According to the results of the two league MVP mock voting announced by MLB.com on the 13th (Korea time), it can be seen that the two players’ unilateral race is still continuing.
Forty-five people, including reporters and commentators from the media, participated in the vote, with Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees in the American League and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League in the first place. MLB.com said it gave scores in a “first-five-point, second-four-point, third-three-point, fourth-two-point, and fifth-place-1-point” method, but only disclosed the number of first-place votes, not the specific status of each player’s votes.
Out of 45, Judge received 33 and Ohtani 37 support. While Judge overwhelms Ohtani in this season’s performance, Ohtani received the most votes among all players. This is because the AL and NL MVP competitions are different.
In other words, while the AL is full of players who are inferior to receiving MVP, there are no players in the NL who can check Ohtani.
Take the AL. Second place went to Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. with 12 first-place votes. Third place went to Judge’s teammate Juan Soto, followed by Baltimore Orioles Gunner Henderson and Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez at fourth and fifth, respectively.
Their performance is so brilliant that they can give MVP to the remaining four players except for Judge.
Witte Jr. has a batting average of 0.347 (165 hits in 475 at-bats), 23 homers, 88 RBIs, 101 runs, 11 triples, and OP 1.003. His batting average, scoring, and hitting are the top three categories in both leagues. Soto (30 homers, 82 RBIs, 97 runs scored, OPS 1.017) is listed in the AL “Top 5” in almost all categories. If he maintains his current pace, he can achieve 41 homers, 111 RBIs and 131 runs scored this year. All three categories are career-high.
Henderson (0.29 home runs, 69 RBIs, 94 points, OPS 0.929) and Ramirez (31 home runs, 97 RBIs, 89 points, OPS 0.877) are also showing formidable figures. It’s just that Judge is so “overwhelmed,” but all four players are continuing their MVP-class performances.
On the other hand, the figures in each NL category are significantly lower than those in the AL. Otani has a batting average of 0.298 (136 hits in 456 times at bat), 36 homers, 85 RBIs, 89 runs, on-base percentage of 0.386, a slugging percentage of 0.621, OPS 1.007, OPS+ 180, 70 long hits, and 283 hits. He ranks first in the NL in runs scored, home runs, slugging percentage, OPS, OPS+, long hit, and Ruta.
However, if Ohtani moves his figures to the AL, his ranking drops significantly. He is tied for fifth in the number of runs scored in the NL, second in home run and slugging percentage, third in the OPS, third in the OPS+, third in the OPS+, joint first in slugging, and third in Rutta. If Ohtani is a member of this season’s AL, he cannot be considered MVP.
Why is this happening? Is it because there are more talented batters in the AL? Or is it because NL pitchers are superior to AL pitchers? It is difficult to find an objective evidence, but given that traditionally, it is widely believed that there are many legendary figures in the AL and NL pitchers, it is understandable. 스포츠토토
However, Ohtani has been showing better performance in interleague games this year, namely games against AL teams. He has a batting average of 0.295 (36 hits in 122 times at bat), 14 homers, 26 RBIs, 31 points, on-base percentage of 0.412, 0.721 and OPS of 1.133 in 32 games. As for the team, he has a batting average of 0.299 (100 hits in 334 times at bat), 22 homers, 59 RBIs, 58 points, on-base percentage of 0.376, 0.584 and OPS of 0.960, in 84 games.