The only reason why I watch MLB.

Aaron Judge is popular in NY. Shohei Ohtani is popular in the world!

You'll never see a player like this again.

I never gave a shit about baseball until I saw Shohei play last year! Best player in the World

It occurred to me I don't recall seeing a pitcher with that much dirt on his uniform....Shohei's probably the only pitcher who would head slide after getting on base. Legend!

Best player to ever play the game

He is not the most valuable player he is the Most Precious Player in all of baseball..

Give him back to back commissioner award instead of AL MVP, CY. We shouldn’t downplay what he has done.

Shohei Ohtani Is first player to qualify both hitter and pitcher in the same season, 162 innings for pitcher, and over 502 plate appearance for hitter. No one before, and I think will have no one after for a very very long time.

If shohei doesn't get league mvp, MLB will really have to consider how they calculate metrics and vote. This guy isn't just a unicorn on the mound, but a unicorn in all of baseball.

Have to give it to Shohei! He essentially won games by himself for a month and a half while Trout was out. There is no one close for most valuable 👑

Judge is MVP of Yankees, Ohtani is MVP of MLB

Time to make a new award for

I grew up an Atlanta Braves fan, and Shohei’s production numbers are equivalent to having BOTH Chipper Jones AND John Smoltz in one player. . . And both of those players are Hall of Famers.

Ohtani is a generational player ! Who deserved even more crédit ! WAR cannot even assess is true value. The real MVP for me this year !!

I don’t think most people realize his greatness

Ohtani is MVP in all sports

I literally seems like they're talking about someone that doesn't actually exist. It just sounds like something straight out of a movie. This man is truly mythical and will go down in history for years and years to come.

Shohei has the potential to win the Cy young, Silver Slugger AND MVP in the same year. . That’s how unbelievably talented he is as a 2-way player.

I really think in the last month ohtani was practicing pitching and hitting. At the plate , he stop trying to swing for big home runs and shortening his swing and go opposite field. On the mound, he was throwing a lot of sliders and his new sinker. Dude is so good he was practicing his craft and still dominating. 😂

AL MVP Judge NL MVP whoever deserves it MLB MVP Shohei Ohtani Shohei's been making history and will make more history each and every season he plays

Ohtani is the best I've witnessed. Dude is special! We are witnessing greatness. He is a true unicorn 🦄

What Shohei has done for MLB is unprecedented, AL MVP is an understatement

Yeah he’s mvp

If they not going to give any award to this best baseball player just because he is not the best pitcher or the best hitter, it will be a shame in baseball history.

Still can’t get my heads around how people can’t see he is the MVP this year. He outperforms his 2021 stats in many ways. People are just tired of “hyping” him and getting used to a miracle we’re witnessing, which is absolutely ridiculous.

Judge = MVP(Most Valuable Player) Ohtani = OOP(Only One Player) 大谷翔平は、もはやMVPの次元を超えていると思います。 彼は、他の選手の追随を許さない、いわば唯一無二の選手です。

It'll be crazy... if 2021: strong batting, 2022: strong pitching, 2023: stronger both sides. 🤔

NO CAP. i cant see this guy not being MVP. NO CAP

If he doesn’t win MVP this season, are there any awards he will win?

There is proof that Ohtani is the MVP. If you swap him and Judge, the angels and judge still don’t make playoffs and Ohtani then is the top hitter AND top pitcher BOTH on the 208 million dollar Yankees who still make the playoffs. Talk about value. He’s the most valuable player of any team on any season ever. Absolutely incredible.

Stats determines loser or winner; character determines inferior or superior. Ohtani’s benevolence, humility, and positivity are truly what make him the greatest of all time.

MLB needs awards for 2 way players.

Ohtani dominated Astros. Astros dominated Judge. “Breaking 104 year old record which even PED players could not break” is more impressive than “breaking 40 year old record if not counting PED athletes’ record”

When you love the game like shohei you can be anything you want

Shohei Ohtani deserves all the attention he's getting, he's doing something no baseball player has ever done, forget Babe Ruth, he only played in an all Whites only league never faced the best Black players of his era, only pitched 1 year, wasn't anywhere near Ohtani's physical abilities. Once in a lifetime athlete is right, but American media loves building people up just to tear them down, we'll get non stop overload of Ohtani until people get sick of it then any little wrong thing he does will be amplified all in the name of clicks and views. That's how the game is played.

