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In six seasons with the Angels, Ohtani had two (2) plate appearances in the second half that rank among his top 200 by cLI, both last season, one on July 16, one on August 4. His most important September PA, by this measure, comes out at .63 on a scale where 1 is average. It was also in 2020, which doesn’t count. Outside of 2020 and its 60-game season, Shohei Ohtani had never had a single September plate appearance with a cLI above zero. This September, all but three of his PAs have had some positive cLI, and 21 have been high-leverage by this measure.
