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Exploring Ohtani's Dominance in the MVP Race for 2024
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7/28/2024
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Now let's talk Shohei Otani, because his field is a little different, right?
00:07
Bryce Harper comes to mind, Marceau Ozuna comes to mind, Otani to win MVP is minus 550.
00:13
I'm seeing this number for the first time, evidently, and any other player or the field
00:17
is plus 390.
00:19
So Harper, Ozuna, does anyone take this from Otani?
00:22
I say no.
00:24
I say no, too.
00:25
The disintegration of that rotation has been something where, and Mookie Betts getting
00:30
hurt, too, I think really helped Otani's odds here, too, because, you know, for a while
00:34
there in April, it was Betts in April and May that was ahead of Otani for this award.
00:38
That injury to Betts really opened the floodgates for Otani.
00:42
And Otani does have a path here.
00:43
He is, you know, Aaron Judge is 35, 40 points behind the batting average to Bobby Witt.
00:48
That's probably not going to catch up.
00:51
But Otani's in striking distance or leading in all the major categories here for a triple
00:55
crown.
00:56
So Otani, I think, deserves it at this point because the Dodgers have been great.
01:01
They've lost Betts.
01:02
They've lost their entire rotation at one point.
01:04
I mean, it's pretty spectacular what he's done.
01:07
He has put this team on his back and he has carried them.
01:09
And Teoska's been good and Freddie Freeman's been terrific, but it's still Otani at the
01:13
end of the day that you fear in that lineup more than anybody else.
01:16
So again, barring catastrophe, I think it's, I think it's easier to make a case for the
01:20
field in the American League than it is in the National League, even to be honest with
01:24
you, because if the Yankees do fade out of it and just, I mean, something horrible in
01:28
terms of they just can't get back on track and, and you know, the media starts destroying
01:33
them that could hurt his candidacy.
01:36
So you're still getting plus 270 on the field in the American League and the National League.
01:41
I think it's strictly injury to Otani.
01:43
That's the only thing.
01:44
And imagine next year when he's back pitching, I mean, are we going to get minus odds in
01:48
Otani to start the year for MVP, Matt?
01:50
It's possible, right?
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