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No Phillies elected All-Star starters; none even register in top five of their position

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No one really expected any Phillies to be voted into the 2015 All-Star game.  The ballot included an injured Phillie who was batting .185 before his disabled list stint, Domonic Brown, who has spent most of the season in AAA, and Cody Asche at third base, who spent time in the minors learning left field.  Thus, last night's announcement was not a surprise to Phillies fans.

MLB Communications released the results:

The only team with more than one voted starter was the St. Louis Cardinals, so the field is pretty even.

But the Phillies did not even register on the National League vote standings, in which the top five at each position are listed:

Not even a top five vote at any position.  Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins used to regularly register at the position.

The 620 million votes cast were the most in history, and Josh Donaldson ended up being the top vote getter in Major League Baseball voting history.