New York Yankees fans infuriated after MLB announcement regarding Vladimir Guerrero Jr
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It seems that New York Yankees fans are very angry after Major League Baseball announced on Monday that Toronto Blue Jays perennial All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr is now in the lead in All-Star voting over Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
"American League All-Star voting update!" the league announced. "Vlad Jr. is the new leader at 1B 👀 Vote 5x daily, Phase 1 voting ends June 26."
Paul Goldschmidt was way ahead in voting for quite sometime until today.
While his days of MVP-level production may be behind him, at 37 years old Goldschmidt has re-established himself as a reliable veteran presence and is having a good season.
The former MVP is slashing a robust .339/.392/.486 with five home runs and 25 RBI in 195 plate appearances.
However Guerrero has been effective, appearing in 76 games while accumulating 283 at-bats, 79 hits, 44 runs scored, 10 home runs, 39 RBIs, 45 walks and an .825 OPS.
Not only that but Guerrero Jr has two countries voting for him in the DR and Canada and fans from around the world in his corner.
This has infuriated New York Yankees fans to no end. One fan accuses Canadians of stuffing ballot boxes every year.
Canadians stuffing the ballot box for Vlad every year...
Americans upset that Canada has a whole country voting for the Jays:
Unsurprisingly, Yankees fans in the comments were not too happy about this news.
"How is vladdy leading ?" one asked.
"Goldy deserves it more," one added.
"Vladdy don't deserve it over Paul," stated another.
"L," one added.
"Goldy has been better than Vladdy this year," said one.
"Blue Jays fans flooding the voting because they aren't winning anything else," one wrote.
If Vladdy does end up getting selected, it would add to an already impressive list of personal accolades Guerrero has collected since making his debut in 2019, including four All-Star appearances, two Silver Sluggers and one Gold Glove.
Do you think the MLB All-Star game is a popularity contest going to undeserving players? Should the voting format be changed?
Tell us what you think in the poll below
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JUIN 23 | 202 ANSWERS New York Yankees fans infuriated after MLB announcement regarding Vladimir Guerrero Jr Do you think the MLB All-Star game is a popularity contest going to undeserving players? Should the voting format be changed? | ||
| Yes popularity contest | 81 | 40.1 % |
| No fan voting is good | 65 | 32.2 % |
| Format needs to be changed | 56 | 27.7 % |
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