Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers and MVP
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In recent years, the World Series has seen award-worthy performances from top talents like Freddie Freeman, Corey Seager (for two different teams!), Stephen Strasburg and George Springer. We also saw Steve Pearce take home the hardware in 2018,
Shohei Ohtani's insane Game 4 performance helped the Dodgers advance to the World Series but the NLCS MVP reminded LA that it was a team win.
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Meanwhile, on the mound, Ohtani just kept stomping on the Brewers. He finished with 10 strikeouts, three walks, two hits allowed and zero runs against one of MLB's peskiest lineups. He featured a seven-pitch mix, according to Baseball Savant, and topped out on that 100.3-mph fastball to Chourio. Even by itself, that's a star-level performance.
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