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Analyzing Ohtani's MVP Chances Against Rising Award Contenders
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4/20/2025
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So we look at Otani's season, and let's even take out the equation that he probably will return to
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the mound. Is he a dead giveaway as the favorite, or guys like Corbin Carroll are scorching hot in
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the same division? Can somebody catch Shohei Otani? I think Corbin Carroll can catch him in
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terms of production. Pete Alonzo's off to a great year. Soto's not off to the start we necessarily
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expected, but I think it's tough for me to break this down without factoring in him returning to
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the mound. As you know, you said you wanted to exclude that, but here's what it comes down to
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for me, and I've said this before across sports, but I think I can say the situation where both
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things are true. That's a terrible number for Otani for the MVP market, but it's probably the bet to
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make. I'm not saying I am making that bet, but once he gets back to the mound, and even if he is an
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average pitcher, if he's an average pitcher plus 30, 35, 40 home runs, and 90 or 100 RBIs, he's just
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going to win it. That's just what it comes down to. He will win that award just because that's
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what's going to happen. Even if Corbin Carroll does amazing things, steals more bases, hits for higher
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average, whatever it might be, Otani's still going to win it, and it's a situation where I don't like
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the odds, but I think he's going to win it. And again, because even if you don't think he's going
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to win it, you have to pick somebody who's actually going to win it over him, because Corbin Carroll has
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been absolutely spectacular. If he keeps up his numbers, he probably does win the MVP, which is why he's
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at a 5-to-1 price, not a 15 or 20-to-1 right now. He's been spectacular, but it feels to me like
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Otani. Slump-proof may be not the right word, but Otani going in long stretches where he doesn't
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produce just doesn't seem possible with how many runners in scoring position, even from the bottom
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of the lineup as he's a leadoff batter, or just starting the game off with a base knock and coming
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around scoring a run. The RBI will be there. The home runs will be there. The batting average is going
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to be there. The runs scored will be there, and then if he does come back and pitch, you have those
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added extracurriculars that we talk about. Tatis is out there. Tucker's having a good
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season. Alonzo's been phenomenal so far for the Mets, and Bryce Harper getting hot here as
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these summer months start to kick in. It is a fun market, but again, I don't think anybody's
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sitting on this side saying, you know what? Otani and everybody else, like, I would still
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bet Otani than everybody else.
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It really is the case, and I would love to see a world where Otani was still in the AL,
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because we would have an awesome record with Carroll. Even just from the NL perspective
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between Kyle Tucker, like you said, Alonzo, and then Corbin Carroll, we would be in for
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an awesome market, and then if it was Otani, Judge, and Bobby Witt, we would have two phenomenal
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markets to break down. We'd actually have some really good talking points. That's really
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not the case.
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