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Injuries haven’t just hampered the New York Mets’ position players on the field this season. They’ve also been a thorn in the side of sending their top position players to Denver for the All-Star Game, which is scheduled for July 13th.
According to Newsday‘s Tim Healy, no Mets players rank in the top five in any of their respective positions. The closest right now are first baseman Pete Alonso, shortstop Francisco Lindor, and third baseman J.D. Davis. Alonso and Davis have had some injury trouble to start the season, while Lindor started cold but has since turned things around at the plate.
However, all three rank a distant seventh with still a week-and-a-half to go in the first phase of voting, which runs through June 24th on MLB.com. Voting for the starting players in the midsummer classic starts June 28th and runs through July 1st. Pitchers, of course, are not included in the fan vote, but in all likelihood, we could see Jacob deGrom, Marcus Stroman and either one or both of Taijuan Walker or Edwin Diaz heading to Denver this July.
