HOUSTON, TX - Major League Baseball released its second update of the American League All-Star voting results today, which revealed that Astros third baseman Alex Bregman continues to lead all American League third basemen by a considerable margin.

The 2019 Google MLB All-Star Ballot, which is available exclusively online and via mobile devices at Astros.com, MLB.com, the MLB At Bat and MLB Ballpark mobile apps and on Google Search, will be accessible until the “The Primary” voting period ends on Thursday, June 21st at 3:00 p.m. (CT). Players must finish within the top three in vote totals at their respective position to advance to the second round, the “Starters Election”, with the exception of outfielders, who must finish within the top nine in vote totals at their position. Fans are encouraged to post to social media when they are done voting, using the designated hashtag #AllStrosGame.

Bregman has accrued 1,322,935 votes thus far, which is over 800,000 more votes than the next closest third baseman, Gio Urshela of the Yankees. Bregman was named to his first-career All-Star team last season, where he became the first player in Astros franchise history to win the All-Star Game Ted Williams MVP Award.

C Robinson Chirinos (487,868 votes) jumped into third place among AL catchers after slotting in at fourth place in last week’s update. OF Michael Brantley (924,173) also moved up from fourth place into third place among AL outfielders.

OF George Springer (1,495,817), 2B Jose Altuve (923,117) and SS Carlos Correa (656,995) all continued to hold steady at second place for their respective positions. With 1,495,817 votes, Springer owns the second-highest vote total among all AL players, behind only OF Mike Trout (1,904,273). OF Josh Reddick (511,903) has also held steady in ninth place among outfielders. 1B Yuli Gurriel (433,692) and DH Aledmys Díaz (353,015) both moved from sixth place to fifth place at their positions.

The Starters Election round will begin at 11:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, June 26, with fans voting among the finalists at each position during a 28-hour window that concludes on Thursday, June 27 at 3:00 p.m. CT. Results of the Starters Election will be announced on June 27 at 6:00 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Last season, the Astros had a club-record tying six players make the All-Star Team, while the entire Astros coaching staff represented the club at the All-Star Game, led by Astros manager AJ Hinch.