Abreu, Melky need voting push for All-Star Game

June 8th, 2016

CHICAGO --- Jose Abreu and Melky Cabrera continue to be the top White Sox vote-getters in American League All-Star balloting, with the latest results released Tuesday afternoon.
Abreu sits fifth among first baseman with 248,041 votes, trailing leader and Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, who checks in with 1,272,557 votes. Cabrera, who missed this past weekend's series while on the family emergency leave list, ranks 10th in the AL outfield at 304,449. The Angels' Mike Trout (1,344,578), the Royals' Lorenzo Cain (944,362) and the Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr. (937,571) are the top three vote-getters in the outfield.
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Abreu has been plagued by a slow start this year, but things started to pick up for the right-handed hitter this past weekend in Detroit. He finished 5-for-12 in the series with a long home run off Justin Verlander on Sunday.
Cabrera leads the White Sox with a .275 batting average to go with four home runs and 24 RBIs.