Major League Baseball Angels Shohei Otani has been selected as one of the three finalists for MVP = Most Valuable Player, which is awarded to the most active player of the season.
If Ohtani wins the award, it will be a remarkable achievement for the second year in a row, but the American media reports that the Yankees judge, who hit 62 home runs, is a strong candidate.
The MVP of Major League Baseball is awarded to the best performing player in the regular season and is voted on by 30 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Voting
has already ended, and the top three players from both leagues were announced as the final candidates on the 7th
.
Yankees Judge, who broke the American League home run record for the first time in 61 years,
and
Astros Alvarez, who hit 37 home runs.
In his fifth season in the major leagues, Ohtani had
15 wins as a pitcher, an ERA of 2.33, and 219
strikeouts
.
Last season, Otani was selected as the MVP with all the reporters who voted for the first place, and if he wins this year, it will be a feat for the second year in a row. It is said that the award is strong.
In addition, the American League won the Cy Young Award for Pitcher of the Year
with Astros pitcher Verlander, who won the titles for most wins and best ERA,
White Sox pitcher Sheath, and
Blue Jays pitcher Manoa. Three
pitchers
were shortlisted, but Ohtani was not selected.
The MVP winner will be announced on the 17th, Japan time on the 18th.
What is a Major League MVP?
The Major League MVP award is given to the best performing player in both leagues during the regular season, and is voted on by 30 reporters belonging to the Baseball Writers Association of America.
The MVP has been recognized as an official record by the Major League Baseball since 1931, but the award for its predecessor began in 1911, and is said to be the longest-running individual title in the major leagues.
Since the award of the Cy Young Award, which is the best pitcher award, began in 1956, MVP has mainly been awarded to fielders, and in recent years, pitchers have won 21 wins in 2014 and earned an earned run average of 1.77. Only if you have outstanding performances, such as Kershaw for the Dodgers who marked.
Voting will be two reporters from each of the 15 cities in each league where the teams are located, and voting will close immediately after the end of the regular season, so playoff results will not be taken into account.
In the vote, the top 10 players who deserve the MVP award are awarded 14 points for 1st place, 9 points for 2nd place, 1 point for 3rd place and below, and 1 point for 10th place.
The player with the most points will be named MVP, with a full breakdown of which reporters voted for whom.
The most awards were won by
Barry Bonds, who has a major league record of 762 home runs, seven times,
followed
by Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, who were active in the Yankees, and
Ohtani's teammate Angels Trout. ,
10 people have been awarded three times.
Among Japanese players,
▽Ichiro won the MVP for the first time as a Japanese player in 2001 when he was with the Mariners.
Last season,
Shohei Ohtani of the ▽Angels followed Ichiro in winning the award with unanimous votes for his historical double-wielding performance.