Everyone in the baseball world is watching Shohei Ohtani this offseason. On Thursday, they watched him win his second American League MVP award.
The two-way, free-agent phenom beat out fellow finalists Corey Seager and Marcus Semien of the Texas Rangers for the AL's top award despite missing most of the last month of the 2023 season due to a torn UCL. Ohtani has now won MVP twice in the past three years, after finishing second in 2022.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña was named NL MVP.
The voting was unanimous for Ohtani among the 30 BBWAA voters, making him the first player in history to twice win the award in such fashion, per Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register.