Shohei Ohtani is the second time AP male athlete of the year in 3 years

Before Shohi Ohtani stepped into the bright light of Hollywood and signed the most attractive contract in professional sports history, two-way superstars of baseball put another season of unique talent from Tokyo to Anahem.

What can this unique talent probably do next? Los Angeles Dojers are paying $ 700 million to see themselves.

But what Ohtani had already done in 2023 – both for Los Angeles Angels and for the Japanese team in the World Baseball Classic – that is why he was selected as the second time in three years as the Associated Press’ Men Athlete of the Year.

“Shohei is certainly the most talented player who has ever played the game,” said Andrew Freedman, president of the doors of baseball operation after Signing Ohthani last week.

Ohani inspired Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi and Tennis Great Novak Djokovic for AP Honor in voting by a panel of sports media professionals.

Ohtani got 20 out of 87 votes, while Messi and Djokovic got 16 episodes. NBA Final MVP of Nikola Jokik, Denver Nagets got 12 votes.

After winning his first AP Men Athlete of the Year Award in 2021, Ohtani joined an impressive list of two -time winners, which was first submitted in 1931.

Many -time winners include Don Budge, Baren Nelson, Carl Lewis, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps and Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong in honor of four times. Four -time winner Lebron James is another generational superstar who chose Los Angeles as a free agent, while two -time honor Sandy Cofx Dojer is one of the greatest players wearing Blue.

Ohtani has raised decades of traditional knowledge of decades during his six years, even playing in an infinitely more difficult era, crossing the most achievements of Babe Ruth. Most of the new frontiers in the Games are crossed and gradually crossed, but Ohtani has fulfilled the obstacles that stood with peerless skills, confidence and hard work for a century.

Ohtani unanimously won the Al MVP Award in 2021, and reiterated the feat in 2023 after finishing second in 2023 in 2023, which was last year’s AP Men Athlete of the Yean Slogger Aaron Judge.

This year began this year with a dazzling MVP performance of Ohtani for Japan’s championship team at World Baseball Classic – Angelles team partner with a clinning strike of Mike Mike Trout. He then converted into a plate in Nahim after injuring his pitching elbow in August in his third consecutive magnificent season and in August in a plate in Anahim.

Ohtani led AL as 44 homeers, 78 additional-base hits, 325 total bases and 1.066 OPS with Hellos named AL. He also organized a hitter for an al-Best. 184 batting average, while ranking off in nine innings per nine innings with 11.39 strikes in the league and ranking with 3.14 ERA at the time of his injury.

Former Angelles manager Phil Nevin said late in the season, “There is no one like him, and there is nothing you will say that he cannot do.” “Anything is possible with SHO. I don’t know who else can say about baseball history.”

Ohtani left Japan to carry forward his dreams at the highest level of his game at the end of 2017, and his adventures are followed by his fans in his motherland. When he got the first chance to play for Japan in the world baseball classic last spring, Ohtani seized the moment with both hands.

Ohthani was outstanding in Japan sports in Tokyo and Miami, batting. 435 despite walking 10 times with four couples and a homer. He played 92/3 innings while ranking 11 strikes with 1.86 ERA.

The championship game storybook ended in fashion, with Ohtani strikeing out trout, three times Al MVP and Ohtani’s prolonged Angels team partner, for the final in Japan’s victory over the US

Ohtani then turned with angels in another excellent, unique season, before he hurt his elbow and eventually a second surgery that would almost certainly stop him from pitching in 2024, such as he had missed as a pitcher of all in 2019 and 2020.

The history of her injury did nothing to suppress her free-agent value, partly because Ohtani may be one of the best hits of Major, while she wait to see if her pitching elbow will recover again.

Friedman said, “One of many things that we have appreciated about Shohei for years, seeing that he is never closing the pitch, no matter whether the game score is there.” “I have seen them in the games where their team is big or bigger, grinding each pitch in a batsman lately, can do everything to hit a late hit in a game.”

While Ohtani has re-defined what is possible in modern baseball, he achieved another unprecedented achievement by signing his record-setting contract. Doseers with deep -pockets invested eagerly in the next decade of 29 -year -old Ohtani, while knowing that no other baseball player can touch his worldwide fame.

“I am still in a pinch-me phase, to be honest,” said Dave Roberts, manager of Dojers. “Can’t believe that we are going to give him an opportunity to wear a dodger uniform. One of the most talented players putting in baseball uniform is now a dose.”

Ohtani did almost everything except for the victory with Angels, which did not have the winning season since 2015. When he hit a free agency in this winter, he eventually chose a nearby club, with only two defeat seasons in the 21st century, no one since 2010.

Dozers won aggressive competition for Ohtani’s services, which were offered to Gargantuan – and structurally creative contracts, but to get more 11 playoffs with a team around a team – a supporting atmosphere on the West Coast, partners and resources of the supreme talented team and more resources – with a team around a team.

“I can’t wait to join the doseers,” Ohtani said through his translator, EPP Mizuhara. “They share passions like me. They have a vision and history about winning. I share the same values.”

Reporting by Associated Press.

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