'Player of the Year' 1 win after 2 losses, Ohtani finally beat Judge...If you stopped at 49 homers or 49 steals
Oct 25, 2024
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It was selected as the Sporting News Player of the Year" by Major League Baseball players, coaches, and club officials. He became the second main character of the award after 2021 when he was with the Los Angeles Angels.
He beat Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and was considered the brightest star in the Major League this year.
The award, which selected Carl Hubbell as the first winner in 1936, is different from the regular season MVP selected by BBWAA, a group of reporters, in that it is selected by votes from colleagues in the Major League along with the 'Players Choice Awards' organized by the MLBPA.
Another is that unlike MVP, which separates the two leagues, this award has the nature of integrating the two leagues. Earlier, the Baseball America Player of the Year and the Baseball Digest Player of the Year were all Judge's. Ohtani won one game after two consecutive losses.
Ohtani played in 159 games this season and recorded a batting average of 0.310 (197 hits in 636 at-bats), 54 homers, 130 RBIs, 134 runs, 81 walks, 59 steals, 0.390 on-base percentage, 0.646 OPS 1.036, 99 hits, and 411 hits. Together, the two leagues ranked first in scoring, slugging, and slugging, and No. 1 in NL home runs, RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS, respectively. His batting average and stolen bases are second in the NL, and his at-bat, which is his pride as a leadoff, is ranked first in the NL.
Above all, the best of Ohtani's achievements is summarized as the first 50 home runs and 50 steals in history.
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Sporting News reported 'Otani won 60% more votes than Jersey. Judge also had a strong season to win the award this year. The fact that there was no significant difference between the two players' votes suggests that Ohtani's achievements this season also showed resistance to sanctifying players who did not defend at all.
This reminds us that there was no designated hitter among the MVP of both leagues. It was almost a unified perception among reporters and players that "it is unreasonable to say that a half-player who does not defend, no matter how outstanding he hit, is the most valuable player."
However, the atmosphere changed when Ohtani exceeded the 6th 40 home runs and 40 steals for the first time in history and achieved 50 home runs and 50 steals. 50-50 is the first record in the 149-year history of the Major League Baseball (NL/AL). The 400 hit is a pure milestone that was born in 23 years since 2001, when steroid hitters dominated. The Dodgers' record for the most home runs in a season is also an indispensable achievement.
Former MVP players, including Ohtani teammates Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Clayton Kershaw, also abandoned Ohtani's 50-50 bias. Freeman told the Orange County Register on the 6th of last month, just before Ohtani hit 50-50, `I always thought designated hitters should not be MVP. But look at Ohtani's performance. I'm doing something that no one has ever done before. He goes into only four or five at-bats a game, but doesn't he try to play 50-50. We have to reconsider that the designated hitter cannot be the MVP."
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The remaining major league award for the character of the "Unified MVP" is MLBPA's "MLB Player of the Year". Ohtani and Judge have been selected side by side once before. Ohtani won in 2021, the first season of the full-time pitching and hitting, and Judge won in 2022, when he hit 62 home runs.
For example, if Ohtani had stopped at 49 home runs-59 steals or 54 home runs-49 steals, would it have been said that it was a greater season than Judge's.
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