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Shohei Ohtani and Albert Pujols are MLB’s Most Wanted Players of 2021

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The Dominican and the Japanese “double threat” were the players who received the most visits on their respective pages in the specialized search engine. Baseball Reference.

Albert Pujols and Shohei Ohtani playing together for the Los Angeles Angels
© Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesAlbert Pujols and Shohei Ohtani playing together for the Los Angeles Angels

For different reasons, despite having a past relationship as partners in Los Angeles Angels, the 2021 season of the Major League Baseball (MLB), had them as protagonists. We talk about the Dominican first base Albert Pujols and the Most Valuable Player of the American League, the Japanese Shohei Ohtani.

While the Central American had the possibility, after 10 years, to play in a contending team to enter the World Series, as was Los angeles dodgers; the batter and pitcher had the most impressive individual harvest of all time, something that neither Babe Ruth could reach.

But the passage through the Angels between 2018 and 2021 was not the only thing that unites them, at the end of this year, to Pujols with Ohtani, as according to what the specialized site announced Baseball Reference, Both went most wanted players in all of MLB this season.

MLB’s Most Wanted Players of 2021

According to the main database of this sport, the page that shows the statistics of the Japanese, not only for this season, but also for his career, was the most viewed this year, even being the most sought after in 23 of the 52 states of the American Union.

While the phenomenon Ohtani was constant in 2021, the case of Pujols was very particular, as it managed to be the most visited site in a day, when on May 6 he was released from the Angels, beating that of Hank Aaron the day of his death; and in addition, in three states he was the most wanted player, including Missouri, for his past in St. Louis Cardinals.

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