I went to Ohtani AL and this ranking...You can't even give out a business card as a leading candidate for MVP. Why?
Aug 14, 2024
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Forty-five people, including reporters and commentators from the media, participated in the vote, with Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees in the American League (AL) and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League (NL). MLB.com said it scored points in a '1st-5, second-4, third-3, fourth-2, and fifth-place-1' method, but only disclosed the number of first-place votes, not the specific status of each player's vote.
Judge was supported by 33 out of 45 and Ohtani by 37. Judge overwhelms Ohtani in his performance this season, but Ohtani received the most first-place votes overall. This is because the competition for MVP between AL and NL is different.
In other words, while the AL is full of players who are inferior to receiving MVP, there are no players in the NL who can check Ohtani.
Let's look at the AL. In second place was Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who received 12 first-place votes. Third place is Judge's teammate Juan Soto, Baltimore Orioles Gunner Henderson and Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
Their performance is so brilliant that they can give MVP to the remaining four players except for Judge.
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Henderson (0.29 home runs, 69 RBIs, 94 points, OPS 0.929) and Ramirez (31 home runs, 97 RBIs, 89 points, OPS 0.877) are also showing formidable figures. It's just that Judge is so 'Number Four Walls', but all four players continue to play MVP-class.
On the other hand, NL sector figures fall significantly on AL. Ohtani has a batting average of 0.298 (136 hits in 456 at-bats), 36 home runs, 85 RBIs, 89 runs, an on-base percentage of 0.386, a slugging percentage of 0.621, OPS 1.007, OPS+ 180, 70 long hits, and 283 hits. He ranks first in the NL in runs, home runs, slugging percentage, OPS, OPS+, slugging, and Ruta.
However, if you move Ohtani's figures for each category to AL, the ranking drops significantly. He is tied for fifth in the NL, second in home run and slugging percentage, third in OPS, third in OPS+, joint first in slugging, and third in Ruta. If Ohtani is a member of the AL this season, it is difficult to be mentioned as MVP.
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However, Ohtani is performing better in interleague games this year, that is, against AL teams. He has a batting average of 0.295 (36 hits in 122 at-bats), 14 homers, 26 RBIs, 31 runs, an on-base percentage of 0.412, a slugging percentage of 0.721 and an OPS of 1.133 in 32 games. As an NL opponent, he had a batting average of 0.299 (100 hits in 334 at-bats), 22 home runs, 59 RBIs, 58 runs, an on-base percentage of 0.376, a slugging percentage of 0.584 and an OPS of 0.960, in 84 games.
The difference between the AL relative OPS and the NL relative OPS is 0.173. It is difficult to express exactly how much difference this is. However, the difference can be roughly estimated by the fact that there are 108 players between the top and bottom '0.173 range', i.e., between 0.6275 and 0.8005, centering on the average OPS of both leagues 0.714. In this section, it can be interpreted that Ohtani is struggling with relatively many unfamiliar pitchers this year.
The NL players trailing Ohtani in the MLB.com mock vote are Arizona Diamondbacks Ketel Marte (30 home runs, 81 RBIs, 81 runs scored, OPS 0.930), Cincinnati Reds Eli Deracruz (21 home runs, 59 steals, 51 RBIs, 78 runs scored, OPS 0.849), Philadelphia Phillies Bryce Harper (26 home runs, 72 RBIs, 64 runs scored, OPS 0.912), New York Mets Francisco Lindor (22 home runs, 67 RBIs, 76 runs scored, OPS 0.790).
Marcell Ozuna, the Atlanta Braves who is leading in RBIs (90), closely trailing Ohtani in the home run (35), is not very popular with the voting group. Ozuna failed to make the 'Top 5' in this mock vote.
jhno@sportschosun.com
