The player who is attracting the most attention in the major leagues this season is Shohei Ohtani (LA Angels). With his outstanding performance in pitching, the league MVP award has already been confirmed. However, it ranks second in major league uniform sales.
ESPN released the ranking of uniform sales for the first half of the 2023 season announced by Major League Baseball on the 11th (Korean time). In the All-Star fan vote, Ronald Acuna Jr. (Atlanta), who received the most votes in the National League, took first place, and Ohtani, who is participating in the All-Star Game for the third consecutive year, was second in the American League fan vote.
Acuna Jr. and Ohtani are ranked number one in the National League and American League MVPs. Acuna Junior has a batting average of .331 (2nd), 21 homers (8th), 55 RBIs, 79 runs (1st), 41 stolen bases (1st), and an OPS of .990 (1st) in 89 games.안전사이트
Ohtani is the best hitter in the league as a hitter with a batting average of 3.2 (6th), 32 homers (1st), 71 RBI (2nd), 63 runs (3rd), 11 steals and an OPS of 1.050 (1st) in 89 games. In addition, he has a 3.32 earned run average and 132 strikeouts in 17 games as a pitcher.
ESPN said, “Acuna Junior overtook Ohtani to be number one in uniform sales. It is the first time that an Atlanta player has ranked first in uniform sales since the 2010 season.”
Fernando Tanis Jr. (San Diego), who returned from an 80-game suspension last year for taking a banned substance, is in third place. Aaron Judge (New York Yankees), who is sidelined due to a toe injury, was fourth, and Jose Altuve (Houston) was fifth.
Mookie Betts (LA Dodgers), Julio Rodriguez (Seattle), Matt Olsen (Atlanta), Alex Bregman (Houston) and Mike Trout (LA Angels) took 6th to 10th places.
ESPN said, “Of the top 20 players in the best-selling jerseys, 14 will play in the All-Star game. Atlanta has four players in the top 20, including Austin Riley (11th) and Azzie Albis (12th). Houston and Los Angeles Dodgers included three each. Clayton Kershaw (LA Dodgers) was 20th.”