Some say that let's put him in the prime minister of Japan, and of course, Ohtani is the No. 1 player in ML's best player questionnaire
Mar 17, 2025
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A famous third baseman in the National League replied as follows. What was the question.
MLB.com is releasing the results of a survey of 100 Major League Baseball players during spring training. The media announced on the 17th (Korea time) that the 'best player selected by Major League players is...Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers ranked first in response to the question '. The third baseman answered "Of course Ohtani".
MLB.com explained this.
'Otani can hit 50 home runs, steal 50 bases. He can be a frontline starter. He also won the World Series last year. He has been named MVP three times in the past four seasons. It was all a unanimous opinion. He is the greatest global superstar. Ohtani is just the best of the best. This is why many players voted him No. 1 without a doubt. FYI, Ohtani's vote share was higher than any of the players mentioned in this survey answer.'
The survey was the eighth of the items planned by MLB.com . Among the eight individual answers to the questions, Ohtani received the most support on the day.
An AL reliever said "We all know that we praise him. We should continue to do so in the future. It's amazing in and of itself."
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Ohtani will resume his pitching career this year. After undergoing consecutive surgery on his right elbow Tommy John Surgery in September 2023 and his left shoulder in November last year, he temporarily suspended his pitching rehabilitation, which had been going smoothly after bullpen pitching on the 26th of last month, but he is scheduled to return to the mound in earnest when the season opens. For now, it is expected that he will check his actual sense by live pitching or simulation pitching against his team's batters, not taking the mound in the minor league. The timing of joining the rotation is expected to be around mid-May.
He is back on track as a batter. Ohtani, who is preparing for the Tokyo Series, the opening game between the Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, hit a home run in a warm-up match against the Yomiuri Giants on the 15th, giving the Japanese fans the honor of Major League MVP.
With a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning, he rolled up Yomiuri right-hander Togo Shosei's 77.2-mile slider in the middle of the first pitch to connect with a two-run shot over the right-center fence. It had a launch angle of 32 degrees, a 105-mile batting speed, and a distance of 391 feet.
Ohtani previously played in seven games in the Arizona Cactus League, marking a batting average of 0.333 (6 hits in 18 at-bats), one home run, two RBIs, four runs and an OPS of 1.040 before moving on to Japan. Before achieving the first 50-50 in history with 54 home runs and 59 steals last year, he played in 11 exhibition games and adjusted his bat with a batting average of 0.393, two home runs, nine RBIs, five runs and an OPS of 1.214 points.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
