SAN DIEGO — The All-Star Game is July 15 at Yankee Stadium. Major League Baseball has been sending weekly voting updates, and today’s shows Joe Mauer overtaking Boston’s Jason Varitek for the AL lead at catcher.

Mauer has 1,178,630 votes. Varitek 1,113,855.

At first base, Boston’s Kevin Youkilis has the lead at 1,482,011, with Justin Morneau running behind him at 1,214,603.

The teams will be revealed on July 6.

Asked for his thoughts Sunday, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Mauer, Morneau and closer Joe Nathan are obvious choices. Gardenhire also noted that reliever Matt Guerrier should be up for consideration.

Here’s more on the voting from MLB.com.

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