 He had 1,268 vote points, to 298 for runner-up Laird.In 2017, he played in 65 games, hitting .332 with 8 homers and 31 RBIs while going 3–2, 3.20 with 29 strikeouts on the mound.In September, it was revealed that Ohtani would ask to be posted at the end of the season in order to play in Major League Baseball in 2018.