Sports Editorial, Nov 14 (EFE).- Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge won the Hank Aaron Award while the Dominican Emmanuel Clase was chosen as the best reliever in his league in the special awards presented this Thursday by the MLB.
In addition to the Hank Aaron Award for the best offensive player in the American and National Leagues, the MLB awarded the Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman awards to the relievers of the year in each league, the Edgar Martínez Award for the best designated hitter and also the Comeback Award. Anus.
Ohtani, insuperable
Ohtani had a season that places him as the favorite for the National League MVP award, in which he inaugurated the 50-50 club in home runs (54) and stolen bases (59) and was key in the advancement and conquest of the World Series with the Dodgers.
The Japanese led the NL hitters in runs scored (134), RBIs (130) and home runs (54). He also hit .310 with 197 hits, 38 doubles and seven triples.
Ohtani won the NL Hank Aaron Award and also won the Edgar Martínez Award for best designated hitter of the season.
Judge, Hank Aaron Award winner in the American League, handed down the sentence by achieving the third season of his career with 50 or more home runs.
The Yankees’ star ‘Judge’ sent 58 home runs and added 144 RBIs, leading the entire Major Leagues in both departments.
Class, who headed the Guardianes relief corps, won the Mariano Rivera award, which recognizes the best in the American League.
The Dominican made 47 saves in 50 opportunities and finished 66 games to lead the American League in both pitching lines.
Clase pitched 74.1 innings, allowing five earned runs and striking out 66 batters. He built a record of four wins and two losses and an ERA of 0.61.
The Cleveland team’s star closer, who only allowed two home runs in the regular series, tied with Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley (0.61) for the third-lowest ERA in a season with at least 50 innings pitched, only by behind fellow Dominicans Fernando Rodney (0.60 in 2012) and Zack Britton (0.54 in 2016).
Ryan Helsley had the highest total of saves in the campaign, completing 49 saves in 53 opportunities, setting a record for a Cardinals closer and achieving the highest total in the MLB.
Helsley won the National’s Trevor Hoffman Award.
The spirit of improvement of Sale and Crochet
Chris Sale, winner of the National Comeback Player of the Year Award, overcame injuries in recent seasons and took over the Braves’ rotation in his first season in Atlanta.
Sale won the triple crown of pitching in the National League by concluding his work with 18 wins, 225 strikeouts and an effectiveness percentage of 2.38.
The left-hander also won his first Gold Glove Award as a pitcher, putting him on track to win the major circuit’s Cy Young Award in a return to the levels of quality expected of a pitcher of his talent.
Garrett Crochet, who won the same distinction in the AL, was a star on the losingest team in a season in Major League history: the Chicago White Sox.
The left-hander went 6-12, with a 3.58 earned run percentage allowed in 32 starts, being called to his first All-Star Game just a year after pitching only 12 innings and ending his performance with two losses in 2023.
