Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2023 MLB All-Star Game finalists
A pair of Arizona Diamondbacks are among the finalists in voting for the starters for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game.
Outfielder Corbin Carroll and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. are among four finalists for two starting outfield spots in the National League, MLB announced Thursday.
The Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. has already locked up a starting spot thanks to being the top vote-getter in Phase 1 of the league's All-Star voting this year.
Carroll was third in Phase 1 voting at the position for the NL, behind Acuna and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts.
He is bidding for his first career All-Star appearance and would become the first D-Backs rookie in history to earn a fan-elected start.
He would be just the second D-Backs rookie ever, and first position player, to appear in the Midsummer Classic, joining Wade Miley (2012).
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Gurriel Jr. was fourth in Phase 1 voting. He is aiming for his first career All-Star nod, and along with Carroll, attempting to become the first D-Backs outfielder to gain a starting assignment since Luis Gonzalez in 2001; either would become just the sixth D-Backs player ever to earn a fan election, joining Paul Goldschmidt (2014-15), Jay Bell (1999), Gonzalez, Ketel Marte (2019) and Matt Williams (1999).
The Braves' Michael Harris II is also a finalist for an outfield starting spot in the NL.
Phase 2 voting begins on Monday at 9 a.m. Arizona time and is available exclusively online and via mobile devices at MLB.com/vote, all 30 Club websites, the MLB App and the MLB Ballpark App, during a four-day window that concludes at 9 a.m. Arizona time on Thursday, June 29th.
Later that night, the winners will be announced at 4 p.m. Arizona time on ESPN.
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Fans can vote once per day during this second phase of voting, with daily voting limits resetting each day at 9 p.m. Arizona time.
The Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno ended up in sixth in voting to be the NL starting catcher, while first baseman Christian Walker was 10th at his position.
Ketel Marte finished fifth in voting for the second base starter and Geraldo Perdomo was eighth for shortstops.
They didn't advance to Phase 2 of the voting.
The complete All-Star rosters are scheduled to be announced on Sunday, July 2 at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN.
The 2023 MLB All-Star game is scheduled for Tuesday, July 11 in Seattle.
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