- Ernie Clement of the Blue Jays has surged to the top of the AL ballot in the second update, leapfrogging big names like Mike Trout, Aaron Judge and Yordan Alvarez with about 2,054,130 votes.
- Shohei Ohtani remains the overall leader — the only player past 2 million votes (≈2,310,735) and on pace to top all of baseball in balloting.
- Phase 1 voting closes June 25 at noon ET (vote up to five times per 24 hours); Phase 2 opens June 29 and the All-Star Game is July 14 in Philadelphia on FOX.
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