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But Sugano has had one of the most decorated careers in the history of the NPB. With two Sawamura Awards (Cy Young equivalent) and two Central League MVP awards, Sugano has been a star for a long time ...

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The deal is for one year and $13 million, sources told ESPN. The 35-year-old Sugano -- a two-time winner of the Sawamura Award, Nippon Professional Baseball's equivalent of the Cy Young Award ...

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Sugano had a highly accomplished career in Japan, making eight All-Star Games and winning a pair of MVP and Eiji Sawamura Awards. (The Sawamura is essentially NPB's version of the Cy Young Award.) ...

He won consecutive Eiji Sawamura Awards, NPB’s equivalent to the Cy Young Award, in 2017 and 2018. He earned the pitching triple crown — leading the league in strikeouts, ERA and wins — in ...

An eight-time All-Star, Sugano has won three Central League MVP awards, is a two-time Eiji Sawamura Award winner, won three Golden Glove Awards and won the pitching Triple Crown in 2018.

Zach Eflin is a key piece of the Baltimore rotation. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) He is two-time winner of Eiji Sawamura Award, given annually to acknowledge the best pitcher in Nippon ...

The 35-year-old Sugano doesn't possess Sasaki's top-notch velocity, but as a two-time winner of the Sawamura Award -- the Japanese equivalent to the Cy Young Award -- Sugano should have his fair share ...

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He's been the Central League Most Valuable Player three times in his career, and is also a three-time winner of the Eiji Sawamura Award; Japan's equivalent of the Cy Young Award in Major League ...