Major League Baseball's Shohei Ohtani of the Angels has been selected as one of the three finalists to be voted by the players for this season's Most Valuable Player.
If Ohtani wins, it will be the second year in a row following last season.
Every year, the major league players' association awards the most active pitchers and fielders of the year by voting among players, and three finalists for each award were announced on the 27th.
Among them, the best player who selects one player who has been most active in the major leagues through pitching and batting this season is
▽ Angel Ohtani,
▽ Yankees who hit 62 home runs and broke the American League home run record for the first time in 61 years. Judge and
▽Cardinals Goldschmidt
were among the finalists.
In this season, which is his fifth year in the major leagues, Otani has made history as a
pitcher, with 15 wins as a pitcher, an ERA of 2.33, and 219
strikeouts
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Last season, Otani was the first Japanese player to be selected as the best player in a player-to-player vote, and if he wins this year, it will be a feat for the second consecutive year.
In addition, the final candidates for the best fielder category were two players in the American League, Otani and Judge, and according to the players' association, the third player was announced as there were no other players who received more than 5% of the votes. did not.
On the other hand, Otani was not selected as a finalist for the Best Pitcher category.
Voting by the players has already ended, and the winners will be announced on November 3rd, Japan time on the 4th.