Kansas City Royals Dominating All-Star Voting

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Lorenzo Cain: .306/.355/.427, 1,376,217 votes

Alex Gordon: .271/.376/.450, 991,606 votes

The baseball world had an idea as to who Alex Gordon was prior to the 2014 postseason. He had made the All-Star Game in each of the past two seasons, and has won four consecutive Gold Glove awards, including the Platinum Glove last year. Yes, people knew Alex Gordon.

They did not, however, likely know who Lorenzo Cain was. For as much of a coming out party as the postseason was for Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer, Cain announced his presence on the national stage, covering more of the Earth than water. He was the ALCS MVP, helping push the Kansas City Royals into the World Series.

Now, Cain is the second highest vote getter in the American League, ahead of some player named Mike Trout by 79,132 votes. Obviously, his grasp as the leading vote getter in the outfield is tenuous at best. Likewise, Gordon is a mere 9,680 votes ahead of Adam Jones for the third starting spot in the outfield. It should be a rather tight race.

Entertainingly enough, these two are not the only Kansas City Royals outfielders making their presence felt. Alex Rios, who has played all of seven games this year, is currently sixth on the All-Star ballot with 629,119 votes. He is ahead of players such as Hanley Ramirez, Brett Gardner and Jose Bautista. This is truly an impressive job of Royals fans rocking the vote!

Chances of starting: Cain seems to have a good chance, but Gordon is in for quite the battle.

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