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While in many ways it feels like the MLB season is still getting started, we’ve officially played two full months meaning the MLB All-Star ballot has now been opened. This year’s Mid-Summer Classic will take place July 11th from T-Mobile Park in Seattle, and full rosters will be revealed on July 2.

This year, MLB is once again going with a two-phase voting format to determine the starters. The first round of voting will conclude on June 22 when finalists will be revealed on MLB Network that evening. The top-two vote getters at each position, as well as six outfielders per league will advance to the second phase of voting where fans can vote for starters between June 26-29. The overall leading vote-getter in each league will automatically get a starting spot and will not need to go through another voting round.

MLB allows you to sort each position by home runs, batting average, RBIs, and OPS when deciding your vote, and the Mets may struggle to get a player into a starting spot if you are going purely based on the stats.

Pete Alonso is probably the most-likely option as he does lead the league with 20 home runs and 46 RBIs.  However, he faces stiff competition from the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman (1.005 OPS), defending NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt of the Cardinals (.905 OPS), and Atlanta’s Matt Olson (.904 OPS, 17 homers).

Jeff McNeil ranks third in batting average among second baseman, but he is far behind the likes of  Miami’s Luis Arraez (.376 average, .894 OPS) who is having a remarkable season thus far.

Francisco Lindor does lead all NL shortstops in home runs, but he ranks only 9th in OPS among the shortstops on the ballot.  Brandon Nimmo has a solid case among outfielders, as he is hitting .300 on the season and has played tremendous centerfield defense. However, he will be competing for spots with stars like Ronald Acuña Jr, Juan Soto, Mookie Betts, and Bryan Reynolds who currently have him Nimmo beat in OPS.

The Mets’ best shot may actually be from rookie sensation Francisco Álvarez. Although Sean Murphy of the Braves has been having a outstanding first season in Atlanta, he also got a several-week head start on Álvarez, who already ranks second behind Murphy in homers and is fourth overall in OPS and surging up the leaderboard every week.

Ultimately, it will be up to the passion of Mets’ fans to get a player moved on to the second round of voting. MLB allows fans to vote as many as five times per day during the opening round, and voting can be done at MLB.com, all 30 MLB team sites, and on the MLB and MLB Ballpark Apps.