Shohei Ohtani is the unanimous choice for American League Most Valuable Player in 2021.
Ohtani received all 30 first-place votes . . . so hats off to the AL voters: good job not fucking up.
The unanimous vote was well-deserved since Ohtani had a truly unprecedented season at the plate and the mound. The only possible "modern" comparisons are more than 100 years old: Babe Ruth's 1918 and 1919 seasons, but Ruth was a true two-way player for only portions of each of those seasons.
Ohtani batted .257, with a .372 on-base average (5th in the AL) and a .