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<\/p>\nQuick, who had a better World Series at the plate, Shohei Ohtani or Vladimir Guerrero Jr.? It\u2019s actually a very tough question, especially since both players had an identical batting average of .333 in the Fall Classic.<\/p>\n
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Guerrero had one more hit (10) and one more run scored (7) than Shohei, but Ohtani had one more homer (3) and two more RBI (5) than Vladdy.<\/p>\n
OPS might be the deciding factor. Ohtani finished the World Series with a\u00a01.278 OPS, far superior to Vladdy\u2019s 1.074. It\u2019s a testament to Shohei\u2019s ability to constantly get on base (he reached base no less than\u00a0nine<\/em>\u00a0times during the 18-inning Game 3 classic.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0have now won back-to-back titles, and Ohtani hasn\u2019t been the World Series MVP in either one of them (Freddie Freeman last year,\u00a0Yoshinobu Yamamoto this year).<\/p>\n Ohtani was pretty bad in last year\u2019s World Series \u2014 .105 with just two hits against the Yankees in five games. He was significantly better at the plate this time around, and of course also started two games (he wasn\u2019t pitching in 2024).<\/p>\n Even on the mound, though, Ohtani didn\u2019t put his best foot forward in this World Series, especially in Game 7.<\/p>\n This is all scary for anyone trying to stop the Dodgers from extending their repeat into a three-peat (and perhaps beyond) \u2026 we haven\u2019t even seen Ohtani play his best in a World Series yet, and LA has won two in a row.<\/p>\n The Vladdy comparison above isn\u2019t meant to diminish Guerrero\u2019s accomplishments for the Blue Jays (he had a great series and an even more impressive playoffs overall). More so, it\u2019s to show how much Ohtani\u2019s value can sneak up on you even when you think he\u2019s having a mediocre stretch of games (by his standard).<\/p>\n As the 2025-26 MLB offseason kicks off, there will be endless discussions about which teams have made the biggest splash. An overlooked narrative is that, regardless of which contenders add, the Dodgers will still enter 2026 with the best player on the planet in their lineup (and rotation), and he\u2019s still in his prime at age 31.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not like LA won\u2019t be adding, either (they\u2019ve been linked incessantly to Kyle Tucker lately).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quick, who had a better World Series at the plate, Shohei Ohtani or Vladimir Guerrero Jr.? It\u2019s actually a very tough question, especially since both players had an identical batting average of .333 in the Fall Classic. Guerrero had one more hit (10) and one more run scored (7) than Shohei, but Ohtani had one [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":120967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n![\"Stunning](\"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/thumb\/width-1200,height-900,imgsize-167090,resizemode-75,msid-124654852\/news\/international\/us\/shohei-ohtani-stuns-with-three-homers-10-strikeouts-as-dodgers-reach-world-series.jpg\")
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