Posey solidly leading NL All-Star catcher vote

June 12th, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants catcher continued to dominate fan balloting at his position in the latest National League voting update announced Monday.
Posey, who has ranked among the Major League batting leaders through much of the season, has corraled 1,357,467 votes. He is among seven National Leaguers to have exceeded the million-vote plateau.
Rounding out the top five NL catchers in the voting are Chicago's (740,372), St. Louis' (669,641), Washington's Matt Wieters (455,498) and Los Angeles' (343,112).
Posey, the lone Giant to appear among the top five vote-getters at any position, is a four-time All-Star who was elected by fans to start in 2012 and 2016.
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