This season's "All-MLB Team" was announced, and Shohei Ohtani was selected in two categories: starting pitcher and designated hitter. This is the third year in a row that Ohtani has been selected in both pitching categories, but this is the first time that he has been included in the first team at the top of the voting in both categories.
The "All-MLB Team" award was established in 2019 by the Major League Baseball Organization, and players who have performed at each position throughout both leagues are voted on by fans and the media.
The winners were announced on the 16th, and Ohtani was named to the first team with the highest votes in both categories: designated hitter and starting pitcher.
The first team fielders category will select the top vote-getter at each position, while the starting pitcher category will select the top five players voted for.
This is the third year in a row that Ohtani has been selected in both pitching and hitting categories, but this is the first time that Ohtani has been named to the first team as a designated hitter and second team as a starting pitcher, and last year he was selected to the first team as a starting pitcher and second team as a designated hitter.
This season, Ohtani won the home run title with 2 home runs for the Angels, and as a pitcher, he won 5 games and became the first player in MLB history to achieve double-digit wins and double-digit home runs for two consecutive years.
Betts and Freeman, who Ohtani will bat with for the Dodgers next season, were also named to the first team.
On the other hand, Mets pitcher Kodai Senga, who won 2 games in his first year in the big leagues and was a finalist in the starting pitcher category, was not selected.