To the records that the Japanese phenomenon Shohei Ohtani has been imposing in the Major Leagues, we must add another since he became the first player to hit 40 home runs and get 10 wins in the same season.
Ohtani recently shut out San Francisco during six innings, the Angels prevailed 4-1 and thus he was able to sign the feat that no one had been able to sign before.
“Obviously we need to score runs to get a win, and I’m in the batter’s box, but I need the support of my teammates,” he said after the game through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. “It just shows that we are playing well. AND I’ve hit some home runs”.
The amazing two-way player said he never felt well during the clash, likely alluding to the soreness he’s been experiencing since early July in his right middle finger.
“He told me going into the sixth inning that he was running low on gas, but he came out and pitched an earned inning,” manager Phil Nevin revealed.
Ohtani he was voted MVP of the 2021 seasonplaced second in 2022 and is now on his way to a unanimous selection by leading his league in WAR (9.0), offensive WAR (5.5), OBP (.410), slugging percentage (.666), OPS (1.076), total bases ( 283), home runs (40), extra-base hits (66), walks (74), intentional walks (16), runs created (119), and OPS+ (187).
He is also second in runs scored (89), third in driven (83) and hits (130) and fourth in average (.306).
Regardless, he leads the circuit in pitching in hits per game (5.86), is second in strikeouts per nine innings (11.36), is third in WAR for pitchers (3.5) and strikeouts (165) and is fourth in ERA (3.17). .
