Shohei Ohtani’s absurd achievements in 2023, tracked

There’s a joke round social media that “Twitter just isn’t actual life.”

Nevertheless, there are moments that cross the bridge from memes, to actuality.

One such second involves us courtesy of Shohei Ohtani. The unimaginable two-way participant is doing issues in main league baseball that we’ve got not seen in years, if not many years. And even ever.

The truth that he’s doing them alongside Mike Trout — among the best place gamers within the sport — and on a group that’s struggling to win video games spawned one of many biggest baseball tweets in current reminiscence:

So we thought it will be price it this season to maintain a operating tally of each unimaginable night time, sport, or effort we see from the Angels star this season. And it didn’t take lengthy for us to must put this publish collectively, because of what he did on Opening Day.

Opening Day, March 30 vs. Oakland A’s

Ohtani was on the bump for the Angels of their season-opener towards the Oakland A’s, and hit third within the lineup. He was 1-for-3 on the plate with a stroll and a pair of strikeouts.

On the mound, Ohtani went six full innings, permitting simply two hits, three walks, and no earned runs. He additionally struck out ten batters, and left the sport after his six innings of labor with the Angels holding a one-run lead.

Oakland scored a pair of runs within the backside of the eighth en path to a 2-1 win.

And we’re off!

April 5 vs. Seattle Mariners

Ohtani was again on the bump for his second begin of the season, on the street towards the Seattle Mariners. He went six full innings with eight strikeouts, and allowed one earned run. Ohtani was 1-for-2 on the plate with an RBI and a pair of walks.

He left the sport with the Angels main 4-1, and Los Angeles managed to carry on for a 4-3 win, and Ohtani earned his first win of the season.

He additionally made some historical past:

Within the backside of the primary with Cal Raleigh on the plate, Ohtani was referred to as for a pitch clock violation in the beginning of the at-bat. However he managed to battle again for the strikeout.

Then within the sixth inning, Ohtani was on the plate and was hit with a pitch clock violation. He nonetheless managed to work a stroll within the plate look.

It won’t be the sort of historical past we anticipate to see from Ohtani on a given night time, however nonetheless historical past.

April 7 vs. Toronto Blue Jays

This installment has a bonus Mike Trout look.

The Angels hosted the Blue Jays of their dwelling opener on Friday night time, and the house group received out to an early lead within the backside of the primary. Leadoff hitter Taylor Ward walked, bringing Trout to the plate with a runner on, and no one out.

Trout then launched a rocket to left that may not have landed but:

Trout completed the night time with simply the one hit, nevertheless it was an enormous blast.

As for Ohtani, he went 2-for-4 on the night time, with a single and a double.

Their mixed three hits had been the one hits for Los Angeles on Friday night time, and the Angels misplaced 4-3.

Nicely, look on the intense aspect Angels followers, the 1962 New York Yankees did go on to win the World Sequence.

April 8, Rocket Metropolis Trash Pandas vs Chattanooga Lookouts

This doesn’t instantly contain Shohei Ohtani, however man it comes actual shut. The Rocket Metropolis Trash Pandas (A+ title by the way in which), a AA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels, misplaced to the Chattanooga Lookouts…with out giving up a success.

Sure, the Trash Pandas threw a mixed no hitter and misplaced the sport 7-5.

The ultimate inning was actually a murals. Up 3-0 within the inning, the Trash Pandas gave up 5 walks, one error and one HBP to permit the Lookouts to attain 7 runs, one thing you don’t even see in little league.

And you probably have the abdomen for it, you possibly can watch how this unfolded:

The Shoheiness of the Angels is even reaching right down to their associates, simply with out the stellar play of Ohtani and extra of the Angels goofing off.

April 23 vs. Kansas Metropolis

In a 4-3 win over the Royals, Ohtani singled to first within the backside of the eighth.

You learn that proper:

He additionally hit his fifth homer of the 12 months, when Ward, Trout and Ohtani went back-to-back-to-back.

August 3 vs. Seattle

So we — I — admit that we let this slip. Partly as a result of the Angels had been doing fairly effectively this season, and partly as a result of we received sidetracked by all of the unimaginable issues Ohtani has been doing this 12 months.

Nevertheless, this is just too good to go up.

Sounds good, proper?

However wait! There’s extra!

Sigh.

August 7 vs. San Francisco

In a history-making season, Ohtani put his title within the document books but once more on Monday night time towards the San Francisco Giants.

Ohtani stole second base within the second inning, giving him 15 steals on the season. The importance of that stolen base?

Ohtani completed the night time 2-for-4 with a double. The Angels misplaced 8-3 once they gave up six runs within the prime of the ninth inning. It was their seventh-straight loss, they usually haven’t received for the reason that MLB commerce deadline.