Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been playing out of his mind this year, as he finished the season hitting .390 with a 1.036 OPS (best in baseball), 54 home runs (best in baseball), 130 RBIs (best in baseball) and 59 stolen bases.
Ohtani continued his impressive performance in the first game of the ALDS against the San Diego Padres, going 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and helping his team take Game 1.
Former Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is on those Padres who lost the series opener, and he was asked if Ohtani's heroics compared to those of David Ortiz during the 2013 World Series run.
"No. No. No. That was different," Bogaerts said (via. Pete Abraham). That was definitely the best thing I've ever seen being on a baseball field. There's nothing that I've seen close to that yet."
Throughout Ortiz's 2013 playoff run, he hit .353 with a 1.234 OPS, five home runs and 13 RBIs. In the World Series alone, he hit .688 with a 1.948 OPS, two home runs and six RBIs, helping Boston sweep the St. Louis Cardinals for the second time in a decade.
Ohtani's been impressive. There's no argument about that. However, he's played in just one postseason game in his career so far. It might be a little premature to begin this discussion.
If this continues on Los Angeles' way to a World Series, then it can be a debate.
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