2026 MLB All-Star voting now open

[Ely Sussman]

The 2026 MLB All-Star ballot went live on Wednesday, featuring the following Miami Marlins position players:

• Liam Hicks (C)
• Connor Norby (1B)
• Xavier Edwards (2B)
• Javier Sanoja (3B)
• Otto Lopez (SS)
• Kyle Stowers (OF)
• Jakob Marsee (OF)
• Owen Caissie (OF)
• Heriberto Hernández (DH)

The only one of them who's been an All-Star before is Stowers, who served as Miami's 2025 representative. However, the combination of an injured list stint and season-opening stretch of limited power production makes him an extreme longshot to earn back-to-back selections.

Hicks, Edwards and Lopez are the club's strongest candidates this year. Entering Wednesday, Hicks leads all National League catchers with 46 RBI and ranks third with 1.4 fWAR. He has more walks than strikeouts, as does Edwards. He is the NL fWAR leaderboard at second base (2.6 fWAR) and paces all Marlins with a 145 wRC+. Lopez is MLB's hits leader with 80. Each of them have been durable as well—Edwards in particular has appeared in all 62 Fish games this season.

Not that it will actually impact the balloting results, but this is my annual reminder that MLB allows fans to submit write-in candidates at each position. Nobody's forcing you to take this exercise completely seriously. You can vote for players who are having horrible first halves (like Christopher Morel) or have been demoted to the minor leagues (Agustín Ramírez) by typing their names.

No Marlin has been a fan-elected All-Star starter since Jazz Chisholm Jr. in 2022 (ironically, Chisholm didn't even wind up making that start due to injury).

Fans can submit up to five ballots per day per email address during the first phase of the voting, which concludes at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 25.

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[Jose Herrera]

Edwards, Hicks and Lopez are all position players that should go. Not to mention Meyer, Phillips and POSSIBLY King.