Brewers: 3 Position Players Who Need Your 2021 All-Star Vote

The return of a full 162-game season brought back plenty of exciting things for Brewers fans. There was the return of fans to the stands, which increases to full capacity later this month. There was the return of the team’s minor league affiliates. And there is once again an MLB All-Star game.

One of the best parts about the All-Star game for any sport is the chance to vote one of your team’s players into the game. Today, voting officially opened, meaning Brewers fans can try to give their favorite players a chance to attend the midsummer classic.

As usual, fans only are able to vote for position players, not pitchers, and Brewers fans can vote for only Milwaukee players if they choose to do so. With how the offense has been at times, though, actually getting a position player to the All-Star game will be a tough task.

Here are three Brewers position players who have a chance to make it and could really use your All-Star vote!

1. C Omar Narvaez

Let’s start with the team’s most consistent offensive threat for the 2021 season so far. Catcher Omar Narvaez has rebounded from what would generously be described as a nightmare 2020 season to become a pleasant surprise at the plate on most nights for the Brewers.

Narvaez is currently sitting on a .302/.383/457 slash line, worlds better than the .176/.294/.269 that he put up in 2020. His batting average and on base percentage would both set new career highs, as would his 130 OPS+ and 133 wRC+.

Among fellow National League backstops with at least 100 plate appearances, his 1.5 fWAR ties for fourth. Against other catchers on the ballot, though, he has the second best batting average and the third best OPS (.840).

Narvaez will find it hard to take a starting spot from Buster Posey, who is having a resurgent season with the Giants with his .987 OPS, 10 homers, and 21 RBIs. He stacks up just as well against all the other NL catchers, though, and if he keeps up his current pace, Narvaez could possibly make the game as Posey’s backup.

3. OF Avisail Garcia

Like Narvaez, Brewers outfielder Avisail Garcia has done well in putting a disappointing 2020 season behind him. It has been in the form of a somewhat up and down 2021 at times, but boy has this recent “up” been something to watch.

Garcia is currently slashing .244/.311/.453 for the 2021 season. He leads the team with 10 home runs and 31 RBIs. If recency bias has any added effect, though, it could provide him with the bump he needs to find his way into the All-Star conversation.

Coming off a slump to end April, Garcia was as hot as could be in the month of May. He finished the month slashing .291/.344/.570, led all National League outfielders with 20 RBIs and tied for second with seven homers.

It’ll take more than a strong May, though, to put Avisail Garcia in the All-Star game for the Brewers.

If one month were enough to put a player in the All-Star game, Garcia would be a shoe-in. His year-to-date run production numbers do play in his favor as well with his 31 RBIs tying him for fifth among NL outfielders and his 10 homers placing him sixth.

The other numbers make things look more bleak for Garcia. Both his .244 batting average and his .764 OPS to date in 2021 place him in the bottom third of NL outfielders who appear on this year’s All-Star ballot.

Perhaps if Garcia goes on a tear to start June that’s even a little hotter than his month of May, he can play his way into the All-Star conversation. But unless that happens, even reserve outfielder is out of the question, unless he gets an obscene amount of voting help.

The ballots are ready and your favorite players need your vote. Vote early, vote often, and most importantly, vote Brewers!