Voting for the 2017 MLB All-Star Game has officially opened via MLB.com and all 30 club sites. Voting is conducted exclusively online for a third consecutive year, with fans able to vote up to 35 times.
However, that number includes a maximum of five ballots cast during any 24-hour window. Voting closes on Thursday, June 29, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Every National League team is allowed eight players on the ballot, one for each position for the 88th Midsummer Classic that is set to take place on Tuesday, July 11, at Marlins Park in Miami.
The eight Los Angeles Dodgers players who appear on the initial ballot and can be voted as All-Star Game starters are Yasmani Grandal (catcher), Adrian Gonzalez (first base), Logan Forsythe (second base), Corey Seager (shortstop), Justin Turner (third base), Andre Ethier (outfield), Joc Pederson (outfield) and Yasiel Puig (outfield).
Teams submit which players they’d like to be included on the All-Star Game ballot well in advance, which explains Ethier appearing. He began the season on the 10-day disabled list and has yet to play in a game due to a herniated disc in his back.
The Dodgers had Seager, Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen make the 2016 All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, although none of them were starters.
The Dodgers eight position players on this year’s ballot have a combined for 11 All-Star Game appearances. Gonzalez leads the way with five, followed by Ethier with two and Grandal, Pederson, Puig and Seager all have one apiece.
Last year’s NL starters consisted of five Chicago Cubs players as Anthony Rizzo, Ben Zobrist, Addison Russell, Kris Bryant and Dexter Fowler were all voted in by fans as starters. They were joined by San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey, Washington National outfielder Bryce Harper and New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.
Voting can be completed by visiting dodgers.com/vote.
