Shohei Ohtani 2021 MVP Season In Review
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- After 3 years plagued by injuries, Shohei Ohtani finally showcased himself as a dual-threat hitter and pitcher in 2021, doing things we haven’t seen on a baseball diamond in 100 years.
And after a dominant two-way season, one in which he set MLB records that were paved by Hall of Famers, he’s the deserved odds-on favor to win MVP.
In this video, I get into the nitty gritty and explain why Ohtani is a once-in-a-generation player and the league’s most valuable talent, one hat we shouldn’t take for granted.
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FIELD OF DREAMS
Shohei Ohtani just crafted what many believe to be the greatest individual season ever played on the field of dreams. Arguably only Babe Ruth’s 1919 season rises to the level of what Ohtani accomplished this year in a game which is far more evolved today than it was a century ago.
Baseball more than any other sport is about numbers so let’s take a deep dive into Shohei’s 2021 numbers:
On the mound, Shohei tossed 130.1 innings over 23 starts, finishing the season with a 9-2 record, a 3.18 ERA, a 1.090 WHIP, a 141 ERA+ and 156 strikes outs to 44 walks. In the second half of the season, Shohei upped his pitching game to the tune of a 2.84 ERA and a 69/9 strikeouts-to-walks ratio over 63.1 innings. Shohei has five solid pitches at his disposal, including a fastball which tops out at over 100 MPH and a splitter which was the hardest pitch to hit in the majors this year (.087 batting average against and a 48.5% whiff rate)
At the plate, Shohei smacked 26 doubles, a league-leading 8 triples, and 46 home runs to go along with 103 runs, 100 RBI and a 158 OPS+. And for good measure, Shohei swiped 26 bases. Can you imagine what these numbers would have looked like had Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon been in the lineup providing protection for Shohei all season long? We’d be looking at 50+ home runs, 125+ runs, 125+ RBI and an OPS well north of 1.000.
Other Shohei fun facts and firsts include:
* At 6’4” he is as tall as the average NBA shooting guard
* His 21 MPH sprint speed makes him as fast the NFL’s Lamar Jackson
* His 28.8 feet-per-second sprint speed ranks him in the 92nd percentile of all major league players
* His combined plate appearances as a hitter and pitcher totaled 1172
* Ranked in the top ten in the AL in runs, home runs, OBP, SLG, OPS, walks, triples, extra-base hits, total bases and stolen bases
* Hit as many home runs as earned runs allowed
* Led the majors in Baseball-Reference WAR (9.0) and FanGraphs WAR (8.1)
* Led the majors in Win Probability Added (WPA) and Run Expectancy Wins (REW), the two stats which measure clutch performance
* Led the AL with a 1.555 OPS with runners in scoring position
* Led the majors in barrel rate (minimum 250 balls in play) and finished in the 97th percentile or higher in average and max exit velocity, hard-hit rate and walk rate
* Lead the majors with 24 home runs with an exit velocity of 110+ mph
* One of only two players in major league history (along with Willie Mays) with 45+ home runs, 20+ stolen bases and 6+ triples in the same season
* First player in MLB history to make multiple pitching starts and lead the league in home runs at any point in the same season since Babe Ruth
* First player in MLB history to throw 10+ pitches of 100 mph and hit 10+ home runs with an exit velocity of 110 mph in the same season
* First player in MLB history to record 10 home runs and 100 strike outs in the same season
* First player in MLB history with 10 pitching appearances and 20+ stolen bases in the same season
* First player in MLB history to be selected to the all-star game as a pitcher and a hitter
* Named Angels’ MVP and Best Pitcher
* Won the Espy for Best MLB Player
* Named MLBPA’s Player of the Year
* Won the Commissioner’s Award (last awarded in 2014)
* Selected as Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year
Shohei is an elite pitcher, hitter and runner in an age of specialization but this is not why Shohei is the AL MVP. Shohei is the most valuable player in all of baseball because he is a unicorn doing unicorn things in a world in which unicorns exist only in the imagination of a child.
I give you Shohei Ohtani, 2021 American League MVP, and it ain’t even close 👏👏👏
Great analysis! I just can’t wait until 2022!
Very well said. Anyone who’s still delusional and thinks vlad will win, needs to read this
Addition to those numbers, he plays athletic defenses, too. He should've be at least a contender for GG as a pitcher.
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Born too late to explore earth.
Born too early to explore space.
Born just in time to witness Ohtani-san.
The coolest thing is that we can witness Ohtani for at least ten more years of his prime shape!
We are witnessing the GOAT of a baseball in making, unbelieveable!
The most all round athlete baseball has ever seen. Well done, Shohei.
Comprehensive breakdown! Well done!
The only truly heartbreaking thing from this season was Degrom not getting to finish his season
and Mike Trout. Had a hot start even by his own standards
literally proving yourSELF right!!! f' it up!! this channel is thebest
He is now the Babe Ohtani
Totally awesome player in an unforgettable season.
Great content. Just a comment, the video quality is not so good in some parts of the video. :) +new sub
Shohei all the way...
Unreal!
Thank you so much from Japan.
So funny 🤣. He didn’t do that for you
shohei daddy
Shogun of Swat
Let's stop illegal upload
The footage is terribly sacrificed for the overrated narrative. ITs november bro any fan or viewer has seen it.
lol "pun intended"
IN MY OPINION, I BELIEVE WHAT THEY SHOULD GIVE THE MOST VALUABLE TO VLADIMIR AND THESE ARE SOME REASONS:
FIRST
In the case of Shohei Ohtani, a Pitcher is a Pitcher and his prize must be a Cy Young, not necessarily the MVP!
Why give the MVP to a Pitcher now, when Pedro Martínez was once denied MVP precisely, for that very reason, because he was a Pitcher?
IN SECOND PLACE
If they give the MVP to Ohtani, how it seems to be, then MLB could be faced with serious dilemmas in the years to come, because they will have to give the MVP to Ohtani whenever Pitch, Bat and achieve numbers similar to every year before!
THEN, I WONDER
What would happen next year and other years to come, if Mike Trout, Bryce Harper or any other Player, to give a few examples, achieves Bladimir's numbers and at the same time Ohtani achieves his same numbers as Pitcher and Batter combined?
I COME BACK AND I WONDER
What are MLB and Voter Chronicle Writers going to do?
Will they give Ohtani the MVP again and again?
AND WHAT IF THEY DON'T GIVE IT TO OHTANI?
Wouldn't that be seen as a privilege for that other player, that is, for the new MVP winner, compared to Vladimir's past scenario?...and at the same time, if so, wouldn't that constitute a unforgettable injustice against Vladimir?
IT'S JUST MY OPINION, NOW YOU THINK!
Holy shit you're making things way complicated man. Ohtani was the best this season. He wins MVP that's it. Just because you have a crisis worrying how they should vote for future seasons that hasn't happened yet doesn't mean they should have given the MVP to Vlad like some charity case.
Btw pitcher = cy young
hitter = hank aaron
MVP can be won by anyone.
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YEAH RIGHT!
Learn to write decent!
@@luisvencedorbellomancebo2005 What are you talking about?
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NEVER MIND ABOUT THAT!
JUST TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ANSWERED YOURSELF!
You said:
Cy Young = Best Pitcher
Was Ohtani the best Pitcher?
Answer = NO
You said:
Best Hitter = Hank Aaron
Was Ohtani the best Hitter?
Answer = NO
THEN, HOW CAN OHTANI BE THE MVP?
@@luisvencedorbellomancebo2005 dude what's so hard to understand? No previous MVP winners had to win hank aaron AND cy young. Why the double standards now?