Shohei Ohtani is at the moment having among the finest offensive seasons of all time for a designated hitter, and on Saturday night time, he achieved a feat nobody else on the place ever has.
With three stolen bases in opposition to the Oakland Athletics, Ohtani grew to become the primary DH to hitch the 30 house runs and 30 stolen bases membership. He’s the primary participant to achieve the 30-30 mark this season.
Ohtani is the third Dodger to achieve the milestone (Raul Mondesi did it twice) and the primary since Matt Kemp’s 39-40 season in 2011.
This was sport 108 for Ohtani this season, making him the third-fastest participant to document a 30-30 season. He was only one sport wanting tying Alex Rodriguez for second place.
Ohtani by no means had issues hitting house runs when he was on the Los Angeles Angels, however he by no means stole bases on the similar charge he does with the Dodgers. His earlier profession excessive was 26 in 2021 and is already at 31 this yr.
“He and (first-base coach) Clayton McCullough have an excellent relationship, so there’s a number of belief between these two so far as tendencies and pitchers and issues like that,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated. “(Aaron) Decide is actually having an incredible yr, however Shohei … so far as the foot pace, what he can do offensively, he is one in every of one.”
Ohtani’s 33 house runs lead the Nationwide League, and his 31 swiped luggage are good for third-best in all of baseball.
A 40-40 season will not be out of the query for Ohtani. If he can accomplish it, he would be the sixth participant in MLB historical past and the primary Dodger to achieve the milestone.
