The Sai Young award for this season was announced on the 11th (12th time in Japan), and the lead candidate, Durbish, a 34-year-old Cub, missed the award. In the ballot for the National Baseball Press Association (BBWAA), he ranked second with 3 votes and 123 points overall. The award went to Reds right-hander Trevor Bauer (29), who won the title with the highest defense rate, and earned 27,201 points in 1st place.

Following the announcement, Darvish posted his thoughts on Twitter. “Sai Young’s vote came in second! Thanks to my family, the fans who supported me, the staff who supported me and my teammates. I will do my best to be excited again next year.” ) And a tweet with a smiley pictogram. The announcement was made on an American television station MLB Network show, with award-winning Bauer (Reds FA) and Mets right-hand man Jacob DeGrom (32), who became the crush. Darbish was absent.

This season, he scored 8 wins (3 losses), the most in the league, a 2.01 defense rate in second place and 93 strikeouts in fourth place. In the WAR of data analysis site “Fan Graphs”, he was the best 3.0 pitcher in the Na League. In 2012, he was ranked ninth in the Rangers era, and in 2013, he was ranked second in votes, and it was the second time that the first three votes were entered as finalists.

◆ Votes from previous Japanese players Seven Japanese pitchers have won the Sai Young Award. Among them, only Noshige and Darbish got votes across multiple seasons. The highest rank was second at Darbish in 2013, which recorded the most strikes, but was 110 points behind first-place Schaser, who had the most 21 wins in both leagues. This year, Iwakuma ranked third, Uehara seventh, and 3 Japanese players ranked.

◆ Selection method The Most Valuable Player Award, the Sai Young Award, the Rookie King Award, and the Best Director Award are decided by the votes of reporters from the National Baseball Press Association (BBWAA). As a general rule, two people are selected as voters from each base of the 30 teams and vote for the award of the league to which they belong. Postseason results will not be affected as voting will take place after the official game. MVP votes up to 10th place, 5th place for the Sai Young award, third place for the Rookie King and Director Award, and the points are added according to the ranking. MVP is 14 points in 1st place and 9 to 1 point in 2nd to 10th place. The Sai Young award is 7 points for first place and 4-1 points for second to fifth place. The rookie king and director award are 1st place 5 points, 2nd place 3 points, 3rd place 1 point. Starting in 2012, the content of each reporter’s vote was made public.