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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Friday, December 16, 2011
This news is actually a couple of weeks old, but I’m posting it mainly because I thought people might be interested to know that a set-up man, Chunichi Dragons reliever Takuya Asao, won the MVP Award in Japan’s Central League. After the controversy about Verlander’s MVP win, and some writers questioning whether pitchers should be eligible for the MVP at all, it’s interesting to look overseas and see not a starting pitcher, not a closer, but a set-up man walk away with the hardware…
“I can’t believe it,” Asao said at a news conference.
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Asao played a vital role out of the bullpen for the pennant-winning Dragons, making 79 appearances and recording 45 holds. He finished the season with 10 saves, 100 strikeouts, a 0.41 ERA and didn’t allow a single home run in 87? innings on the mound.
“I was determined to do my best the entire year,” Asao said. “I didn’t believe I would ever be named MVP. I’m really surprised.”
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1. Walt Davis Posted: December 17, 2011 at 01:55 AM (#4018197)Brown:
233 IP, 1.89 ERA, 159 Ks, 217 ERA+, 7.5 WAR
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