Shohei Ohtani officially won his second AL MVP award on Thursday.
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He becomes just the second unanimous AL MVP award winner ever.
Ohtani was such a runaway favorite for 2023 AL MVP honors that Vegas sportsbooks stopped taking bets for the award entirely for much of the season before briefly putting him back on the board late in the year.
His odds: -20,000
Put in more straightforward money terms, someone would need to bet $200 in order to win $1 betting on Ohtani to win, and arguably not since Barry Bonds at his peak has a player more clearly been the best in baseball.