SHOHEI OHTANI 2022 FACTS - ONLY PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY WITH 10+ PITCHING WINS AND 30+ HOMERUNS IN THE SAME SEASON - ONLY BATTER IN MLB HISTORY TO RECORD AN 8+RBI GAME AS A BATTER AND 13+ STRIKEOUT GAME AS PITCHER AT ANY POINT IN A CAREER, HE ACCOMPLISHED BOTH FEATS IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES THIS SEASON ( JUNE 21-22 VS KC) - ONLY PITCHER IN MLB HISTORY TO CARRY A ONE-HITTER(OR BETTER) INTO THE 6TH INNING AGAINST BOTH REIGNING LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN THE SAME SEASON ( APRIL 20 AT HOUSTON& JULY 22 AT ATALANTA) - FIRST PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY TO BOTH THROW AND FACE A TEAM'S FIRST PITCH OF THE SEASON - LEADS THE MAJORS WITH A HOME-TO-FIRST AVERAGE TIME OF 4.08 SECONDS - ONLY AMERICAN LEAGUE STARTING PITCHER TO THROW 40+ PITCHES AT 100+MPH THIS SEASON - ONLY PLAYER IN THE WORLD SERIES ERA TO COMPILE 10+ WINS AND 10+ STOLEN BASES IN THE SAME SEASON SHOHEI OHTANI MVP 2022

If Ohtani becomes better in pitching next year, he will win Cy Young. If Ohtani becomes better in batting next year, he will win Hank Aaron. And of course, Ohtani will be MVP. That's gonna be the most historic performance for sure.

There's no way Judge can't have the MVP award with the season he had and there's no way Ohtani can't win the award accomplishing what he did in MLB history. co-MVP award for sure. Anything other than that is a stain on the MLB.

best presentation by MLB so far for Shotime. all they had to say unanimously together was that he is their 2022 AL MVP😀

real mvp！！！

Many biased fans act like Ohtani is a good pitcher and an average hitter, and is overhyped because he is a two-way player doing something haven't been done in 100+ years only because no one has been even attempting. But the truth is that he is elite in both. Besides a combined WAR of 9.5, below are his stats this season: Batting (AL) 4th in HR 8th in Run 7th in RBI 7th in walks 5th in SLG 5th in OPS 5th in Total Bases *He also had an 18-game hitting streak that was the 3rd longest this year in AL. Pitching (AL) 4th in ERA 4th in Wins 3rd in Ks 1st in K/9 In short, he is a top 5 hitter in AL, with a higher SLG, OPS, and HR total than Jose Ramirez or Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and at the same time, he is also a top 5 pitcher in AL, with a lower ERA than Shane McClanahan, Gerrit Cole, or Robbie Ray. As some have mentioned, if you swap him and Judge, Ohtani would be the best pitcher AND the best hitter for the Yankees team. Think about how incredible and valuable he really is. Surely, he probably won't win the MVP this season, as Judge also had a heck of a season. However, claiming that Ohtani is average in hitting this season just how you are totally biased and clueless.

Aaron judge is a walking leg 🦵 tripping an running 🏃‍♂️ around the bases. Shohei ohtani is a talented a triple H double ⚔️ 🐠 who can bat, pitch, an hit home runs.end of story love Shohei!! Good luck next year aaron judge!!

Ohtani for President!

we need two way award at some point

The two analysts are both right, Ohtani is a player unlike any other. Yet the same Tom Verducci has been promoting Aaron Judge for MVP largely because he is surpassing the HR record in the AL. Stanton hit 59 in 2017. So is that HR accomplishment really that spectacular compared with the two-way excellence and MLB uniqueness of Ohtani?

アメリカの野球番組はほんと楽しそうだなぁ～。解説もすごく丁寧だ。

If Judge wins MVP, this will be one of the greatest voting mistake ever. “WAR” is playing in Judge’s favor simply the fact that it never anticipated someone could be so good on both batting and pitching.

