National League All-Star Voting Update, as of June 12

Phase one of the Major League Baseball All-Star voting doesn't end until June 22, but we have up-to-the minute updates on voting as it stands right now for the National League. Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves is currently the leading vote getter.

Phase one of the Major League Baseball All-Star voting doesn't end until June 22 but we have a look at where things stand right out, as of June 12.

In the National League, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves is the leading vote getter right now. If he ends June 22 as the leading vote getting in the NL, he'll get an automatic trip to the All-Star Game and won't need to participate in Phase 2 of voting.

Here are the top-two vote getters thus far at each position: 

C) 1) Sean Murphy, Atlanta Braves and 2) Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers

1B) 1) Freddie Freeman, Dodgers and 2) Pete Alonso, New York Mets

2B) 1) Luis Arraez, Miami Marlins and 2) Ozzie Albies, Braves

3B) 1) Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals and 2) Austin Riley, Braves

SS) 1) Orlando Arcia, Braves and 2) Francisco Lindor, Mets 

OF) 1) Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves, 2) Mookie Betts, Dodgers, 3) Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Arizona Diamondbacks, 4) Juan Soto, San Diego Padres, 5) Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks and 6) Fernando Tatis Jr.

If you need a reminder on how the voting works, here's the word from MLB.com on the process:

The leading vote-getter in each league will receive an automatic spot in their team’s starting lineup. Beyond those two players, the top two vote-getters at every position, and the top six outfielders, will advance to Phase 2 of the voting, which begins June 26. If an outfielder is a league's leading vote-getter, only the next four outfield finalists will move on to Phase 2 to determine who starts at the two remaining spots.

The overall impressions:

As in the American League, fans have done a good job through this portion of Round 1. Nearly everyone at the top of a list is a player on team that is playoff position or close to it, with the exception of Soto, Tatis Jr. and Arenado. Pete Alonso being second is fair, but given his injury, he may lose steam and not be able to track down Freeman. Perhaps Braves first baseman Matt Olson can.

It's also important to note that Matt McLain of the Reds, who is fourth in the SS voting, has only received 110 at-bats as of this posting. Kudos to the fans for recognizing his impact in Cincinnati.

The All-Star Game is July 11 in Seattle's T-Mobile Park. Again, phase two of voting begins June 26.

Follow Fastball on FanNation in social media

Continue to follow our Fastball on FanNation coverage on social media by LIKING us on Facebook and by following us on Twitter @FastballFN.