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While Shohei Ohtani had his greatness reconfirmed, Cal Raleigh realized not even the best season by a catcher in Major League Baseball historical past might cease Aaron Judge from including one other Most Valuable Player award to his trophy case.
Minutes after Ohtani secured his third consecutive MVP award and fourth within the final 5 years — leaving him simply three shy of Barry Bonds for essentially the most in MLB historical past — Judge was introduced because the American League’s MVP in an in depth vote with Raleigh on Thursday evening.
Ohtani and Judge turned the primary duo to win the Most Valuable Player Award in the identical back-to-back seasons.
The New York Yankees outfielder secured 17 of a potential 30 first-place votes and 355 factors. The Seattle Mariners catcher claimed the opposite 13 first-place votes and completed with 335 factors.
In the top, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voters decided that Judge’s MLB-leading batting common (.331), on-base share (.457) and slugging share (.688) outweighed Raleigh’s AL-best 60 homers and 125 RBIs.
‘It’s fairly wild,’ Judge stated. ‘You strive not to consider it through the season. I attempt to hold my head down via all 162 and do no matter I can in right this moment’s recreation to assist our staff win.’
For the 33-year-old Judge, it marks his third MVP award. That places him in an unique neighborhood with the likes of Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Mike Trout and a handful of others — however Ohtani not resides there.
The 31-year-old Japan native obtained all 30 first-place votes for the National League MVP.
Ohtani earned his newest honor after piling up a career-high 55 homers, a majors-best 146 runs and an NL-high a .622 slugging share and 1.014 OPS in 158 video games.
He additionally returned to the mound after taking 18 months off and solid a 1-1 document with a 2.87 ERA in 14 begins. He registered 62 strikeouts versus simply 9 walks over 47 innings.
‘It was an excellent 12 months,’ Ohtani stated on MLB Network by way of translator. ‘Like I stated, I’m grateful to my teammates, the teaching workers … however not solely them. The followers have been those who actually rooted us on and supported us.’
Ohtani added eight dwelling runs in 17 postseason video games whereas main the Dodgers to their second consecutive World Series title, although his playoff exploits didn’t issue into the BBWAA voting.
Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, who produced a league-high 56 homers and 132 RBIs whereas enjoying in all 162 video games, completed second within the balloting. He was adopted by New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto (43 homers, 38 stolen bases), Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo (.290 common, 20 homers, 100 RBIs, 27 steals) and Phillies shortstop Trea Turner (league-leading .304 common with 36 steals).
In the American League, Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (30 homers, 44 steals) completed a distant third.
Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (23 homers, 38 steals) and Detroit Tigers starter Tarik Skubal, who claimed his second consecutive Cy Young Award with a 13-6 document and a pair of.21 ERA, rounded out the highest 5.
–Field Level Media