Jacob Wilson leads AL SS in second MLB All-Star ballot update

Wilson is the current favorite to take home American League Rookie of the Year honors, and baseball fans around the globe have taken notice–the proof is in the MLB All-Star Game voting results.

Over 68 games this season, Wilson has hit nine home runs, driven in 40 runs, and nearly walked (17) as many times as he has struck out (20).

Phase 1 of the MLB All Star Game voting process concludes on June 26 at noon ET. If he remains in the top shortstop spot, Wilson will automatically receive a starting spot in the American League lineup for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Truist Park in Atlanta on July 15.

As Phase 1 continues, you can vote as many as five times per every 24-hour period exclusively at MLB.com, on all 30 MLB club sites and on the MLB app.

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The Athletics organization held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for its new $1.75 billion stadium in Las Vegas.

The team, which is playing its home games in West Sacramento, Calif. this season following its offseason exit from longtime home Oakland, was represented by team owner John Fisher and president Marc Badain among others at the groundbreaking on the Las Vegas Strip.

“It’s an epic moment for our 124-year-old franchise,” Fisher said in thanking several civic leaders in the Las Vegas area, as well as MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, also in attendance at the event.

It was a remarkable scene for Fisher, who last year was quoted about the franchise being poised to lose $40 million due to a lack of a new stadium, after failing to come to agreement with authorities in Oakland on parameters for a project to save professional baseball in Oakland.

Instead, he struck a deal with Clark County, noting that his family was still contributing the majority of the financing.

Badain was hired by the Athletics in March following his successful stewardship of the relocation of the Raiders to Vegas and the construction of the Raiders’ new stadium, Allegiant Stadium.

“It’s an honor,” Badain said, when asked about being involved with two stadium projects. “Today’s a real accomplishment for everyone in the Athletics organization.”

The new ballpark, with a planned capacity of 33,000, is not expected to be completed until 2028, leaving the Athletics to continue playing at Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park (the home of the minor leagues’ Sacramento River Cats) until then.

Athletics break ground on $1.75B stadium on Las Vegas Strip

When is the next Athletics game?

• Tuesday, June 24th – Thursday, June 26th – @ Detroit Tigers
• Friday, June 27th – Sunday, June 29th – @ New York Yankees
• Monday, June 30th – Wednesday, July 2nd – @ Tampa Bay Rays
• Friday, July 4th – Sunday, July 6th – vs. San Francisco Giants
• Tuesday, July 8th – Thursday, July 10th – vs. Atlanta Braves

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