Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani have punched their tickets to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game starting lineups after topping their respective leagues in Phase 1 of fan voting, MLB announced Thursday evening. With those results, the Yankees’ slugger and Dodgers’ superstar will bypass the second round of voting and lead a crowded field of finalists into Phase 2, which begins Monday.
Judge, a seven-time All-Star, led all players with 4,012,983 votes, making him the first Yankee with five consecutive fan-elected starts since Derek Jeter. He also joins Ken Griffey Jr., Rod Carew and Ichiro Suzuki as the only players to lead the Majors in voting at least three times since 1970.
Ohtani, who earned 3,967,668 votes, will make his fifth consecutive All-Star start at designated hitter — the first two in the National League. He becomes the first player since Griffey to lead both leagues in All-Star voting during their careers.
With Phase 1 concluded, voting totals reset as fans begin selecting the final starters from two-player position battles in each league — plus six outfielders in the National League and four in the American League following Judge’s automatic selection. Voting runs through Wednesday, July 2 at noon ET, with the final results to be revealed that night on ESPN.
Among the American League finalists, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays and Paul Goldschmidt of the Yankees will battle for first base, while Tigers teammates Riley Greene and Javier Báez look to make history as Detroit’s first outfield duo to start together since 1976.
In the National League, Dodgers dominate the ballot with eight finalists, including catcher Will Smith, Freddie Freeman at first base, and three outfielders — Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages, and Ronald Acuña Jr. Cubs rookie Pete Crow-Armstrong and Mets star Juan Soto also remain in contention.
Twelve of the 34 Phase 2 finalists were born outside the U.S., representing seven different countries. The final rosters, including pitchers and reserves, will be announced Sunday, July 6 at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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