Aaron Judge locks up 2025 AL All-Star starting spot as MLBs top vote-getter

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.To the surprise of no one, Aaron Judge is headed back to the All-Star Game. The reigning AL MVP wrapped up a starting spot in next month’s Midsummer Classic, courtesy of being the leading vote-getter in the American League (and all of Major League Baseball) in the first phase of fan voting that ended Thursday. Judge will be making his seventh trip to the All-Star Game, this time with Boone managing the AL team.

Even after cooling off slightly over the past two weeks, Judge is in the midst of a dominant first half, batting .361 with a 1.180 OPS — both leading the majors — to go with 28 home runs. How many of Judge’s teammates will be joining him in Atlanta is still to be determined. Paul Goldschmidt and Ben Rice were the only Yankees to finish in the top two in fan voting at their respective positions, advancing them to the next phase of voting to determine starters.Goldschmidt is squaring off against Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

for first base, and Rice is battling Ryan O’Hearn. Pitchers are determined by a player’s ballot, but Max Fried is close to a lock to make the team — and is making a case to start the game if his schedule allows it — and Carlos Rodón also has a strong shot....