The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge have been the first players picked for the July 15 All-Star Game at Atlanta’s Truist Park, elected as starters by fans

F or the second straight year, Yankees slugger Aaron Judge led all players in votes (4,012,983) in Phase 1 of MLB's fan voting for the All-Star Game starting position players, the

Shohei Ohtani is still in the prime of his career, but he has already tied a Hall of Fame slugger for an All-Star game record. Ohtani received the most All-Star votes among National League players, so on Thursday he earned an automatic starting spot as the designated hitter.