Major League Baseball Darvish's first monthly MVP on September 3 at 8:20
Major League Cubs Darvish pitcher was selected for the first time on the 2nd of July to be the monthly MVP of the National League pitchers category in July and August.
It has been six years since the Yankees Masahiro Tanaka won the Japanese player's monthly MVP for the first time in six years.
Darvish pitched in 7 games in July and August, winning 6 wins and 1 loss, ERA of 1.47 and 52 strikeouts, and was the league leader in victory and ERA.
Especially in August, he won all five games that started, and his ERA was 1.09.
Braves' Max Freed pitcher also had 6 wins in the same National League, but with an ERA of 1.60 and a strikeout of 43, both Darvish pitchers surpassed, becoming the first monthly MVP of the National League pitchers category in the 8th year of the Major League. Was chosen.
This is the first time a Japanese player has won a monthly MVP in six years since the Yankees pitcher Tanaka was awarded in May 2014, and this is the sixth Darvish pitcher.
In the major leagues, the opening of the game was postponed to July due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and the season was already running with a shortened schedule of 60 games. It is expected that the Sai Young Award will be won.
The Cy Young Award is given to the most successful pitcher of the season in the American League and National League, and no Japanese player has ever won.