Altuve, Tucker, Alvarez Currently Position Leaders in All-Star Balloting

HOUSTON, TX - Major League Baseball announced today their first balloting update for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard. Among the positional leaders were three Astros: 2B Jose Altuve, DH Yordan Alvarez and OF Kyle Tucker. 

The 2024 MLB All-Star Ballot presented by BuildSubmarines.com, will be accessible until the voting period for Phase 1 concludes at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday, June 27. On that date, the top two vote-getters at each position (and the top six outfielders) in each League will be revealed on MLB Network at 5 p.m. CT, and they will advance to the second phase of voting to determine who makes the All-Star teams and starts for each League. The All-Star ballot is available exclusively online and via mobile devices at MLB.com/Vote, at all 30 Club web sites, via the MLB App and via the MLB Ballpark App. 

Altuve, who leads all Astros in votes with 620,724, is an eight-time All-Star, earning five fan elections (2015-18; 2022) in his esteemed career. He’s off to another stellar season, hitting .299 (87x291) with 14 doubles, 11 homers, 29 RBI, 10 stolen bases and an .811 OPS in 71 games. Altuve leads all AL second baseman in hits, batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS, while ranking tied for first in doubles and homers. 

Alvarez is looking for his first starting assignment after making the AL team as a reserve in 2022 and 2023. The Astros designated hitter and left fielder is hitting .290 (79x272) with 16 doubles, 14 homers, 37 RBI and an .873 OPS in 71 games this season. Alvarez leads AL qualified designated hitters in batting average, OBP, SLG, and OPS, and ranks second in runs, hits and home runs. 

Tucker, like Alvarez, is a two-time All-Star (2022-23), looking for his first fan election. Tucker has been in the AL MVP conversation this season, hitting .266 (57x214) with 11 doubles, 19 homers, 40 RBI, 10 stolen bases and a .979 OPS in 60 games. Among AL outfielders, Tucker ranks second in home runs, second in slugging and third in OPS. 

Five other Astros also appeared among the top vote-getters in MLB’s Phase 1 update: C Yainer Diaz (6th), SS Jeremy Peña (6th), 3B Alex Bregman (7th), 1B Jon Singleton (7th) and OF Mauricio Dubón (17th). 

The Astros are looking to continue their run of having at least three All-Stars in every All-Star game since the 2017 season. The Astros 30 All-Star selections since 2017 are the most of any AL club in that span.