Major League Baseball (MLB) announced the finalists for the Hank Aaron Award, which symbolizes the best hitter, on the 8th Beijing time. Each of the two leagues has 10 sluggers selected, playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The team's Japanese star

Japanese star Shohei Otani, who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB)

Major League Baseball (mlb) announced the finalists for the Hank Aaron Award, which symbolizes the best hitter, on the 8th Beijing time. Both leagues have 10 sluggers selected. plays for Major League Baseball (mlb) ) Japanese star Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been selected for four consecutive years and is expected to win the award for two consecutive years. He will become the first player in history to win the award in both the American League and the National League. The final winner will be announced on November 14th, US time. .

The Hank Aaron Award was established in 1999 and is named after the legendary Hank Aaron. The purpose is to recognize the best players in the two leagues that year. For hitters, the selection method is for reporters from the official website of Major League Baseball to select 10 players from each league. In addition to fan voting, the final results will also be scored by a panel composed of Hall of Fame players.

Dodger Japanese second-hand player Shohei Ohtani was selected for the first time in 2021, becoming the first pitcher in history to be selected since the creation of the award. However, he missed the award twice. Ohtani won the award for the first time when he played for the Angels last year, becoming the first pitcher in Japanese history. The first person to be selected into the final list again this year is expected to become the first Japanese player to win the award two consecutive years.

Shohei Ohtani played 159 games this year, winning the National League Double Championship with 54 homers and 130 RBIs, setting an unprecedented record of 54 homers and 59 steals. His batting average was 0.310, his on-base percentage was 0.390, and his slugging percentage was 0.646, ops. As high as 1.036. Ohtani reached 411 home runs for the first time since 2001, and also had 99 batters, which was also a new record since Lee in 2005.

In addition to Shohei Ohtani, the other nine selected in the National League are Brewers Contreras, Reds Cruz, Dodge Freeman, Philly Harper, Metropolitan Lindor, Diamondbacks Mattei, Padre Merrill, Warriors Ou Sooner and Schwarber of Philadelphia.

American League selections include Red Sox Duran, Blue Jays Jr. Graynor, Oriole Henderson, Sanders, Guardian Ramirez, Astronaut Alvarez, Athletic Luke, Yankee Judge, Thor Trust and Royal Whittle.