2023 MLB MVP Award Winners – MLB.com

2023 MLB MVP Award winner

\n”, “providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “type”: “oembed”, “width”: 550, “contentType”: “rich”},{ “__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: “Acuña, playing in the Venezuelan Winter League this offseason, became the Braves’ eighth MVP and first since Freddie Freeman won the award in the COVID-shortened 2020 season .\n \nThis is the seventh time an Angels player has won the MVP, although Ohtani claims this at a time when his whereabouts in 2024 are unclear “:”2023-11-16T23:44:11.076Z “,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE /2023/2023-11/16/72745655-202c51ae- 184ed49a-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″, “type”: “video”, “description”: “Shohei Ohtani talks about winning his second AL MVP award in his career, how he was able to play despite injury and ultimately surgery ” :[{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-108″,”title”:”Los Angeles Angels”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:108″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-660271″,”title”:”Shohei Ohtani”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:660271″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”vod”,”title”:”vod”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlb-network”,”title”:”MLB Network”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlb-award”,”title”:”MLB Award”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”awards-watch”,”title”:”Awards Watch”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”most-valuable-player”,”title”:”MVP”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”interview”,”title”:”interview”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”imagen-feed”,”title”:”Imagen feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”: “Thumbnail”, “templateUrl”: https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/x3mf61enxblf3aqczcfb”},”title” : “Shohei Ohtani on winning AL MVP”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/shohei-ohtani-on-Winning-al-mvp”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content=”Ahead of Ohtani, probably , the most intriguing MLB free agency move in the history of this process, even elevated his unique status to a new extreme because in 2023, he wasn’t just an elite hitter and an elite pitcher, as he was in his MVP year of 2021 and in previous years had been his second-place finisher in 2022. The 29-year-old Ohtani was actually the absolute best hitter in his league by several key metrics. The designated hitter captured the AL home run crown (44) for the first time and led led the league in on-base percentage (.412) and total bases (325) and led MLB in slugging percentage (.654), OPS (1.066) and OPS+ (184).\n\nOhtani did the above while also recording a 3.14 ERA, 142 ERA+ and 167 strikeouts in 132 innings across 23 starts on the mound.\n\nAll in all, Ohtani’s bWAR grade of 10.0 was a career best and 2.6 better than that of any other AL player. With his pitching season cut short due to an elbow problem and his batting season cut short due to an oblique injury, Ohtani did all of this in 135 games played – the fewest ever for a 10-WAR player. Ohtani claimed the AL home run title despite playing only three games in September and hitting no home runs. The missed time and his Angels’ continued difficulty capitalizing on his success in the standings did not deprive Ohtani of his second MVP.\n\nThere has never been a player like Ohtani, and there has never been a season like his Acuna. In 2023, these players made history. Now they have the hardware.”,”type”:”text”}],”relativeSiteUrl”:”/news/mlb-mvp-award-winners-2023″,”contentType”:”news” ,”subHeadline”: null,”summary”:”There is good, there is great and then there is historic.\nWhat Ronald Acuña Jr. did for the Braves and what Shohei Ohtani did for the Angels in 2023 was historic. 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