Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani has already won an award for his excellence as the team's leadoff hitter.
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani stepped into the team's role as the leadoff hitter last Monday, and is already experiencing tremendous success.
Overall this season, Ohtani is slashing .321/.398/.632 with 23 home runs and 57 RBI. The two-time American League MVP ranks first in MLB batting average, third in hits, runs, home runs, second in slug rate and total bases, and sixth in RBIs and on-base percentage. This is the second time this season that Ohtani has won the NL Player of the Week award. He is one of two Dodgers to win the award this season, along with Teoscar Hernández, who won it earlier this month. Overall in his career, Ohtani has won the award nine separate times. He won the award three times in 2023, meaning he would need one more this year to tie that mark.Ohtani moved up from the number-2 spot in the Dodgers' lineup, where he'd been since spring training, on June 17.
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