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Sports Illustrated
By Jennifer Piacenti It took a Ruthian effort from Aaron Judge to beat out Ohtani in 2022, and that may be the case again in 2023. Shohei Ohtani (+200) is the favorite to win AL MVP at SI Sportsbook. Ohtani is the rightful favorite to take home his second MVP award in 2023. The league’s only two-way player pitched to a 2.33 ERA (sixth in MLB) with 15 wins (T-4th) while also smashing 34 home runs (T-8th) and batting .270 in 2022. That’s awfully hard to top. It took Aaron Judge (+500) 62 home runs and putting the Yankees on his back to make it to the postseason to edge out Ohtani in 2022. That s…