Mariners shut out from Phase 2 of MLB All-Star voting

There won’t be any Seattle Mariners moving on to Phase 2 of the voting for MLB’s All-Star Game.

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MLB announced the position player finalists for the American League and National League on Thursday, which somewhat surprisingly didn’t include anybody from the AL West leaders.

Unsurprisingly, the AL finalists included plenty of Toronto Blue Jays as Canadian fans once again stuffed the ballot, resulting in the Blue Jays having a finalist at every position. Toronto second baseman Ernie Clement was the top vote-getter among AL players, which earned him an automatic starting spot in the Midsummer Classic.

You can see the full list of AL finalists below.

Here are your American League All-Star Ballot FINALISTS!

Phase 2 voting opens Monday, 6/29 at noon ET and closes on Thursday, 7/2. Vote totals reset.

Ernie Clement earned an automatic bid as the top AL vote-getter in Phase 1. pic.twitter.com/Jzx29FkXrh

— MLB (@MLB) June 25, 2026

Two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani was the top vote-getter in the National League and will be its starting designated hitter. The NL finalists include former Mariners outfielder Teoscar Hernández.

Here are your National League All-Star Ballot FINALISTS!

Phase 2 voting opens Monday, 6/29 at noon ET and closes on Thursday, 7/2. Vote totals reset.

Shohei Ohtani earned an automatic bid as the top overall vote-getter in Phase 1. pic.twitter.com/JRORrrbMCc

— MLB (@MLB) June 25, 2026

Phase 1 of the fan vote ended at 9 a.m. Thursday. Phase 2, which will determine the rest of the starting position players, begins at 9 a.m. Monday and closes at the same time next Thursday.

The winners of Phase 2 voting will be announced during a broadcast on FOX at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 4.

Outfielders Julio Rodríguez and Randy Arozarena were Seattle’s top candidates to advance to Phase 2.

In a voting update released on June 15, Rodríguez was sixth and Arozarena seventh in the voting among AL outfielders. The top six outfielders in each league at the end of Phase 1 advanced to Phase 2.

Arozarena had the best case for being a finalist. He entered Thursday tied for first among AL outfielders in stolen bases (19), third in batting average (.284) and doubles (18), fourth in runs scored (47) and wRC+ (134), fifth in fWAR (2.2), tied for fifth in on-base percentage (.369) and eighth in OPS (.805).

The Mariners may not have any finalists for the All-Star voting, but they are guaranteed to have at least one All-Star and could end up with more. After winners of Phase 2 are announced, the remaining 23 spots on each All-Star roster, which includes all 12 pitchers, are chosen through a combination of the player ballot selection and choices made by the Commissioner’s Office. Players who were voted as finalists by fans are only guaranteed an All-Star nod if they advance through Phase 2.

This year’s All-Star Game is on Tuesday, July 14, at Citizen Bank Park in Philadelphia.

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