LOS ANGELES -- If you ask around the Dodgers, there's no real debate to be had. Shohei Ohtani should be this year's National League MVP.

They mean no disrespect to Kyle Schwarber, who was just in town with the Phillies earlier this week. He's having an excellent season at the plate. But when it comes to impacting a team on both sides of the ball, no one is doing it quite like Ohtani.

"With what he's done with the bat and now what he's done on the mound," manager Dave Roberts said a few days ago, "it's a landslide. It's a no-brainer. The only thing is, I hope some of those voters don't get voter fatigue just because it's the easiest option. It’s the right option."

Ohtani and Schwarber are neck-and-neck in one area of their game: the long ball. Ohtani went the other way for his 53rd of

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