An American League backstop battle has broken out in voting on the 2018 Camping World MLB All-Star Ballot.• VOTE NOW: 2018 Camping World MLB All-Star Ballot The Rays' Wilson Ramos has overtaken the Yankees' Gary Sanchez for the AL's starting spot behind the plate in the latest voting update released

An American League backstop battle has broken out in voting on the 2018 Camping World MLB All-Star Ballot.

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The Rays' Wilson Ramos has overtaken the Yankees' Gary Sanchez for the AL's starting spot behind the plate in the latest voting update released Tuesday. Voting to decide the starters for the 89th All-Star Game presented by Mastercard on July 17 at Washington's Nationals Park continues until 11:59 p.m. ET on July 5.

Though catcher is the only place where a change has taken place at the top, we also have a new top overall vote-getter, with Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (1,572,101) holding a slight edge over Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts (1,568,417) among all Major Leaguers. Freddie Freeman leads the NL with 1,433,140 votes.

• National League voting update

Here are the latest results in the AL:

CATCHER



Wilson Ramos, Rays: 678,159

Gary Sanchez, Yankees: 618,899

Brian McCann , Astros: 401,336

Salvador Perez , Royals: 344,915

Yan Gomes , Indians: 200,275

Sanchez's spot at the top with a sub-.200 batting average got a lot of attention when the first results were released last week. Ramos has a .286 average, .332 on-base percentage and .450 slugging percentage, compared to Sanchez's .194 average, .294 on-base percentage and .440 slugging percentage. Ramos has made it back into the limelight after an awful right knee injury sidelined him late during a 2016 season with the Nationals in which he made the NL All-Star squad for his first Midsummer Classic selection. The other change here is Gomes' arrival into the top five, bumping the Angels' Martin Maldonado .

FIRST BASE



Jose Abreu , White Sox: 636,666

Mitch Moreland, Red Sox: 472,245

Yuli Gurriel, Astros: 368,863

Jose Pujols , Angels: 336,724

Jose Cabrera , Tigers: 333,130

Cabrera's season-ending ruptured left biceps tendon caused his fall from third to fifth, and Gurriel has risen two spots in this pecking order. But it's still Abreu well out in front in a year in which he's logged a .283/.338/.500 line for the White Sox.

SECOND BASE



Jose Altuve, Astros: 1,572,101

Gleyber Torres , Yankees: 534,758

Dee Gordon, Mariners: 244,488

Jason Kipnis , Indians: 156,347

Jed Lowrie , A's: 130,479

Altuve has more than a million votes more than his next-closest competition, so we're going to go out on a limb and suggest he's in good shape to make his fourth straight start for the AL. Now the only question is whether the reigning AL MVP Award winner, who played a big part in the Astros' just-completed 10-0 road trip, can maintain his lead in the overall voting.

THIRD BASE



Jose Ramirez , Indians: 893,530

Miguel Andujar , Yankees: 509,188

Alex Bregman , Astros: 410,412

Adrian Beltre , Rangers: 249,080

Mike Moustakas, Royals: 231,363

Ramirez, with 21 long balls, is already closing in on his homer total (29) from last year, when he finished third in the AL MVP Award voting, and he continues to run away with what would be his second straight starting assignment. The rest of the top five is unchanged from last week.

SHORTSTOP



Manny Machado, Orioles: 671,133

Carlos Correa , Astros: 458,367

Francisco Lindor , Indians: 420,674

Didi Gregorius, Yankees: 413,135

Jean Segura , Mariners: 312,407

Machado, who leads a deep position in OPS (.945), homers (18) and RBIs (53), continues to be at the top of the heap here, but there were changes below him. Correa, who has been productive since his return from right side discomfort, usurped the second spot from Lindor. And Segura, who has put up an .852 OPS for the surprising Mariners, entered the top five, knocking out the Angels' Andrelton Simmons .

OUTFIELD



Mookie Betts, Red Sox: 1,568,417

Michael Trout , Angels: 1,323,292

Aaron Judge , Yankees: 1,061,370

Michael Brantley , Indians: 518,350

George Springer , Astros: 511,815

Andrew Benintendi , Red Sox: 509,780

Brett Gardner , Yankees: 330,970

Marwin Gonzalez , Astros: 300,694

Mitch Haniger, Mariners: 295,057

Josh Reddick , Astros: 278,332

Nicholas Castellanos , Tigers: 256,889

Eddie Rosario , Twins: 248,451

Aaron Hicks , Yankees: 239,594

Jackie Bradley Jr. , Red Sox: 237,937

Ben Gamel, Mariners: 151,097

The three starting spots seem pretty well settled here, as Trout (.332/.464/.688), Betts (.340/.419/.699) and Judge (.275/.395/.558) are all having absurdly good seasons in big markets. The only changes here are Haniger's jump from 13th to ninth, Reddick's leapfrog of Castellanos, Rosario and Bradley trading spots, and Gamel bumping the Indians' Tyler Naquin from the top 15.

DESIGNATED HITTER



J.D. Martinez, Red Sox: 1,119,263

Giancarlo Stanton , Yankees: 478,872

Evan Gattis, Astros: 363,362

Shohei Ohtani , Angels: 350,579

Edwin Encarnacion , Indians: 260,915

With Ohtani out with an elbow injury and Gattis continuing to assert himself as one of the most productive players in baseball over the past month, those two flipped rankings in this week's update. But the top two spots are unchanged, and Martinez is well on his way to a much-deserved first All-Star selection since 2015, and his first turn as a starter.

Fans may cast votes for starters at MLB.com and all 30 club sites -- on computers, tablets and smartphones -- exclusively online using the 2018 Camping World MLB All-Star Ballot

Following the announcement of this year's All-Star starters, reserves and pitchers, fans should return to MLB.com and cast their 2018 Camping World MLB All-Star Final Vote for the final player on each league's roster. Then on Tuesday, July 17, while watching the 2018 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard live on FOX, fans may visit MLB.com to submit their choices for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet with the 2018 MLB All-Star Game MVP Vote.

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