’ll need to go next week at home for his next start; chance to see history!
I’m jealous! Enjoy a very special moment for a very special person! Thank you Kersh for so many wonderful memories!
may not get 8 today, but the team is rounding into very good form.
starting to, hopefully, run away.
First a mea culpa. I was wrong. MLB All Star Phase 1 votes do not carry over to Phase 2. That being said, on June 30 at 12:00 Noon ET, Phase 2 voting begins, and ends on July 2 at 12:00 Noon ET.
Shohei Ohtani is already the starting DH, and the Dodgers will have a representative for the Phase 2 vote at every other position:
What? No Conforto?
Just missed out.
My feelings about this game haven’t changed. Send them all home for some much needed mid-summer rest.
Wander Franco found guilty and given a two-year suspended sentence as long as he meets certain provisos. MLB still investigating and will hand down their own punishment when that is concluded. Julio Urias’s ban will be over after the All-Star break. He will then be a free agent. Anyone take a chance on him?
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Hey Jeff, thank you and Bear for this outstanding blog. Since you stay up on the Minor leagues can you gives us the scoop on Kendall Simmons. I noticed him recently showing up in the Tulsa box scores, so I looked him up and he was a sixth round shortstop choice of the Phillies. He seems to spend most of his time in Tulsa as a third baseman and a little in the outfield. I have bagged the Tulsa position players more than I should. I think there shortstop has a chance but not much anywhere else until Simmons showed up in late June. You have any scoop on him that one can’t gather on the bio page?
Simmons was hurt most of the year, but I will do some research on him. He really is not a SS. He has generally played 3B at Tulsa…6 starts at 3B, 2 starts at 2B, and 2 starts at 1B. I do not see where he has ever played OF in his MiLB career. He is an infield utility player, which the Dodgers have a plethora of. He is not gifted defensively. Not a base stealer. I am not sure what he adds. He has signed a one year MiLB contract.
When I was at a Dodger game at the Coliseum in May of 1959 They had all star game tickets for sale so I used the money I had for food and got a seat in left field behind the screen. I think it cost 6 bucks. I was 13 years old. One of the things that I was most excited about was being able to see the home uniforms of the other National league players. I wanted to see Mathews and Aaron and Willie Mays in their home whites. The clown suits the players wore last year sucked. It was hard to tell who the players were at a distance like when they were running the bases. I wish they would just let the guys wear their home colors.
One big highlight that I remember from that game was when they put Ted Williams in left field as a late sub. When he jogged out to left all the fans behind the screen gave him a standing ovation. Ted turned, smiled and waved to us. It was very cool.
According to Roberts, Ohtani’s next start will be Saturday against the Royals.