Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani had one other memorable 12 months with the NL West staff because the two-way phenom gained his second consecutive NL MVP award this 12 months.
Whereas Ohtani gained his fourth MVP title this 12 months, probably the most in MLB historical past after Barry Bonds’ seven, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts believes he could possibly be in rivalry for the Cy Younger award subsequent season.
Nonetheless, Roberts additionally mentioned that Ohtani’s Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto may need a say within the prime pitching prize.
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Followers reacted to the Dodgers supervisor teasing a Cy Younger award for Shohei Ohtani.
“Paul Skenes is the larger downside.”
“I would take Yamamoto over Ohtani on the mound any day. Ohtani is overrated as a pitcher is my opinion. Nice #2 however not an ace.”
“Yama will get in his method, little doubt. This could possibly be enjoyable!!”
“Is he gonna let Sho pitch longer?”
“Awwww man. I believed the Dodgers had been going to be good with Ohtani and solely use him within the second half of seasons. He solely has about 500 to 600 innings left in his arm max. Why waste these innings inApril, Could and early June? The system they used final 12 months was excellent.”
Ohtani returned to pitching for the primary time final season since his Tommy John surgical procedure in 2023. The 2-way phenom was eased into the beginning function by Dave Roberts. Nonetheless, the four-time MVP is anticipated to play a much bigger function within the rotation subsequent season.
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts praised Shohei Ohtani for exceeding expectations on his pitching return final season
Dodger supervisor Dave Roberts is impressed by how rapidly Shohei Ohtani received into his groove regardless of not pitching for greater than a 12 months.
“I feel this 12 months, he pitched higher than I anticipated, given [he was] coming off surgical procedure. And this offseason, he’s going to have a daily offseason. I feel he completely may win a Cy Younger, however I feel Yamamoto goes to have one thing to say about it too.”
In the meantime, fellow Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who had a powerful common season, took his sport up a degree within the postseason and performed a vital function of their consecutive World Collection titles. He was named the World Collection MVP for his historic performances.
Edited by Chaitanya Prakash
