The MVP was the latest in a string of awards garnered by Ohtani, who received a Silver Slugger batting award and won the player-decided Major League Baseball Player of the Year and American League Outstanding Player awards for 2021. "It made the transition a lot easier for me, so I'm very thankful for that." "But I was more appreciative of the fact that American fans, the whole USA baseball, was more accepting and welcoming of the whole two-way idea, compared to when I first started in Japan," he added. "I think any player is, as long as they are playing baseball professionally. "MVP is something I was shooting for, obviously," Ohtani said. ![]() He is the second Japanese player to earn the honor, joining Ichiro Suzuki, who won AL MVP as a rookie in 2001.
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