‘Last bit of pride’ Ohtani surrenders OPS crown to ‘TEX Bombers’…10G absence no. 1 in both leagues combined

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels has finally given up the top spot.

Ohtani lost the top spot in OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage), which is a popular metric of a hitter’s offense these days, and dropped to second place. Ohtani was surpassed by Corey Seager of the Texas Rangers.

Seager went 4-for-4 with a home run, three doubles, three RBIs, and two runs scored in a 9-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada on Friday.

Texas swept the four-game series against Toronto to remain in control of the second American League (AL) wild card and improve its chances of making the postseason. It’s no exaggeration to say that Seager has led the offense in the four-game sweep. In the four-game series, he went 17-for-9 with one home run, five doubles, and seven RBIs.

With Texas having swept the four-game road trip to solidify their postseason hopes, it’s not a stretch to say that Seager should be named AL MVP this season.

For the season, Seager is batting .344 with 31 home runs, 92 RBIs, 83 runs scored, a .406 slugging percentage, a .663 on-base percentage, and a 1.069 OPS. He leads both leagues in on-base percentage and OPS. Ohtani has led the league in both categories this season.

However, Ohtani has been sidelined since injuring his right side in batting practice on May 5 against the Baltimore Orioles. He’s been out for more than 10 days now. In the meantime, Seager has moved into the top spot in batting average and OPS.

For starters, his slugging percentage hit .658 on May 5 against the Houston Astros, surpassing Ohtani (0.654). Seager’s OPS, which has been up and down since then, topped 0.660 for the first time today.

Ohtani had held the top spot in OPS until the previous day (14th) with 1.066, but he was overtaken by Seager. With the OPS crown gone, Ohtani now leads both leagues in no single category. However, he still leads the AL in home runs (44), slugging percentage (.412), and RBI (325).

Seager leads the AL in batting average, is second in slugging percentage, tied for fifth in home runs, eighth in RBI, and tied for 16th in runs scored. His bWAR of 6.8 is second in the AL behind Ohtani (10.0), and his fWAR of 6.0 is third behind Ohtani (8.9) and the Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez (6.0).

Seager has been on the disabled list (IL) twice this season and hasn’t gotten a regular at-bat until the last two days. That’s when he made his first appearance in the rankings, which are based on ratios such as batting average, on-base percentage, and OPS. Seager missed 35 days with a left hamstring injury in April and spent 10 days on the DL in July with a right thumb sprain.메이저사이트

This is Seager’s second season in a Texas uniform after signing a 10-year, $325 million free agent contract in December 2021. Last year, he batted .245 (145-for-593) with 33 home runs, 83 RBI, 91 runs scored, a 0.772 OPS, and a 3.9 bWAR in 151 games. This season, he’s on pace for career highs in RBI, OBP, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and OPS, and his home runs are on pace to surpass last year’s total.