LOS ANGELES -- Confined to the disabled list for much of All-Star ballot season, Yoenis Cespedes ranks just ninth among National League outfielders with 576,463 votes, according to the latest totals released Monday by Major League Baseball. But now that he is healthy and ready to begin playing on a near-everyday basis, Cespedes still has time to make a late charge up the ballot.
Cespedes isn't likely to catch Bryce Harper, who leads NL outfielders with 2.8 million votes, or Charlie Blackmon, who ranks second with 2.2 million. But if Cespedes catches fire over the next 10 days, third-place outfielder Jason Heyward is within reach at 973,333 votes.
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The only other Mets position player to rank at the top five at his position (or top 15 among outfielders) is Jay Bruce, perched 13th with 432,805 votes. Though Michael Conforto is a near-lock to make the NL bench, his status as a write-in candidate has hurt him in balloting.
The Mets expect Cespedes to start all four of their games in Los Angeles this week, after giving him regular off time in his return from a hamstring injury earlier this month. That should give the fan favorite plenty of opportunity to pad his statistics before balloting closes.
Fans do not vote on pitchers, but the Mets have a couple of other All-Star candidates in starter Jacob deGrom and lefty specialist Jerry Blevins.