Upton drops to second among NL outfielders in All-Star vote

Justin Upton dropped from first among NL outfielders to second behind Carlos Beltran in the latest All-Star balloting released Sunday night. But Upton is still is good standing among the top three outfielders. He’s aiming for his third All-Star appearance but this would be his first as a starter voted in by the fans.

Beltran leads all NL outfielders with 2,385,240 votes, followed by Upton with 2,054,225 and Bryce Harper with 1,981,030. The next-highest vote-getter among outfielders is Ryan Braun, who has 1,645,094.

Brian McCann dropped from fourth to fifth in the voting at catcher, while Chris Johnson remained fourth among third basemen, Freddie Freeman fifth among first basemen and Andrelton Simmons fifth among shortstops.

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