Shohei Ohtani no longer lives in the same Most Valuable Player neighborhood as Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, former teammates Mike Trout and Albert Pujols and a handful of other all-time Major League Baseball greats.

Ohtani was revealed Thursday as the unanimous choice for the National League's Most Valuable Player award. Not only did the Los Angeles Dodgers' slugger/pitcher win an MVP for the third year in a row, it marks his fourth award in five seasons.

The 31-year-old Japan native needs just three more to catch Barry Bonds.

Ohtani earned his latest honor after piling up a career-high 55 homers and a league-high 146 runs, .622 slugging percentage and 1.014 OPS in 158 games. He also returned to the mound after taking 18 months off and forged a 1-1 record with a 2.87 ERA in

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