Last Updated on 08/31/2022 by てんしょく飯
Two of the best stars in the game lived up to the expectations.
On August 29, the Los Angeles Angels and the New York Yankees played a Major League Baseball game, and the home team, the Angels, won 4-3.
Two of the best stars in the game lived up to their expectations.
Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge drew a lot of attention as the “MVP duel.” Ohtani hit his season-high 29th two-run shot in the 5th inning, and Judge followed it up with his 50th in the 8th inning. The game was so exciting that fans of both teams gave loud “MVP calls” to each of them.
Who will win the MVP award? With only about a month left in the season, the trend is likely to continue to change, but one person who is confident that “even if the season ends with today’s game, Judge will still be the A League MVP! Joel Sherman, a popular reporter for the “New York Post,” Judge’s hometown, asserts, “Even if the season ended today, Judge would still be the A-League MVP! What exactly does he think is the reason?
First, Sherman praises Ohtani’s two-fisted approach. He says, “It’s amazing how an all-star hitter and pitcher can be combined into one person. To put it another way, he is combining the performances of Pete Alonzo (New York Mets) and Nestor Cortez (Yankees) in one person,” citing Alonzo, who had the most runs batted in in the National League at 105 before the game, and Cortez, a left-handed pitcher selected for the National League Baseball Hall of Fame this season. He also cited Alonzo, who had the most runs in the National League at 105 prior to the game, and Cortez, the left-hander who was selected for this year’s World Series Banquet.
But even so, Sherman goes on to explain why he still favors Judge. First, in response to the argument that Judge is the same case as Bradimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays), who was considered Ohtani’s rival in the MVP race last year, Sherman said, “Judge has shown far more offensive ability than Guerrero Jr. last year and has made a difference both in base running and defense in center. and that it is not an appropriate comparison.
Furthermore, in response to the claim that Judge must hit 62 homers, a new Yankees and A-League record, Sherman said that it is not important, although it “would be a tailwind in the MVP race. He pointed out that Judge has outperformed Ohtani’s combined pitching and hitting in WAR, the winning contribution ratio that has been considered important in determining the MVP in recent years.
Sherman noted, however, that Ohtani’s feat cannot be measured by WAR, but he cited “being a result on a weak team” as a major stumbling block for Ohtani. Of course, he noted that the Angels’ inability to win is not Ohtani’s fault, but “playing without the stress and pressure of an important game” is a big difference from the Judge, who plays a tingly playoff battle every day.
He also said that the fact that Ohtani is able to play as a two-way player every year also raises the bar for evaluation and causes problems for the voters. In the end, it will probably come down to how the journalists who will be voting for this MVP will define “Valuable = worthwhile. At the very least, Sherman sees value in a player who gets results in a playoff battle, and there is no right or wrong in this idea.
There is only about a month left to go. Who will produce more “valuable” results, Ohtani or Judge?
50 and counting for @TheJudge44! pic.twitter.com/WwwAHan8oZ
— MLB (@MLB) August 30, 2022
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