Shohei Ohtani vs. Pete Crow-Armstrong: The NL MVP Debate Heats Up

Time now to take a look at the odds to win the National League MVP, which I disagree with completely. I've said it before, I'll say it again, Shohei Ohtani, that's my guy. That's my MVP. Guy pitches, are you kidding me? In Major League Baseball, throws 70, 80 innings, I don't even care what it is, ZRA's sub two and a half, and also hits 30 bombs, and this guy's not the MVP of the league? Look, I.P. Cromstrong has been amazing. He's been awesome. Probably going to end up with the highest war in Major League Baseball, yes, all those things are true, but war is somehow missing this unicorn that Shohei Ohtani is, I understand it. I would tell you that I believe fatigue is involved in this, too, of just giving Ohtani the award every year, which is nonsense to me. So fine, go ahead, give PCA the award. If I was a voter, I'd vote for Ohtani every year, Tom, that he pitches and he hits. Now, to use a qualifier here, if Shohei Ohtani only pitches 20 innings in a season, OK, fine. I would not do that, but the guy is still going to end up with a lot of innings this season relative to a closer or a relief pitcher in baseball, and if that guy was a hit or two and hitting 30 home runs, I don't know. I feel like we're missing something here, but fine, give PCA the award. I'll live with it. Yeah. This is a situation where people are going to make the argument solely for the side that they want and then and then therefore they're going to pull the stats that, you know, essentially confirm. That's going to be confirmation. I shouldn't be like, OK, PCA, he leads the league in war. He should be MVP. It's like, well, Ohtani, he's been pitching. So this is just one of those arguments that I don't like in any sport because there's there's no answer until we get it. And once we get the award, then there are people are going to be backtracking, say, saying the same thing happened with Judge and Cal Raleigh last year. It's like, oh, Cal Raleigh does this and he's also a catcher. It's like, well, Judge has an OPS that's higher than anyone and Cal Raleigh strikes out a million times. So therefore it should be Judge or therefore it should be Cal Raleigh. The same thing is going to be happening. I think coming into the season, my answer was Ohtani, Ohtani, Ohtani, just because he's going to be pitching and hitting. He's never going to pitch 180 or 200 innings, but even if he pitches something close to 100, he's doing that while also hitting. He's going to be the MVP. The PCA argument, I completely understand if he ends up winning it. I'm not going to be surprised. I do think it'll be somewhat of the fatigue as well. Yeah, I just, I can't imagine looking back, Tom, you and I 10 years and talking about a player in baseball doing what Ohtani is doing and not winning the MVP. It seems crazy to me, but this is what happens in sports. We get tired of giving the same guy awards, I guess, every year.