The Red Sox made a strong effort to urge fans to vote for Bogaerts with a #XforASG hashtag on Twitter and different promotions through the city this past week. Here, we make a case for and against each of the five candidates as voting closes at 4 p.m. … Bogaerts was in last place in the contest to be added to the American League team. In the National League, Carlos Martinez of the Cardinals won with 14.1 million votes.
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Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar led all shortstops in All-Star voting, and Detroit’s Jose Iglesias was chosen as the backup.
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Bogaerts has had a terrific first half hitting.
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Bogaerts entered Friday ranking 10th in the A.L. with a. 304 average.
