Japanese baseball fans rushed to grab the latest newspaper editions on Friday after Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player.
Ohtani earned all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, picking up a third unanimous MVP award following wins in 2021 and 2023.
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was named the winner of the American League’s MVP award, also in a unanimous vote.