Shohei Ohtani’s Unprecedented MVP Journey: A Historic Feat for Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani is set to make history as a finalist for the NL MVP, likely winning unanimously after a record-breaking 2023 season as a designated hitter. This achievement places him alongside Frank Robinson as only the second player to win MVP in both leagues, and the first full-time DH to claim the title.
Explore the dynamics of the MVP Award’s history and the surprising trends in the Manager of the Year accolades. Despite leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to the best record in baseball, Dave Roberts was overlooked for the NL Manager of the Year, sparking a discussion on the award’s criteria. The Dodgers’ resilience through injuries under Roberts’ leadership is also highlighted.
Join us for an engaging analysis of Ohtani’s remarkable season and the Dodgers’ 2023 triumphs. Listen now for unique insights into these game-changing narratives.
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0:00 Intro
5:17 Shohei Ohtani’s MVP Case
10:56 Ohtani’s Potential Future Achievements
17:34 Ohtani’s Offensive Dominance
24:13 Dave Roberts and Manager of the Year
30:53 Manager of the Year Award’s Impact
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8 comments
Simple why Roberts is not finalist because he did perplexing thing of keeping Sho at leadoff. Ohtani was 18 of last 22 with runners in scoring position by the end of Mets nlcs, but did not get enough chances at leadoff. You may say it worked out with WS win, I would say it was lucky it worked out. Manager of the year is not about luck 🍀
MLB NetWork don't like the Dodgers, no manager of the year and no MVP
Shohei is NOT a DH like any other DH are DH! Shohei is DH because he is a Pitcher!!
So you can’t say he wouldn’t have got MVP if he didn’t Pitch! He wouldn’t be a DH if he wouldn’t be a Pitcher. Ohtani would play the field!!
Why people compare him with other DH?
First, Silver slugger award announced in 12 hours from now
So much fun to listen to LOD when we are world champs!
First year as dodgers fans too nd for as long as ohtani here
It’s like what Judge said. Shohei’s the best player and really not enough ppl talked about specifically his 50+ steals along with his 50+ hrs. Respect to Judge to admit this as great as a player Judge is.
As far as I'm concerned you can talk about Ohtani all you want! Why don't people talk about him even more? It's the off season, so why not?
He had 130 RBIs this year. Not impressed? OK, but for 89 of those games he was batting leadoff. I looked up the major league record for RBIs as a leadoff hitter, and it belongs to none other than Mookie Betts, who set it last year. It was 107 RBIs, and he still owns that record, of course, since Shohei batted 2nd for the first 73 games of the season (he also sat out 3 games at some point). 46 of his 130 RBIs came in the first 73 games, so he had 84 in the last 89 games. That means he was hitting more RBIs per game since moving to the leadoff spot than he was batting 2nd. If you prorated that to 162 games, it would be a 152 RBI pace, as a leadoff hitter.