NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani topped Main League Baseball jersey gross sales for the second straight season whereas turning into the primary participant to achieve 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in the identical yr.
The Los Angeles Dodgers star was adopted by Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper, the New York Yankees’ Aaron Choose and the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, mentioned Main League Baseball and the gamers’ affiliation subsidiary MLB Gamers Inc., on Monday.
The highest 4 was unchanged from the record introduced on the All-Star break. Ohtani was seventh in 2022, when Betts topped the record.
Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets moved up two spots to fifth, dropping injured Atlanta outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. and the Yankees’ Juan Soto one place every.
Houston’s Jose Altuve moved up two spots to eighth, and San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. fell to ninth. Nolan Arenado of the St. Louis Cardinals moved up one to tenth.
Texas’ Corey Seager dropped two spots to eleventh and Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero moved up two to twelfth. Philadelphia’s Trea Turner remained thirteenth, Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz moved up one to 14th and the Mets’ Pete Alonso fell three to fifteenth.
San Diego’s Manny Machado rose two to sixteenth, Cleveland’s José RamÃrez was new to the highest 20 at seventeenth and the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman rose two to 18th.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw joined the record at nineteenth, after making his season debut on July 25 following shoulder surgical procedure.
Baltimore’s Adley Rutschman fell 4 slots to twentieth. Atlanta’s Matt Olson and Toronto’s Bo Bichette dropped from the record.
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