"Back-to-back" - Karma at its best for Shohei Ohtani as he defeats Yordan Alvarez for the Edgar Martinez Trophy

Shohei Ohtani took the MLB by storm this season. No one came close to him in 2022 if hitting is concerned. The Japanese won the AL MVP Award in 2021 unopposed and is the first player since David Ortiz to claim the hitter trophy in consecutive seasons. Ortiz however went a step further and won the designated hitter trophy for five seasons in a row (2003-07).

The Los Angeles Angel beat the Houston Astros‘ Yordan Alvarez for the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter trophy. Shohei’s .273 with the bat that had 34 home runs, 95 RBIs, stolen bases on 11 occasions and an .875 on the OPS made him the star of the season.

Shohei made it to the top among all the hitters that had 100 at-bats on the least. He also maintained an insane streak of hitting for 18 straight games. He is the on player in LA Angels history to win the designated hitter award on two different occasion. A panel consisting of 100 media persons and public relations employees select the winner.

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There was no stopping Shohei Ohtani this 2022 MLB Season

Ohtani who delivered the performance of his life all season round had a difficult time raking in the post season awards. Finishing second in the votes for the AL MVP Ward in 2022 and 4th in AL Cy Young Award balloting, it looked like that Ohtani wouldn’t be able to conjure any personal silverware even when no one came close to his performance.

Two for the Sho!

For the second consecutive year, Shohei Ohtani has won the Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH Award. pic.twitter.com/R9t3v066iM
— MLB (@MLB) November 28, 2022

Sho Time does it again 💥

For the second straight year, Shohei Ohtani is the Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH Award winner 👏#MLB #Ohtani #MLBEurope #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/Mn4xurbh0w
— MLB Europe (@MLBEurope) November 29, 2022

"Shohei Ohtani is a unicorn, it's going to be hard to take this award away from him, year in and year out."

Congratulations to Shohei Ohtani, back-to-back Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award winner! 👏@Angels | @CameronMaybin | @CY24_7 pic.twitter.com/LZYShJNiVf
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 28, 2022

The Shohei Ohtani – Aaron Judge showdown series is one of the more underrated moments of the 2022 season pic.twitter.com/NaWRUYjDRu
— Angels TopPlays (@PlaysAngels) November 25, 2022

As luck or whatever would have had it, Shohei Ohtani exacted revenge on Yordan Alvarez as he lost to him for the Silver Slugger Award in the 2021 season. Looks like ‘karma’ is real as Shohei defeated other top players like Giancarlo Stanton, Brce harper, J.D. Martinez, Nelson Cruz and Alvarez in particular.

2022 PitchingNinja Face of Baseball Award. 🏆

Winner: Shohei Ohtani.

Nearly 4 minutes of Shohei's faces from the 2022 season. 😀 pic.twitter.com/tRK6ZwmhSW
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) November 24, 2022

Time from home to first base in 2022,
top dozen MLB home run hitters:

Shohei Ohtani, 4.09 seconds 🦄
Trout, 4.30
Betts, 4.45
Riley, 4.50
Schwarber, 4.51
Alvarez, 4.53
Goldschmidt, 4.61
Walker, 4.64
Olson, 4.65
Judge, 4.66
Alonso, 4.67
Tellez, 4.83 pic.twitter.com/uGca5BogGi
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) November 28, 2022

This year Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th MLB home run… and won 15 games on the mound with a 2.33 ERA 🦄#MLBRewind2022 ⏪ #MLB #GoHalos #MLBEurope pic.twitter.com/IAtcOgEyj4
— MLB Europe (@MLBEurope) November 24, 2022

Shohei Ohtani on is season commented that he had “a rather negative impression of the season”. Although there’s no news or rumor as of now about him looking for a much beter team as the Angels had no post season appearances for 8th consecutive season. Angels too would be looking to cash in on Ohtani if a deal for trade presents itself in the winter.

2022 PitchingNinja "The Natural" Award. 🏆

Winner: Shohei Ohtani

Shohei the hitter knocking his own Number off the Scoreboard (as the starting pitcher). 😯 pic.twitter.com/wRkH4kkt9V
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) November 23, 2022

When Rob announced that Shohei Ohtani had won the 2022 PitchingNinja Face of Baseball Award, I immediately thought of this face he made. And that Shohei started THROWING his own 100 MPH sinkers in his next start. 😮 https://t.co/6w65opaOVP
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) November 25, 2022

🏆 Back-to-Back 🏆

Congratulations to Shohei Ohtani on being named the 2022 Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award winner! pic.twitter.com/Aaowqon1P6
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) November 28, 2022

Day -125 till opening day

Shohei Ohtani’s speech after being named Best Athlete, Men’s Sport at ESPYS 2021 #ShoheiOhtani #大谷翔平 pic.twitter.com/9JuxuZ4iEy
— Kay Kay Kay (@kaylanurul) November 25, 2022

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