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Yokoyama Takes Home PL Cy Young Award Thursday, September 19th, 2024 Usually relievers are treated like second-class citizens at award time. Most of the time the accolades go to the starters, but not this season. A Tohoku Rakuten reliever, Toshikazu Yokoyama, has been honored with the 2024 Cy Young Award in the Pacific League. The Golden Eagles ace appeared in 14 games and saved 0 of them. He finished with a record of 6-2 and a 1.46 ERA. Yokoyama had 76 strikeouts in 80.1 innings and limited opposing hitters to a .146 batting average. Hisato Okubo of the ORIX Buffaloes finished second in voting, while Naganori Sakaguchi of the ORIX Buffaloes finished third. |
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