Love Ohtani shohei

love Ohtani

you would need to trade 2 arron judges to get 1 shohei ohtani. he's the REAL mvp BY FAR. he's easily the best player to ever play ALREADY

Did he say 'probably won't' ? When talking about Sho's MVP chances? If Judge gets MVP it's not based on merit. Sure Judge has had a great season (and seems like a class act), but Sho's season is demonstrably better, it's not even close.

MVP!!!

Best player in the game.

Judge is +28HRs, +36RBI, +43runs, +17hits more than Ohtani....but....15-9, 2.35era, 219Ks > 28hr, 36rbi, 43runs, 17hits......IMO Showtime MVP!

MVP！MVP！！

unbelievable😂unicorn🦄

Absurd. This dude should be talked about like LeBron or Brady. Mlb has dropped the ball on this monster

In the long history of major Became the first Ohtani to bear that name (First dual-wielding player who cleared the prescribed number of at-bats and the prescribed number of pitches at the same time)

Best athlete since MJ and usian bolt

History in real time ⚾

Judge can place his MVP between his platinum sombreros

Don’t just talk about it then! Give Ohtani the MVP then..‼️talk…talk… The media people are so enamored with HR. It’sso macho….flashy…we have had HR kings before. Trout is a HR King this year too..he only played 120 games and have 40. If he played full he may be blasting 60+ too!! BUT JUDGE IS THE HR KING - THIS YEAR!! 2022. Thats it! Heard some “analysts” say Judge is better baseball player than Trout⁉️ These Yankee people really know how to add on things not existing…

people say but shohei does not do any fielding and difense bruh😂 the ultimate difense on the field is not to be hit and that position is pitcher.

Sports don't understand the meaning of MVP anymore.

Judge is amazing and yes he will win MVP but he is not as valuable as Ohtani. People take two way for granted but name one player that can be a cy candidate and top 5 hitter at the same time. In 5 to 10 years, people will realize how special Ohtani was this season but now we can all live the moment of 62HR.

Try overhyping Ohtani and realise you’re not doing that enough. This young man is that good.

As much as everyone loves him now, I don't think he will be truly appreciated until we have some historical context and we see more people try to do what he did and fail. We'll probably consider Ohtani the GOAT of baseball in 50 years.

Plot of most "analysts" : "Yeah Ohtani is GREAT, he is the UNICORN, he did things we have never seen in like "EVER", he is making history, he is yadee yadaa. But he doesn't deserve the MVP because other 20+ teammates suck (except Mike Trout, of course) so the team could not reach playoff."

Only major U.S. sport where playing both offense and defense isn't a two way player even though they all do both in MLB. See this all the time in young leagues. Hand him MVP Award every year rest of his career. Tune in for World Series! Then we'll have something we don't know outcome of and tune into.

I cannot imagine even trying to throw that many sliders in one outing. Sheesh!

Sheesh. Ohtani is nuts

He is the history. We can realize what he did 100 years later.

Best season in MLB ever but still won't win the mvp, what a joke

OHTANI MVP

Not only is Othani a great player. Perhaps the most unique two way player we have seen in baseball since Babe Ruth. He is a great person to. I met him at the All Star game in July during on field workouts. I didn't get his autograph but I took a pic with him and he was just nice. Great guy.

You forgot the curve ball

2 of the best players in MLB and Angels can't manage a winning record. I feel bad for Angels fans.

Is this really the record of one baseball player in the same season? I'm probably paralyzed, so I just want to make sure I'm not mistaken, but you really think Judge is having a more historic season than Ohtani, right? Shohei Ohtani ・BATTER ・PITCHER AB：586 G：28 AVG：.273 W-L：15-9 HR：34 ERA：2.33 RBI：95 IP：166.0 SB：11 SO：219 OPS：.875 WHIP：1.01 Aaron Judge ・BATTER ・FIELDER AB：570 G：157 AVG：.311 INN：374.2 HR：62 OPP：275 RBI：131 PO：272 SB：16 A：6 OPS：1.111 FPCT：1.000

Say what you want. Breaking the HR record and being 1st on most of the hitting stats, yes, it is GREAT. Judge had a remarkable season. But Is this the FIRST time we have ever seen people like that? No. There had been a lot of great hitters in our days. Now Ohtani. Has there anyone like him before? ABSOLUTELY NOT. And people treat him like we've seen him before. "Ah average at both, not worth. Focus on one thing." Are you out of your mind? All these people saying he is not that great, clearly have never played a baseball and don't know what it takes to be an elite player on both side.

