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Shohei Ohtani is doing what Shohei Ohtani does, and the rest of baseball is just watching. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar leads MLB dot com's latest MVP polling and appears on pace to claim his fifth career award and fourth consecutive, with Kyle Schwarber of Philadelphia once again shaping up as the runner-up. Corbin Carroll in Arizona is putting together a strong case, but unless something historic happens in the desert, this race looks like Ohtani's to lose.
Meanwhile, the LeBron James situation in Los Angeles is getting louder by the day. Former NBA champion Jeff Teague is saying James should seriously consider walking away from the Lakers if the franchise is genuinely prioritizing Austin Reaves over him this offseason. The thinking is that Reaves fits better alongside Luka Doncic long-term, and at forty years old, LeBron may not factor into that window the same way. A decision of this magnitude could reshape the entire Western Conference.
And over in the WNBA, Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are hitting a rough patch. Back-to-back road losses have dropped them to four and four, and Clark managed just six points on one of seven shooting against Portland while battling foul trouble. It was only the seventh single-digit game of her entire WNBA career, so the bounce-back will be worth watching.
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