He tries to win three Yankees hits in 68 years
Shohei Ohtani (aged 30, LA Dodgers) became the first baseball player in the world to hit 50 homers and 50 steals in a single season, not only in the Major League but also in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Since then, he has continued to run toward 55 homers and 55 steals.
Meanwhile, another monster of the MLB is also wielding a fire bat. He is Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees.
Judge started the game against Oakland at the Coliseum in California on Sunday (Korea time), and had two hits, one RBI, two runs and two walks from three times at bat. He even hit a one-run home run to lead his team to a 7-4 win.
It was his 55th homer of this season. Judge became the home run leader in both the American League and the National League.
Ohtani also hit a home run against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium in California on the day. He added two stolen bases to his 53rd homer of this season, marking his 55th in this season.
Ohtani has virtually reserved the NL home run king and MVP this season. He has achieved an unprecedented 50 homers and 50 steals, which is highly likely to be a unanimous MVP. He is on the verge of becoming the third unanimous MVP after the Los Angeles Angels in 2021 and 2023.
However, Judge does not seem to yield as much as MLB’s overall home run king. He is raising his last-minute pace by drawing five arches in two consecutive home runs and the last four games.
Judge is targeting his first triple crown in 68 years as a Yankees player. He is ranking first in home runs (55) and RBIs (138). He is also ahead of Ohtani with 53 home runs and 123 RBIs in the entire MLB.
However, Judge is ranked third with a batting average of .323. He is quite different from Bobby Witt of the Kansas City Royals with a batting average of .334. However, with six games left in each of the regular league games, reversal is not impossible at all.
If Judge ranks first in batting average, he will become the first three hitters of the Yankees in 68 years since legendary Mickey Mantle in 1956. At that time, Mantle had a whopping 353, 52 homers and 130 RBIs in 150 games. His OPS, which is combined with slugging percentage and on-base percentage, reached 1.169. This year, Judge has an OPS of 1.153 in 154 games.토토사이트 추천
This year, Ohtani set a milestone that shook not only the NL but also the entire MLB, but Judge is also showing off his long-shot power that overwhelms the AL. It remains to be seen whether the two monsters representing MLB will make a spectacular finale.