MLB All-Star Voting Results 2015: Leaders, Selections and Projected Lineup

The All-Star Game starters have been announced and if you disagree with any of the selections, you only have your fellow fans to blame.

While the list of pitchers and reserves will be released Monday after consideration from player votes and manager decisions, the position players in the starting lineup all came down to fan voting. This led to a wide variety of selections, including four players from the Kansas City Royals. Then again, we were close to getting many more from the reigning American League champions.

Here is a full look at the starters for each league. 

	American League
	National League
Pos.	Player	Team
C	Salvador Perez	Kansas City Royals
1B	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers
2B	Jose Altuve	Houston Astros
3B	Josh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays
SS	Alcides Escobar	Kansas City Royals
OF	Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels
OF	Lorenzo Cain	Kansas City Royals
OF	Alex Gordon	Kansas City Royals
DH	Nelson Cruz	Seattle Mariners
Pos.	Player	Team
C	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
1B	Paul Goldschmidt	Arizona Diamondbacks
2B	Dee Gordon	Los Angeles Dodgers
3B	Todd Frazier	Cincinnati Reds
SS	Jhonny Peralta	St. Louis Cardinals
OF	Bryce Harper	Washington Nationals
OF	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins
OF	Matt Holliday	St. Louis Cardinals

Regardless of what you thought about some of the fringe choices, there were quite a few who deserved this honor, thanks to outstanding performances over the first half of the season.

Bryce Harper was the leading vote-getter in the National League, going into Sunday night with a .344 batting average and 25 home runs. Of course when he was asked about leading the vote, he only wanted to give credit to others, via Aaron Dodson of the Washington Post:

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I have a great team and a lot of people around me that support me. I feel like having the fans we do here, it’s a lot of fun. We have such a bullseye on our backs as a team, as an organization. We’re just trying to go out there, have fun and enjoy it. Those votes, that’s something that I’m proud of. I’m proud to have the fans that I do. I owe a lot to what the fans come out and do for us every single night. They’ve done a great job.

"

Based on his ridiculous numbers to start the year and the fact he is just 22 years old, you can almost guarantee there will be many more All-Star appearances for the young slugger.

Paul Goldschmidt has put up just as impressive numbers this year, despite maybe getting less press. Still, he is a legitimate threat to win the Triple Crown this season.

Meanwhile, one of the bigger storylines in the NL race was whether Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier would get to start at home over Matt Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals. Although it was extremely close at the latest release point, Frazier ended up getting the starting spot by more than two million votes:

There was just as much drama in the American League with close races all over the field:

In a surprise to many, Josh Donaldson ended up with the most overall votes in the majors. As Baseball Tonight noted, his votes were the most of all time:

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.@BlueJays’s 3B Josh Donaldson leads AL in votes with 14,090,188. That sets a new all-time single-season voting record!

— Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) July 5, 2015"

Mike Trout and Nelson Cruz also were easy selections after showcasing tons of power—21 home runs each—in the West division over the first half of the season. 

The inclusion of Matt Holliday, Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon will obviously leave questions about the roster, but overall it seems like the fans did a reasonable job of picking the best at each position in the leagues.

Still, one of the big issues concerning the lineups will be the need for injury replacements. Miguel Cabrera and Giancarlo Stanton will both miss the Midsummer Classic due to injuries while Holliday remains questionable, although Jenifer Langosch of MLB.com reports he intends to play:

Although the official starting lineups won't be announced until the week of the game, we can project a reasonable one using potential injury replacements and a designated hitter for the National League.

National League	Pos.	American League
Dee Gordon, 2B, Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Mike Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels
Buster Posey, C, San Francisco Giants	2	Jose Altuve, 2B, Houston Astros
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B Arizona Diamondbacks	3	Josh Donaldson, 3B, Toronto Blue Jays
Bryce Harper, OF, Washington Nationals	4	Nelson Cruz, DH, Seattle Mariners
Todd Frazier, 3B, Cincinnati Reds	5	Salvador Perez, C, Kansas City Royals
Andrew McCutchen, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates*	6	Prince Fielder, 1B, Texas Rangers*
Matt Holliday, OF, St. Louis Cardinals	7	Alex Gordon, OF, Kansas City Royals
Jhonny Peralta, SS, St. Louis Cardinals	8	Lorenzo Cain, OF, Kansas City Royals
A.J. Pollock, DH, Arizona Diamondbacks*	9	Alcides Escobar, SS, Kansas City Royals

No matter who ends up in the final spots, you can be certain they will be worthy of the honor.

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