Shohei Ohtani is the Best of All Time. How Can He Become the Greatest of All Time?
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Shohei Ohtani admitted in a recent interview with NBC that he doesn't think about being compared to the likes of Tom Brady and Michael Jordan, but FOX Sports' Chris Broussard thinks that the Los Angeles Dodgers' superstar might join that echelon of great athletes soon. Broussard proclaimed that it's "indisputable" that Ohtani is the best baseball player of all time on Wednesday's episode of "First Things First." However, Broussard said that you can't call Ohtani the greatest of all time quite yet. "He's the best we've ever seen," Broussard said of Ohtani. "Babe Ruth was obviously a great pitcher, as well as a hitter. But he didn't do them at the same time at that level. The most home runs he ever hit when he pitched full-time was 29. But when he was hinting 40, 50, 60 [home runs], he wasn't pitching. He only pitched four games in the rest of his career during that time. Barry Bonds was the best I've seen prior to Ohtani. … Bonds only had, for all his greatness, one season where he hit 50 or more homers. Ohtani's already had two 50-plus home run seasons. "Not to mention the pitching. He has the all-time high in strikeouts per nine innings at 11.4. He just isn't eligible yet. I think he's clearly the BOAT (Best of All Time)." As Broussard mentioned, Ohtani has certainly accomplished enough to put himself on a trajectory to become the greatest of all time. His four MVPs are already the second-most ever, trailing only Bonds' seven. In 2024, he became the first player in MLB history to log 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season. He's also the only player to win multiple MVPs in a unanimous fashion, and last season, he became the first player to ever win multiple MVPs in both the American and National Leagues. However, Broussard believes that Ohtani doesn't have the longevity yet to be considered baseball's greatest player ever. "I've got to be honest, as much as I think he'll get there, this will only be his eighth complete season," Broussard said. "I don't
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