Shohei Ohtani has had an unimaginable first season with the Dodgers, to place it flippantly. He has damaged a number of franchise information and is the MVP favourite whereas being a full-time designated hitter.
His magical season, and profession, reached a brand new excessive when Ohtani joined the coveted 40-40 membership Friday evening in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays.Â
Ohtani achieved each his fortieth stolen base and fortieth dwelling run on the identical evening.
He hit his fortieth homer within the grandest of fashions, blasting a walk-off grand slam within the backside of the ninth inning in opposition to the Rays to offer the Dodgers the win 7-3.
Ohtani turns into the primary Dodger and simply the sixth participant to hit 40 dwelling runs and steal 40 bases in a season. Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and Ronald Acuña Jr. all beforehand achieved the feat.
Canseco and Acuña Jr. each gained MVPs throughout their 40-40 seasons.Â
That is additionally the second yr in a row Ohtani reached the 40-home run mark.Â
The 2-time MVP additionally has an opportunity to be the primary participant to achieve the 50-50 membership. He’s at present on tempo to hit 50 dwelling runs and steal 48 bases.
After already being the third-fastest participant to 30-30, Ohtani turned the quickest participant to achieve the 40-40 mark in a season, getting it in 126 video games.Â
Soriano was the earlier quickest, getting it in his 147th recreation on Sept. 16, 2006.Â
Ohtani has all the time possessed the potential to achieve 40-40, however because of him being a two-way participant it by no means got here to fruition. Since he’s a full-time DH this yr, he can put all his focus and ability into his offense.
Ohtani at present leads the Nationwide League in dwelling runs, runs scored, slugging proportion and OPS. He’s poised to win his third MVP in 4 years.
