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Shohei Ohtani unanimously wins 2021 AL MVP Award

The long-awaited coronation for Shohei Ohtani’s once-in-a-lifetime season finally came on Thursday, as the Angels’ two-way sensation was officially crowned the 2021 American League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writer’s Association of America.

The only way to close out a historic season.

Shohei Ohtani is your unanimous 2021 American League MVP. pic.twitter.com/zlw5aGr68k— MLB (@MLB) November 18, 2021

Ohtani received all 30 possible first-place votes from the writers, beating out runner-up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Marcus Semien, both of the Toronto Blue Jays, for the honor.