Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani has been my MLBoyfriend 6 times. Given that he's quite possibly baseball's GOAT and he's very handsome, that number seems low. 

To be honest, Shohei's batting stats last week were not that impressive with just a .238 average and .685 OPS. He pitched one game last week, and it was a good one (more on that later) giving him decent, but not amazing pitching stats. In 6.0 innings pitched he gave up 1 walk, 2 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 10. He had a 1.50 ERA and 0.67 WHIP for the week.

With such meh stats, how did Shohei Ohtani win the MLBoyfriend title? By achieving a very specific statistical feat that will probably never be duplicated. I'll let the baseball nerds (said with nothing but love) at Made The Cut explain:

For those who don't watch the video, I'll try to explain. As of the making of this video, Ohtani had gotten on base in 48 consecutive games (which would go up to 51 consecutive games by the end of the week). He had also pitched 32 2/3 innings without giving up an earned run. According to OptaSTATS: 

...Since the earned run became an official stat in 1913, Ohtani and Babe Ruth are the only Major League players with a 30-plus-game on-base streak and a 30-plus-inning streak without allowing an earned run at any point in their careers.

Ohtani, unlike Ruth, had these two streaks going at the same time. As two-way players become more and more rare in baseball. It is highly unlikely anyone will do that again.

Congratulations, Shohei Ohtani! You are my MLBoyfriend again. Keep setting records--no matter how obscure--and you have a good chance to keep winning the honor.