The coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers honors three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani. “The elite of the elite is this guy.”
Since his rookie season, the now three-time MVP from Japan has been acquainted with Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel. His words, “He truly deserves it,”
Enjoy Shohei Ohtani while you can. Because no one will play baseball like him ever again.
That’s the message from Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel, who spoke with Olympics.com on Friday (22 November) in Tokyo, hours after Ohtani won his third MVP award – and his first in the National League.
“I don’t know what’s in the minor leagues or who they’re drafting in different clubs. I hear there’s more two-way players in the minor leagues trying it, pitching side, hitting side. But this guy is the elite of the elite. So if somebody’s even close to him, they’ve got a pretty special player.
“We’re happy that one, he’s a Dodger and two, that he’s MVP and he truly deserves it. Just many, many big hits for us, many big stolen bases.”
Ebel is currently in town with Team USA for the Premier12 tournament. All of Japan woke up to the expected news on this day of Ohtani’s becoming the second player in MLB history to win MVP in both the American and National Leagues.
The 30-year-old two-way superstar previously won in 2021 and 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels, where he made his Major League debut in 2018. Ebel, who back then was third base coach for the Dodgers’ crosstown team, has known Ohtani ever since he arrived stateside.
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