LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani's 2025 season is unusual. The possibility of winning his fourth MVP award was also mentioned.

Ohtani started as the first designated hitter in the away match against the Cleveland Guardians of the 2025 Major League Baseball at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on the 28th (Korea time) and recorded one hit (one home run), two RBIs, two runs and two walks in three at-bats.

Ohtani's bat has been hot lately. He added to his performance on the day, and hit home runs in three consecutive games. 안전놀이터

Ohtani struck out Cleveland starter Tanner Bybee at his first at-bat in the first inning, but managed to get on base at his second at-bat. With two outs and a third base in the top of the second inning, Ohtani stepped on the first base with four pitches on automatic intention.

He swung his bat vigorously at the third batter's box. With his team leading 2-0, he hit the first pitch of the fourth inning with two outs and runners on the first base, and fired a two-run shot over the left fence. The hit flew at 104.5 miles (168.2 kilometers).

With this home run, Ohtani made a name for himself in the history of the Dodgers. According to Sarah Reims of MLB.com , Gil Hodges (21 home runs) in 1951 and Cody Bellinger (20 home runs) in 2019 were the only players who had 20 or more home runs in 55 games since the opening, but Ohtani became the third player in history. Ohtani was the first player to experience the joy of reaching the top of 20 home runs this year.
In addition, Ohtani, who reached the 20th home run for the sixth time in his career, beat Hideki Matsui to record the most consecutive 20 home runs by a Japanese player.

He struck out in the seventh inning and walked in the ninth inning to complete the third base game.

With the game, Ohtani raised the OPS to 1.053.

After the game, U.S. data analyst Cordify Baseball paid tribute, saying, "Otani is heading for MVP again even though he is not taking the mound as a pitcher this season."

If Ohtani wins again this season's MVP, he will be the fourth in his career. Then he will rank second only to Barry Bonds (seven times). Will Ohtani be able to write another history? Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to win again.