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.
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.
Sirota has had a spectacular overall first half .
So far looks like the real deal keeping fingers crossed