Shohei should win back to back MVPs but Aaron Judge will win it deservingly! Next season if Judge doesn't break his own HR record and Shohei does the same he did this year, he will win MVP for sure.

I think the only way he shouldn't be MVP is if his pitching numbers were worse than last year but they're somehow even better...

Even though he may stay in the Angels, I'm just glad they're finally paying him his worth next year. Well deserved Shohei

Ohtani is doing the work of two pitchers and two hitters in the All-Star Game all by himself. Judge is, at most, one and a half. If he is great as a hitter, then Major League Baseball is at fault, not making awards for hitters. The MVP, as the name implies, is an award for the most outstanding player, not for Hank Aaron. Ohtani gets the Cy Young and the MVP, and Judge gets the newly created award for hitters. This is the correct reality.

This was the kind of player Rick Ankiel was supposed to be before he got the yips, and couldn't find the plate. Then, he got talked into becoming an outfielder to focus just on his bat, but you have to wonder if he never gets the yips how good he would have been as a pitcher/hitter.

I wonder what’s his vision for next season

I don't know if it's MVP or what, but if you like HR, HR, HR so much, you should quit baseball and play HR If you like HR so much, you should quit baseball and play HR derby every month. You should get in shape and train for the monthly tournament and compete for batting average and distance. I think that would be fun. Why do you think baseball is played every day?　Because it is a comprehensive sport that involves hitting, baserunning, defense, and pitching, and the physical burden on the individual is lower than in soccer, for example. I think we've reached a point where we can't properly evaluate Shohei without rethinking baseball from scratch. If that's nasty, lazy, conservative people don't like him, then that's troublesome.

Shohei Ohtani equal Proud of Japan

Shohei is KRYPTONITE to the MONSTER Astros!!!! 😳😮🤯 September 10 ➡️ 1 ER September 3 ➡️ 1 ER July 13 ➡️ 1 ER April 20 ➡️ 0 ER April 7 ➡️ 1 ER

15 win=35homers 35+34=69homers 69homers > 62homers

I wonder if he'd be open to going to Seattle. If the Mariners have room for him of course.

日本語版が欲しいです。

Baseball is so screwed up, if the Angels had a better record and was going into the playoffs. There would be no doubt he is the MVP of the season, but we look at HRs / Batting Average + wins into the post season and not what ShoTime is doing, changing the game as a two way SKILLED player. Unicorn indeed🦄 … props to Judge & the Yankees , but they need to share this award

Too little too late. Ohtani was the 1st player in history to qualify as batter and pitcher yesterday and MLB didn't deem this worthy of a highlight....what the actual f-ck.

Crazy that he’s a top 10 hitter and top 5 pitcher in the AL and probably won’t win the MVP

Crazy no one talking bout Ohtani like they do with Michael Jordan

I want you analysts to note a change in his pitching mechanics and I don't know why he does it. As part of his windup, when he lifts his left knee high, he's nearly un hittable. When he doesn't he looks fatigued and appears to be trying to steer the ball.

If there is a football playing both ways at a pro bowl level Or a all star hockey player playing both goalie and center etc etc I'm going to eat that up and watch I'm watching Ohtani not only so I can tell the grandkids what I saw But because I don't believe he will last long doing it sooner or later he will break down Where are you most likely to get hurt? On the mound and at the plate In a MLB where they are now cracking down on pitchers and foreign substances. I expect 60 homeruns to be a common occurrence I don't expect another Ohtani Why would anyone take a paycut, risk injury and not be recognized for it

Next season will be a FRENZY, they can't keep Ohtani, Trout, and Rendon

Ohtani,proud of Japanese,no concern which get MVP or not.