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After spending a lot of the 2024 Main League Baseball season underneath the highlight, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Aaron Decide of the New York Yankees took residence the game’s greatest particular person awards.
Ohtani received the Nationwide League MVP over fellow finalists New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte. It’s the third MVP of his profession with the primary two coming within the American League when he was a member of the Los Angeles Angels.
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Judge won this year’s AL MVP over finalists Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and teammate Juan Soto. It is the second MVP of his career, as he also took home the award in 2022.
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Unfortunately for Judge and Soto, their team fell short against Ohtani’s Dodgers in the World Series. The MVP is just the latest development in an incredible season for the Los Angeles star, who thrived even though he was limited to being a designated hitter.
The Dodgers said in spring coaching he wasn’t going to pitch in 2024 after having elbow surgical procedure in September 2023.
Previous to this season, a full-time DH has by no means received an MVP award in both league. The closest it got here to occurring was in 2005 when David Ortiz completed second within the voting to Alex Rodriguez.
After all, there has by no means actually been a participant like Ohtani. He shattered the entire narratives for DH-only gamers by turning into the primary participant in MLB historical past to hit a minimum of 50 homers and steal 50 bases.
Ohtani led the NL in homers (54), RBI (130), on-base proportion (.390) and slugging proportion (.646). His 411 whole bases had been tied with Barry Bonds in 2001 for the 16th-most in a single season in MLB historical past.
By FanGraphs’ wins above replacement, Ohtani’s 9.1 was by far probably the most within the NL. Lindor was second at 7.8. No different participant within the senior circuit was value greater than seven wins.
That is the third time in 4 years that Ohtani has received the MVP award. He’s the 12th player in MLB historical past with a minimum of three MVPs. He joins Frank Robinson because the only players to win the MVP in each leagues.
Preserving in thoughts this could possibly be the ground for Ohtani’s worth as a result of he was solely a DH this season and is anticipated to return to pitching in 2025 when he recovers from offseason shoulder surgical procedure, it would not be a shock if he continues so as to add extra MVP awards to his ever-growing trophy case.
As for Decide, he had the very best season of his profession, which incorporates his MVP in 2022, with a .322/.458/.701 slash line in 158 video games.
Decide led MLB in homers (58), RBI (144), walks (133), on-base proportion, slugging proportion and FanGraphs’ wins above substitute (11.2).
By OPS+, Decide’s 223 mark was the very best single-season efficiency by any participant since Barry Bonds in 2004 (263). It is tied for the Twenty ninth-highest OPS+ in a season in MLB historical past.
This marks the fourth consecutive yr that Decide and/or Ohtani has received the AL MVP award. Each gamers acquired the consideration this yr now that they play in separate leagues.
Decide’s MVP win additionally marks the twenty fourth time a Yankees participant has received the award, extending the franchise’s MLB document.
