"I'm very honored," Ohtani said through translator Matt Hidaka in an exclusive interview with the AP. "Obviously all the hard work has paid off. Maybe next year, I'll get the award again."
Ohtani had one of the best seasons baseball has ever seen. He founded the 50/50 club, batted a career-high .310, won his third Most Valuable Player award, won the World Series, and signed a 10-year contract worth $700 million.
"It's the small steps that I think are very important to get me to the ultimate goal, which is to just get back healthy," he said.
"I don't have full range of motion yet, but it feels a lot better," he told the AP. "There's no pain. There's obviously still a little bit of tightness, but slowly but surely it's getting better."
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