Japanese media predicted that Shohei Ohtani, a man with 700 million dollars, will post a career high in batting in the 2024 season. He predicted that the forecasting system of U.S. baseball sites will surpass the expected performance.
“Ohtani will play in the 2024 season (of the Los Angeles Dodgers) in blue. He underwent Tommy John Surgery meant to link tendons in his right arm at the end of last year, and this year he will play only as a batter, not as a pitcher,” the Japanese baseball media Baseball King said on Wednesday. “He can start the season 100 percent as a batter, but Steamer of the U.S. “Fangraph &com” predicted the number of Ohtani’s home runs at 39.
Ohtani made history in the Major League on Dec. 10 last year. After joining the U.S. in 2018, he acquired his first free agent license and exercised his right, and left the Los Angeles Angels for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ohtani, one of the biggest names in the FA, signed an unprecedented contract with the LA Dodgers. The LA Dodgers bet a 10-year contract worth 700 million U.S. dollars to win Ohtani’s heart.
Ohtani has broken the highest-paid contract ever in the Major League history. His former teammate Mike Trout signed a 12-year, 426.5 million-dollar contract with the Los Angeles Angels and far surpassed the highest 10-year, 450 million-dollar payoff of Patrick Murhomes of the Kansas City Chiefs in North America.
LA Dodgers invested 700 million U.S. dollars due to Ohtani’s skill and marketability. Ohtani boasts top-notch performances in both pitching and hitting, and no player in the history of the big leagues can match his star quality.
After dominating the Japanese professional baseball league, Ohtani joined the Los Angeles Angels in 2018 and succeeded in advancing to the Major League, which he had dreamed of since his high school days. From his first year since debut, he has shot 20 home runs as a batter and started 10 games as a pitcher, causing a “dodge syndrome.”
Ohtani has emerged as an icon of the Major League Baseball since the 2021 season, although he has slowed down during the elbow injury and the COVID-19 pandemic. He played as a hitter in 158 games, 138 for 537 with a batting average of 0.257 with 46 home runs and 100 RBIs with an OPS of 0.964 in 23 games as a pitcher, 9 wins, 2 losses and a 3.18 ERA in 130 ⅓ innings as a starter.
In 2022, Ohtani played a more monstrous performance with 160 hits in 157 games and 586 at-bats for a batting average of 0.273 34 home runs and 95 RBIs with an OPS of 0.875 and a pitcher of 166 innings with a 15-9 record and a 2.33 ERA.
In the 2023 season, he had 10 wins-10 homers and 10 wins-40 homers for the first two consecutive seasons in Major League history that even Babe Ruth failed to pull off. He has displayed performance as the best starting pitcher in the big league with 10 wins, 5 losses and an ERA of 3.14 in 132 innings in 23 games. As a batter, he had 151 hits in 135 games at bat, 0.304 44 homers, 95 RBIs and 1.066 OPS.
Ohtani is currently undergoing rehabilitation after undergoing surgery to join the ligament for the second time in his career due to an elbow injury in the second half of last year. In the 2024 season, he has no choice but to focus only on hitting without pitching and hitting.
The U.S. baseball website “FanGraph.COM” predicts that Ohtani will play in 150 games in the 2024 season with a batting average of 0.273, 39 home runs, 106 RBIs and 20 stolen bases as a system for predicting players’ season performance. Considering that Ohtani recorded a batting average of 0.304 with 44 home runs, 95 RBIs and 20 stolen bases in 135 games last year despite his two-base hit, he expected a solid stat.
“The number of games played is expected to increase as Otani can only focus on hitters in the 2024 season, but the number of home runs in the prediction (Fangraph.COM) is probably because systems like Steamer are simply close to the average number,” the “Baseball King” said.
“The new home stadium Dodger Stadium, where Otani will play, has a favorable image for pitchers, but the air is dry and the ball flies relatively easily,” the “Baseball King” said. “If Otani can play 150 games as expected, he can break his personal record of 46 home runs.” 월카지노주소
Ohtani has 46 career highs in a single season of Major League home runs in the 2021 season. He thus achieved this by playing in 155 games and 639 at-bats. Last year, he hit 44 home runs despite playing in 135 games and 588 at-bats in the wake of his injury at the World Baseball Classic, and analysts say that he could hit more home runs if he plays full time in the 2024 season.