{"id":128742,"date":"2024-11-22T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128742"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T02:34:00","slug":"dodgers-shohei-ohtani-wins-unanimous-third-mvp-first-in-the-nl-after-50-50-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128742","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers\u2019 Shohei Ohtani wins unanimous third MVP, first in the NL after 50-50 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"PYXhWEdNdM6bQVDP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/shohei-ohtani-PYXhWEdNdM6bQVDP\/\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a>\u2019s latest season was defined long before Thursday night, the night the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"106\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/dodgers\/\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> superstar won his third Most Valuable Player Award in unanimous fashion and became just the second player \u2014 along with Frank Robinson \u2014 to earn the honor in both leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani authored one of the finest individual performances in baseball history, slugging 54 home runs and swiping 59 bases to become the first-ever member of baseball\u2019s 50-50 club while hitting .310 with a National League-leading 1.036 OPS. Despite exclusively appearing as a designated hitter and not playing the field, the 30-year-old won out against <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"110\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/mets\/\">New York Mets<\/a> shortstop <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"fw92vY1VRY72DXFZ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/francisco-lindor-fw92vY1VRY72DXFZ\/\">Francisco Lindor<\/a>, who had an .844 OPS while hitting 33 home runs and stealing 29 bases. Ohtani outproduced him by both Baseball-Reference (9.2 to 7.0) and FanGraphs\u2019 (9.1 to 7.8) formulas for wins above replacement. <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"93\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/diamondbacks\/\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> second baseman <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"Fn1kqCDXBXNgNuYH\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/ketel-marte-Fn1kqCDXBXNgNuYH\/\">Ketel Marte<\/a> was as an MVP finalist for the first time, with 36 home runs and a .932 OPS in 136 games.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani earned all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers\u2019 Association of America on his way to 420 points. Lindor finished second with 23 second-place votes and 263 points, while Marte finished third with five second-place votes and 229 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy obviously to win the award,\u201d Ohtani said through interpreter Matt Hidaka. \u201cMy goal was to be able to pitch and contribute offensively. The fact that I knew I wasn\u2019t going to be able to pitch this season just made me focus more on my offensive game. Fortunately I was able to produce and get this award, which is very humbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani\u2019s first season as a Dodger was full of upheaval. He had to endure a recovery from a second elbow ligament reconstruction, which limited him only to hitting. A flood of life circumstances \u2014 from joining his new club on a record contract to his marriage to the theft of tens of millions of dollars by his longtime interpreter \u2014 colored a year still defined by his brilliance. Things ended, fittingly, with what Ohtani sought most when deferring so much of that record contract to allow his new team to build around him: a World Series title.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5939208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5939208 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/21185900\/GettyImages-2181612586-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/21185900\/GettyImages-2181612586-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/21185900\/GettyImages-2181612586-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/21185900\/GettyImages-2181612586-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/21185900\/GettyImages-2181612586-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/21185900\/GettyImages-2181612586-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-credits\">\n<div class=\"inline-credits-container\">\n      <span class=\"table-cell-span\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"credits-text\">Shohei Ohtani celebrates at the Dodgers\u2019 World Series parade with his dog, Decoy. (David Crane \/ MediaNews Group \/ Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe committed to us, and he wanted to play for a championship,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said in the celebration. \u201cFor it to kind of come to fruition in his first year is pretty remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Shohei\u2019s done to our ballclub, the Dodger fan base domestically, globally, I just don\u2019t think you can quantify.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers have already centered the next decade around Ohtani, from global business partnerships to how they will add stars to their already talent-laden roster. It took one year for the fruits of that vision to come to pass. Dodger Stadium was flooded with jerseys wearing Ohtani\u2019s name. A club whittled down by injuries still managed to romp through October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was definitely special as you said because we were able to win the World Series,\u201d Ohtani said. \u201cIt will be a special moment that I will never forget just to be able to win MVP as an individual as well. But I take it as a team effort and this will motivate me even more to win again next year. We hope to win the World Series each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving forward, I do think we will have a target on our back and we will be expected to possibly do even more. But we are as a team going to continue to do the best we can and try to achieve those goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thursday cemented more rare history. No player not named Ohtani had ever won a unanimous MVP so much as twice. He and Barry Bonds are the only MVPs to ever win the award, switch teams and then win it again in their first season with a new club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5873683\/2024\/10\/25\/shohei-ohtani-rookie-cards-dodgers\/\" class=\"go-deeper\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/10\/25193710\/GettyImages-2179880734.jpg?width=128&amp;height=128&amp;fit=cover&amp;auto=webp\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"go-deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-label\">GO DEEPER<\/p>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-title\">The best Shohei Ohtani cards to collect after his historic 50\/50 season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He and his former <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"105\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/angels\/\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> teammate, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"KJGSXFXlt4bQ7ryA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/mike-trout-KJGSXFXlt4bQ7ryA\/\">Mike Trout<\/a>, are the only active players to have won the award at least three times, with only <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"9lv6KXk96rZdbNPh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/bryce-harper-9lv6KXk96rZdbNPh\/\">Bryce Harper<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"SFIT5wwDvRYLsber\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/player\/aaron-judge-SFIT5wwDvRYLsber\/\">Aaron Judge<\/a> joining them among active players to win the award more than once.<\/p>\n<p>For Ohtani, however, this one resonates for a different reason. He swapped out Angels red for Dodgers blue. And while it was his two-way excellence in the batter\u2019s box and on the mound (and the novelty that brought) that led him to his first two MVPs and nearly won him a third while with the Angels, this year\u2019s achievement came in a season where he didn\u2019t throw a single pitch.<\/p>\n<p>His quest for a fourth already has its prologue: Ohtani is expected to return to the mound at some point in 2025, but he will do so while recovering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5904954\/2024\/11\/06\/dodgers-mookie-betts-infield-shohei-ohtani-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shoulder surgery<\/a> to repair his left (non-throwing) labrum that he tore while attempting to steal a base against the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"111\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/yankees\/\">New York Yankees<\/a> in the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani said Thursday that he has had his stitches removed and been cleared to start core and lower-body exercises. While he said it is his \u201cgoal\u201d to return as both a hitter and pitcher for Opening Day, he said he and the Dodgers will exercise caution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to be ready for Opening Day,\u201d Ohtani said. \u201cThat includes hitting and pitching. We are kind of taking our time. Obviously we want to make sure that I\u2019m healthy first. We\u2019re not going to rush anything. I think, discussing my shoulder, I think we are going to take a little bit more time and be conservative and we\u2019re going to make sure I\u2019m healthy before I step back on the mound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Top photo: Elsa \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5930024\/2024\/11\/21\/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-unanimous-mvp\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shohei Ohtani\u2019s latest season was defined long before Thursday night, the night the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar won his third Most Valuable Player Award in unanimous fashion and became just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128742\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}