Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is in a rough season to conquer the National League. He is targeting Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies, who is leading the home run but is still injured in the U.S. as a strong contender.먹튀검증

Harper was named the MLB player of the month announced on Sunday (Korea time). With a batting average of 0.374 for the month, he had 10 doubles and seven homers, leaving the OPS (On base plus slugging) at 1.166. Ohtani, who had 12 homers, threatened him, but failed to win the final award as he had no hit in five at-bats against the San Francisco Giants, the last game in June.

Harper is not currently in the big leagues. She was put on the injured list last month after feeling hamstring pain. Short-term withdrawal was a factor to deduct points from competition, but local experts ruled in favor of Harper. In addition, she won the honor for two consecutive months. Harper already hit .313 with seven home runs and 24 RBIs in May and became Player of the Month. She was literally the best player in the National League from April to May.

Ohtani, who was the winner of last year's AL MVP, is considered a strong candidate for this year's NL MVP. Until Thursday, he had a batting average of 0.320, 27 homers, 64 RBIs, 16 steals, and 69 points, and is now competing to lead in the batting average, home run, RBI and slugging percentage (0.646). Notably, home runs are more like running. He has no rival in the NL, and only Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, who hit 32 hits, is on top of him.

Harper is famous for being a different MLB star. She stood out since she was an elementary school student, and when she was 16, she garnered attention by hitting a 153 meter home run at the International Home Run Showcase. When she was in high school, she was already a national team player, and even conquered the league in college, where she passed the GED after dropping out. She was a natural winner of the Rookie of the Year award in MLB. She was named MVP in 2015 and 2021.

Ohtani also has a strong image as a league star, but his "brand power" seems to be unexpectedly difficult to overcome Harper. Harper also surpassed Ohtani in this year's All-Star Game voting and ranked first in the National League. He won 3,277,920 votes in the first round of voting announced on the 29th of last month. Ohtani, who received 2,777,173 votes in the first round of voting, will also start as the first designated hitter, but he did not exceed Harper's stronghold. Japanese media outlet Nikkan Gendai also claimed on the 2nd that "Asian discrimination is also reflected in the All-Star fan vote."

The MVP is decided by voting. This is why we cannot ignore the trend of local public opinion. "If he returns from the injured list healthy after winning NL MVP in 2015 and 2021, he will be able to challenge for the third MVP this year, but the competition will be fierce (with Otani)," MLB.COM said while announcing Harper's award of Player of the Month.