MLB All-Star Voting: Buster Posey Leads Catchers, Melky Cabrera Needs Help

The San Francisco Giants are sitting nicely in the National League West and they will likely have quite a few representatives at the 2012 MLB All-Star Game. It will be played at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, which will give fans in the area a chance to see their favorite players from the Giants and all over the league.

There are quite a few players from San Francisco in the running to earn a starting bid. Here are the latest voting numbers, which were released on Tuesday.

Catcher: Buster Posey, Giants, 1.71 million

Competition: Yadier Molina is at 1.58M votes, giving him a chance to earn the bid. Giants fans need to stuff the ballots if they hope to see Posey start.

First Base: Joey Votto, Reds, 2.1 million

Competition: No one, really. Votto has a 1.3 million vote lead over Lance Berkman, who is currently hurt. Brandon Belt is in fourth place with 583,000 votes.

Second Base: Dan Uggla, Braves, 1.34 million

Competition: Brandon Phillips is within striking distance at 885,000 votes, but it appears Uggla will take this one home.

Third Base: David Wright, Mets, 1.36 million

Competition: This will likely be the best race in the NL. Pablo Sandoval, David Freese and Chipper Jones all have more than a million votes. Sandoval trails Wright by about 350,000 votes.

Shortstop: Troy Tulowitzki, 1.2 million

Competition: This will be a two-man battle between Tulo and Rafael Furcal, who has 1.18 million votes.

Outfield: Matt Kemp (2.59 million), Carlos Beltran (1.78 million), Ryan Braun (1.55 million)

Competition: Melky Cabrera trails Braun by a few thousand votes, but he is still within striking distance.. Andre Ethier is the only other outfielder with more than a million votes.

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