新人王争い、青木、ダルビッシュの名前あり

青木の健闘は素晴らしい。

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/cliff_corcoran/09/27/lightning-round-week-4/1.html

青木

Season Stats: .289/.356/.440, 10 HR, 48 RBI, 76 R, 28 SB

Aoki, the 30-year-old Nippon Professional Baseball veteran, wins an apples-to-apples comparison with Harper of top-of-the-order outfielders. He has hit for less power, but leads in batting average and on-base percentage by larger margins than that by which he trails Harper in slugging, which gives him a significant edge as OBP is the most important statistic of the three. Aoki also has a big advantage in steals, swiping his 28 bags at a crisp 80 percent success rate. Harper's play in centerfield closes the gap, but not by enough. Aoki takes over this spot from teammate Mike Fiers, who has gone 1-3 with a 6.97 ERA in September.

 

ダルビッシュ

Season Stats: 16-9, 3.90 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 10.4 K/9 (214 K), 2.43 K/BB, 6.6 IP/GS, 116 ERA+

Darvish came down with a stiff neck prior to his last start and it remains to be seen when he'll start next. If he feels better in time, he'll start Friday against the Angels then again against the A's in Oakland on the final day of the season. If not, he'll likely make just one more start, likely on Sunday against the Angels.

Whatever the final week holds for Darvish, he has secured this third spot in the Rookie of the Year voting thanks to his last seven starts, over which he has gone 5-1 with a 2.13 ERA with his usual plethora of strikeouts but newfound control that has seen him walk just 2.5 men per nine innings, good for a 4.29 K/BB ratio and a BABIP-assisted 0.79 WHIP.