Juan Soto Has a .948 OPS, and His All-Star Vote Ranking Is a Flat-Out Joke
Alright, Emerald City, gather 'round because we need to talk about something totally ridiculous. We all love to follow the league's best, and when a superstar is getting disrespected, it grinds your gears, right? Well, USA Today's Bob Nightengale just dropped some NL All-Star fan vote numbers for Juan Soto, and seriously, I'm shaking my head so hard it might fall off. This dude is having a ridiculous year, and fans out there are just… sleeping on him? It makes zero sense!
The Numbers Are Screaming for Justice
Look, the Mets are having a rough 2026, so maybe it's not a shock that most of their guys aren't lighting up the All-Star ballots. Only two Mets even cracked the top-10 or top-20 lists for their positions. But Juan Soto? Come on! This is a guy who should absolutely be an All-Star. He's one of the best outfielders in the game, period. Yet, get this, in the first wave of fan voting, Soto is sitting at the ninth-ranked outfielder. Ninth! He pulled in a strong 421,513 votes, which, yeah, is a lot of votes, but when you look at the NL outfield pool, it's totally stacked. But still, ninth? My dog could tell you that's not right.
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👉 Claim Your Free $10 at KalshiYou wanna know who's ahead of him? Deep breath: Andy Pages (800,496 votes), Ronald Acuna Jr. (693,472), Brandon Marsh (668,191), Michael Harris II (635,473), Teoscar Hernandez (507,635), Jordan Walker (437,071), James Wood (431,607), and Corbin Carroll (425,814). And here's the kicker: Soto has a mind-blowing .948 OPS this season. Guess how many outfielders have a better OPS? Just one, James Wood. ONE! Soto should be, like, top three easily. This voting is just flat-out absurd.
Fan Votes: A Popularity Contest, Not a Performance Review
So, what's going on here? We all know the fan voting can get a little wild, right? It's often more about who has the biggest fanbase or whose team is absolutely crushing it, rather than pure performance. That's the only way you explain a guy like Teoscar Hernandez, a Dodgers player, getting over half a million votes when he's not even close to All-Star level this season. No disrespect to Teoscar, but you can't tell me he's outplaying Soto. This just proves it: fan voting is totally skewed, and it's leaving true stars out in the cold.
There's no universe where Juan Soto isn't an All-Star this season. Absolutely none. He's probably gonna get named to the team by the coaches or players, which is awesome, but it doesn't change the fact that he's been massively snubbed in the fan voting so far. Instead of being ninth, he should be way up there. It just goes to show you gotta watch the games, people, not just cheer for your home team without looking at the stats!
So, keep your eyes peeled. We all know Soto is a beast, and he'll be on that All-Star roster one way or another. But this fan vote, man, it's just a reminder that sometimes the fans get it totally wrong. Let's see if the next round of votes brings any sanity back to the system!
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