Shohei Ohtani had another season for the ages. His absence during the final few weeks of the regular season ultimately won't keep him from winning his second MVP, Ben Verlander opines.
, who's put up some great numbers this year. He leads the league in both batting average and doubles while boasting a career-best 1.041 OPS.If Seager had put up these numbers over the course of a full season, he would make this conversation a lot more difficult. But it is hard to argue his case considering he's missed about 40 games over two separate stints on the injured list. Seager is on pace to finish the regular season at about 120 games played, or 15 fewer than Ohtani.
Then, we have to consider Ohtani's own performance at the plate this season. He finished with 95 RBIs, a .304 average, 20 steals and eight triples, and he currently leads the American League in home runs , walks and on-base percentage and all ofOh, and he was again one of the American League's better starting pitchers prior to getting injured.
That is why I just do not see any way Ohtani isn't awarded MVP this year. He would have a great case to win it based on the offensive numbers alone. But he posted a 3.14 ERA and 167 strikeouts across 132 innings while leading the majors in batting average against and batting average on balls in play .Ohtani was on track to record baseball's best season of all time, even better than his 2021 MVP campaign, which I believed then was the greatest season we had ever seen.
Although injuries robbed us of more greatness, and there are some other AL players having great seasons — especially Seager — the news of Ohtani being shut down for the remainder of the year does not affect the MVP race.
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