Cubs pitcher Darbish (34) started on the 25th (26th time in Japan) against enemy soil White Socks, which will be the final climb of the official game this season. In the seventh inning, he threw 3 hits and no runs, and scored his eighth win (3 losses) to become Harler’s top. It’s almost certain that not only did he win the most first-time wins for a Japanese pitcher, but he also ranked high in the major pitcher divisions. In the battle for the Na League Sai Young Award, which appears to be a great battle, he has re-emerged as the most promising candidate. The MLB reporter for this newspaper predicted the battle for the same prize in hand-to-hand.

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＜ Four kitchen guards ＞

◎ Darbish

○ Bauer

▲ Ramet

While it’s still a great battle, Darbish’s good pitch that day has taken on the guise of a one-on-one fight with Bower. It is selected by joint vote by 30 reporters from each league belonging to the National Baseball Press Association (BBWAA), but the key is the number of votes obtained in the 1st place vote (7 points) and the 2nd place vote ( 4 points). This season is also a particularly fierce battle, and although votes are expected to be split between Degrom (Mets) Burns (Brewers) Ramet (Padres), etc., there is currently a strong view that the first and second place will be concentrated in Darbish and Bower. Even if you get a good score with the third place vote (3 points), the fourth place vote (2 points) and the fifth place vote (1 point), the points of the main votes will carry a lot of weight in the end, so it will be a strong Darbish impression. Bauer is advantageous. By the way, this season’s close confrontation between the two is 1 win and 1 loss. It is difficult to get along with each other and is likely to be a vote that will make journalists cry.

◎ Darbish

○ Bauer

▲ Fried

Cubs Darbish is the favorite. He made 5 savings with the most wins and contributed greatly to the team’s best race. The opposition is Reds Bauer. There is a sense of stability with a 1 point defense rate, marking two complete wins. The strike is also the best in the league, but wins and losses (5 wins and 4 losses) are not enough. The Braves’ left arm Fried was 7-0 but scored 1 inning with 3 hits and 2 home runs in the final raise of the season. The number of pitches is as small as 56 innings.

◎ Darbish

○ Deglom

Darbish and Bauer antagonize each other, and I think it doesn’t matter which one I take. However, if Degrom is the last to climb the 26th (Japan time 27) against the Nationals in the seventh inning with no runs and with 7 or more strikes, the defense rate will be in the range of 1 point and the strikes will go up to the top, so a big change. The possibility of This season, the competition was limited to the same area, so the area you belong to may affect your vote.

◆ Sai Young Award Established in honor of Sai Young, who has won a total of 511 victories in US Major League history, a press vote will select the best pitcher of the year, including relief. The first was in 1956, when there was one person at the beginning, but since 1967, one person has been selected from the A and Na leagues. Clements, who was active in the Yankees, won the award a maximum of seven times. In the 2013 vote, Rangers’Dalbish was second and the Mariners’ Iwakuma (now the giant) was third.