Tuesday, May 29, 2007

May 29 -- STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX

The early returns are in, and it looks like lots of Mets will be starting in the All-Star Game. Check out the voting totals to date by clicking here. Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, third baseman David Wright, catcher Paul Lo Duca and outfielder Carlos Beltran are leading at their respective positions.

No surprise that Chase Utley (322,590) is tops among NL second basemen over Craig Biggio (251,664). But Ryan Howard isn't in the top five among NL first basemen. Injuries or not, you'd think Howard's status as last year's NL MVP would've garnered him more early support. Voting will be updated each week until June 25, and I'll make sure to post vote totals here. The teams will be announced July 1.

Meanwhile, please keep weighing in on some of the issues below (Charlie Manuel's decision to let Freddy Garcia hit Monday night, the three-headed third base situation, John Smoltz's comments on Brett Myers, etc.). We've got a lot of good comments so far.

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