We saw the home run record book change again in 2023 asthe Braves slammed 307 homers, tied for most in AL/NL history.Matt Olson's MLB-best 54 dingers had a lot to do with that amazing power display. He andShohei Ohtani, who clubbed 44 dingers for the Angels en route tohis second u...
From home runs to strikeouts to Outs Above Average, here's a look at your 2023 league leaders. BATTING Home runs AL: Shohei Ohtani (LAA), 44 Ohtani led the AL in home runs despite only playing in three games in September, becoming the first home run leader to hit zero home runs in ...
Run Leaders 134 Ohtani 128 Soto 125 Witt OBP Leaders .458 Judge .419 Soto .396 Guerrero SLG Leaders .701 Judge .646 Ohtani .588 Witt SB Leaders 67 De La Cruz 59 Ohtani 50 Turang MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders Win Leaders 18 Skubal 18 Sale 16 Wheeler Strikeout...
Just 10 days ago, Ohtani trailed the then-home run leader, Aaron Judge, by three home runs with a season total of 16. However, during that time, Judge sustained an injury to his right toe ligament, placing him on the injured list. Meanwhile, Ohtani added seven more home runs to his ...
We saw him at the top of his game last October, when he allowed just six runs in 25 innings with a .161 average and one home run allowed. Weakness: He has been wildly inconsistent in 2023, even from start to start, and had a 4.66 ERA in the second half. The sinker has flattened...
years old, proceeded to work his way through a scoreless first inning against MLB's leader in batting average in Steven Kwan, 2023 American League Rookie of the Year Gunnar Henderson, four-time Silver Slugger Juan Soto and '22 American League MVP Aaron Judge, the league leader in home runs...
Ohtani’s incredible run continued in the 2023 season, which he finished as the AL leader in home runs (44), on-base percentage (.412), and total bases (325) and MLB leader in slugging (.654) and on-base plus slugging (1.066). Despite suffering a ulnar collateral ligament tear in Au...
A big-framed right-hander, Hess struggled with command and finished the 2024 season with a 5.80 ERA at Alabama -- though he posted a 3.22 ERA in seven 2023 starts. He is Alabama's all-time leader in K/9 ratio with 13.3 for his career, including a 14.0 rate this...
1, 2023, in Los Angeles. Baseball’s next free agency class won’t have a two-way star like Shohei Ohtani, and almost certainly no deals like his record-shattering $700 million over 10 years to switch teams in Los Angeles this year. But there could still be All-Star sluggers and Cy...
For Japan's all-time high school home run leader -- a lefty-slugging phenom who went to the same school asShohei Ohtani… and outhomered him -- the road to the Major Leagues goes through Trenton, N.J.More >> Langevin brings 'plain devastating' fastball to Royals ...