Shohei Ohtani was named as the National League Most Valuable Player for the 2024 season.
Like Aaron Judge in the American League, Ohtani was a unanimous selection, capturing all 30 first-place votes. It’s the third time in his career that Ohtani has been named the MVP. Each of the other two times, Ohtani had been a two-way superstar for the Angels in both 2021 and 2023. Ohtani becomes the first full-time designated hitter to ever with an MVP award and he joins Hall of Famer Frank Robinson as the only players in major league history to win the award in both the American and National League. On the season, the 30-year-old slugger slashed an incomprehensible .310/.390/.646 with 54 home runs, 130 RBI and 59 stolen bases. Francisco Lindor finished as the runner-up, tallying 23 second-place votes while Ketel Marte finished third.