In the National League (NL), where Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) belongs, Yoshinobu Yamamoto will win the Rookie of the Year award and Mookie Betts (Los Angeles Dodgers), not Shohei Ohtani, will win the MVP award.
MLB.COM mentioned in an article on the 25th (Korea Standard Time) that “Yamamoto started the Seoul Series rough by allowing five runs in an inning, but based on his ball power and record in Japan, he is a strong candidate for the Rookie of the Year award.”
The media introduced the fact that Yamamoto received the “Sawamura Award,” equivalent to the Cy Young Award in Japanese professional baseball, for three consecutive years, and won the Pacific League MVP three times in a row, predicting, “Yamamoto, who is just starting out in MLB, will add a few to the already full trophy shelf if the results come out as voted.”
Lee Jung-hoo was mentioned as “another candidate who received votes” along with outfielder Jackson Merrill (San Diego Padres) and pitcher Shota Amana (Chicago Cubs).
Betts, who won the American League MVP award with the Boston Red Sox in 2018, is expected to win his second MVP trophy over his teammate Ohtani, who won last year’s AL MVP award.
The media predicted, “Betz will shine even more thanks to his two ‘former MVP’s’ Ohtani and Freddie Freeman in the Dodgers lineup. Last year, he also ranked second in the NL MVP voting with 39 home runs, and this year, he will play shortstop with tremendous versatility.”
Ohtani and last year’s NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. (Atlanta Braves), Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego) and Pete Alonso (New York Mets) were mentioned as “other MVP candidates.”
In the AL, Juan Soto, who moved to the New York Yankees this year, was nominated for MVP and Jackson Holiday (Baltimore Orioles) for Rookie of the Year.
Spencer Strider (Atlanta) in the NL and Patrick Corbin (Baltimore) in the AL received the most votes as expected winners of the Cy Young Award.
Manager AJ Hinch and Chicago Cubs manager Craig Council, who are at the helm of the Detroit Tigers, were named as leading candidates for the AL and NL “Coach of the Year,” respectively.
The 2024 MLB regular season, which opened first with two MLB Seoul series games on the 20th and 21st, will begin in earnest with the opening game of the mainland on the 29th.
BY: 메이저사이트