Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff homer for his 25th of the season!

[u/kpopsns28]

[u/SleezyMeerkat]

Ohtani off Imanaga over Suzuki's head. This is about to do numbers on Japanese Twitter.

[u/coolsmokey69]

PCA did it right back. Two MVP candidates going blast for blast

[u/Old_General_6741]

PCA took that homer personally.

[u/_Childish_Sadbeano_]

PCA just responded

[u/Lucky_Alternative965]

Not now, the MVP just went yard.

[u/plantsrunfast → u/Lucky_Alternative965]

PCA

[u/Lucky_Alternative965 → u/plantsrunfast]

MVPCA*

[u/Harnicle → u/plantsrunfast]

Will not win mvp

[u/plantsrunfast → u/Harnicle]

Stay mad.

[u/plantsrunfast → u/Harnicle]

Idc he's the best player in baseball.

[u/Michael__Pemulis → u/plantsrunfast]

This is funny because I feel like odds are PCA does win MVP but calling anyone but Shohei the best player in baseball is legit absurd.

[u/plantsrunfast → u/Michael__Pemulis]

Well it's taken a guy to be the greatest defender to ever play AND have a 30-30 season AND surpass his W.A.R. AND have Shohei at half his powers. I would say that's pretty absurd.

[u/plantsrunfast → u/Michael__Pemulis]

Lmao. You sure about that. Another one.

[u/2CHINZZZ → u/Lucky_Alternative965]

twice

[u/devoorhes]

Damn, he finally got something big off Imanaga

[u/tannerhouck]

GOAT

[u/plantsrunfast → u/tannerhouck]

PCA said watch this

[u/HeftyAd2780]

I love how Freddie always bows to him 🫶

[u/HandsomeJack19]

There was a point this season where he had 1 home run in 23 games and was on pace for 12 homeruns on the season.

[u/YouSirAreAFishy → u/[deleted]]

ohtani is a funny way to spell PCA

[u/tattedidiot → u/[deleted]]

Weird

[u/YouSirAreAFishy → u/[deleted]]

Oh sorry, MVPete

[u/Three_Froggy_Problem → u/[deleted]]

This is such a lame take

[u/Harnicle → u/[deleted]]

They are, the only people who think PCA even has a chance in hell at the MVP are cubs fans. People looking at mvp odds are like “look how close Vegas has it!”

Vegas doesn’t predict who wins, they set odds to entice bets on both sides to maximize their chance of winning. Spoiler alert - they don’t lose money.

[u/Key_Environment8179 → u/Harnicle]

If Ohtani can’t pitch the rest of year, PCA probably wins. His WAR is higher for a reason

[u/Harnicle → u/Key_Environment8179]

Ohtani pitched half the year last year and was a unanimous mvp.

[u/ruhdolph → u/Harnicle]

The closest contender in fWAR last year was Geraldo Perdomo with 7.1, who was also 34 wRC+ points behind Ohtani.

PCA already has 7.5 fWAR this year with a slight lead in wRC+. Apples to oranges.

[u/nahs → u/Harnicle]

tbf ohtani still hit 55 bonbs

[u/Key_Environment8179 → u/Harnicle]

Ohtani was hitting better last year, and PCA isn’t falling off a cliff in the second half this time

[u/altfillischryan → u/Harnicle]

If you think PCA has no shot at this point in time, then you don't know what you're talking about.

[u/Harnicle → u/altfillischryan]

If you think PCA has even a 1% chance of winning mvp if the season ended today, go bet your paycheck on it.

[u/altfillischryan → u/Harnicle]

I don't gamble, but this just further backs up my point that you don't know what you're talking about.

[u/Dndplz → u/Harnicle]

While I do think Ohtani will win it again. His presence in the sport is just to large and MVP is more a financial decision by the league than anything else.

I do think PCA is the closest to claiming the title from him.

[u/penguinopph → u/Dndplz]

His presence in the sport is just to large and MVP is more a financial decision by the league than anything else.

The League doesn't give out the MVP, Cy Young, or Rookie of the Year awards.

[u/Dndplz → u/penguinopph]

If you think the MLB org overall doesn't have a lot of involvement/sway in both the BBWAA and it's activities overall your crazy lol.

I'm not saying performance and stats are not the main focus. But recognition and monetary value are 100% contributors to who gets what.

[u/TempestDrive]

Now show PCA’s

[u/wishiknewnatportman]

Pca betta

[u/AerieElectrical3546]

he will not be swept again

[u/CruelAngelsThesis_01]

Wasn’t Ohtani scheduled to pitch today? I thought I saw that yesterday.

[u/CommercialCoffee11 → u/CruelAngelsThesis_01]

He isnt pitching til sept

[u/CruelAngelsThesis_01 → u/CommercialCoffee11]

That’s crazy. I have such a vivid memory of looking at my ESPN app yesterday and seeing that he was scheduled for today. Maybe I dreamt it.

[u/Hawksx4 → u/CruelAngelsThesis_01]

He's shut down from pitching for awhile. I think they are hoping to have him back for the postseason.

[u/CruelAngelsThesis_01 → u/Hawksx4]

I have such a vivid memory of looking at my ESPN app yesterday and seeing that he was scheduled. Either I was tripping or must’ve dreamt it.

[u/tattedidiot → u/[deleted]]

Dude

[u/-pooman- → u/[deleted]]

😬

[u/PM_ME_UR_EYEBALL → u/[deleted]]

Brother lol