Home Baseball Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is nearing his first 40-40 season. When could he accomplish the feat?

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is nearing his first 40-40 season. When could he accomplish the feat?

Baseball — 08/21/2024

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is nearing his first 40-40 season. When could he accomplish the feat?

He could become the fastest player to reach those marks in MLB history

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - AUGUST 18: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fifth inning at Busch Stadium on August 18, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani adjusts the bases in the wake of hitting his 39th grand slam of the time against the St. Louis Cardinals. (Photograph by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Pictures)

Shohei Ohtani is very nearly turning into the 6th player in Significant Association Baseball history to hit 40 grand slams and take 40 bases.

The Los Angeles Dodgers hotshot entered Tuesday with 39 homers and 37 taken bases. Recently, he was the third-quickest player to arrive at the 30-30 edge. Ohtani appears liable to arrive at the 40-homer imprint this week, with the Dodgers in the midst of a nine-game home stand. His 40th take is reachable, as well.

Five players have gone before Ohtani in the 40-40 club, starting with Jose Canseco in 1988. He was trailed by Barry Bonds (1996), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Alfonso Soriano (2006) and Ronald Acuña Jr. last season. (Acuña took 60 bases last season, an imprint Ohtani probably won’t reach.)

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On the off chance that Ohtani joins the 40-40 club in the following fourteen days, he’ll have done so sooner in a season than any of his friends. Canseco took his 40th base on Sept. 23, 1998. Bonds arrived at 40 takes on Sept. 27, 1996. Rodriguez hit his 40th grand slam on Sept. 19, 1998. Soriano took his 40th base on Sept. 16, 2006. Furthermore, Acuña slugged his 40th homer on Sept. 22, 2023.

The other five dove deep into September prior to arriving at the 40-40 imprint. Ohtani could do it in August.

Ohtani is a sure thing to hit a homer against any pitching staff. Notwithstanding, some extreme resistance could keep him from getting those numbers this week.

The home stand began Monday against the Seattle Sailors, who lead MLB with a 3.48 group Time and rank 22nd in grand slams permitted with 130. Ohtani didn’t take a base or hit a grand slam in the Dodgers’ 3-0 series-opening win. After Seattle are the Tampa Narrows Beams with a 3.94 Time and the third-most homers permitted with 155. Then the Baltimore Orioles visit Dodger Arena. The Orioles figure to be an intense matchup notwithstanding, with the AL’s best record (73-52) and a 36-24 imprint out and about. The O’s likewise have a 3.94 Time while permitting the seventh-least grand slams, at 129.

Excepting a sad and inopportune physical issue, Ohtani will arrive at the 40-40 imprint before the finish of this season. Considering that he drives the Public Association in grand slams, runs scored, slugging rate and Operations, his third MVP grant in four seasons appears to be a close to sureness too.