Chicago Cubs: Several could move to Starters Election for All-Star Game

The All-Star Game vote is a little different in 2019. The first takes the top three from each position and moves them to a ‘Starters Election.’ The starters—hopefully, a few Chicago Cubs–are then chosen from that second vote.

The Chicago Cubs are hoping the change in All-Star voting this season can help them squeeze another player or two into the midsummer classic. The vote this year is different than in the past, but we’ve not come down to players drafting their own All-Star team just yet like the NBA. But it should add a little intrigue to it.

The first round of voting is as it always was. As it moves to the second round, that’s where it changes from past years. This is the process for voting as to not bore you with the details. But as it moves to the Starters Election, it’s a bit different. According to CBS Sports: Fans can only vote once on MLB platforms and submit up to 17 unique player votes on Google. Vote totals will reset in this round, as the vote totals from the Primary will not carry over.

The final update just came out, and the Cubs have several in the running to be All-Stars in Cleveland, the site of the 2019 All-Star Game. Javier Baez is the leading vote-getter at shortstop, while Willson Contreras is first at catcher. Anthony Rizzo currently sits third at the first base position, and the other half of ‘Bryzzo’ sits in second place at third base.

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One of the more curious places is in the outfield. Cody Bellinger, Christian Yelich and Ronald Acuna Jr. have the top three spots. Not unusual, right? It’s what follows that is a surprise, but shows Cubs’ fans love their team.

Albert Almora is fourth, Jason Heyward fifth, and Kyle Schwarber sits in eighth. The top nine outfielders will advance to the Starters Election.

The league has made it clear that you don’t have to make the All-Star team to partake in the Home Run Derby. While I’d love to see Schwarber make the team, I’d enjoy seeing him tee-off again this year.

By the way? Last year it was scripted. Like Bryce Harper was going to lose at his home park in his last season, just saying.

If you want to do your part, go to MLB.com and vote for your Chicago Cubs. You’ve got three days (primary ends June 21) to help push these Cubs in the running up in the vote count.