Last Updated on 06/18/2023 by てんしょく飯
He will be 29 years old next month, but “instead of wearing out, it was his best performance to date.
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Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani extended his hit streak to 13 games against the Royals on June 16. The U.S. sports magazine “Sports Illustrated” reported that “Shohei Ohtani has already put an end to the A League MVP race” and that he is “confirmed.
The “Sports Illustrated” reported that “Shohei Ohtani has already put an end to the A-League MVP race,” and that “it is confirmed. And by a wide margin. Shohei Ohtani is playing the best game of his career with the Angels, who have the best record since he joined the club.
The 2021 MVP was won last year by the Yankees’ Aaron Judge, who hit a league-high 62 home runs. If you want a quick look at how great he is, just look at this,” said Judge of the dynamic two-way hitter, who leads the major leagues in home runs (tied with Pete Alonso with 22) and is also the hardest pitcher to hit (averaging 5.6 hits per nine innings).
Looking back to the pre-Ohtani era, it would have been hard to believe that the best home run hitter in baseball was also the hardest pitcher to hit. That should still be true today. The fact that Ohtani has been playing two games at an elite level for three seasons should not diminish the surprise. If anything, (the surprise) should be stronger. There have been better hitters and better pitchers, but for him to have done both so well for so long makes him the greatest player of all time.
Nevertheless, this season Ohtani “could win the MVP just for his performance as a hitter. He is off to a historic start,” the article sees. It mentioned that he is only the second player in history to hit .300 with 22 home runs, 10 stolen bases, and three triples in his first 71 team games, after Mike Trout in 2018. As a pitcher, his five or six hits per nine innings among pitchers who have started 14 games is among the top nine seasons in history.
He turns 29 next month and is astonished that “instead of being worn down by his unprecedented dual role, he is performing at his best ever. At this point in his career, Ohtani has no comparison. To make it, you have to combine two Hall of Fame candidates,” he stressed. Ohtani is having a season like Mike Trout and Justin Verlander combined at their peak, and a career like Frank Robinson and Whitey Ford combined. There is no one better than Ohtani,” he called out.
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