Tomoyuki Sugano is the best pitcher in Japanese baseball.

The Yomiuri Giants ace has won the past two Sawamura Awards, hasn't posted an ERA higher 2.14 (or an fielding independent pitching over 2.80) since 2015 and is 32-13 over the past two seasons.

There's no real argument really. If NPB were an NBA All-Star Weekend, Sugano would be Larry Bird sauntering into the locker room before the 1986 3-point contest and asking, "Which one of you guys is finishing second?"