Masahiro Tanaka RUMORS & NEWS

CBS Sports "Masahiro Tanaka owes his teammates a thank you. After Tanaka put the New York Yankees in an early 4-1 hole Tuesday afternoon (GameTracker), his offense scored eight runs in a three-inning span against Zack Wheeler and the Metsto take him off the hook. To..." June 11

Sporting News "The Yankees have placed Masahiro Tanaka on the paternity list, and he will miss Sunday's scheduled start against the Indians. The 30-year-old right-hander returned to New York on Thursday to be with his wife for the birth of their second child, a girl. MLB adopted the..." June 09

New York Daily News "After struggling this season with his signature split-finger fastball, Masahiro Tanaka has a new problem: a distinctive lack of sink in his sinker. And for someone who throws splitters roughly a quarter of the time, he only threw that pitch four times over a 30-pitch first inning that..." May 29

The Score "The banged-up New York Yankees could have another player join the injury pile after Saturday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka was drilled in the lower body by a 111.3-mph line drive during the sixth inning and was forced to exit the game after..." May 19

New York Daily News "Masahiro Tanaka pitched beautifully Saturday. The Yankees right-hander even made a near perfect, run-saving kick-save on a Yandy Diaz’s ground ball back up the middle to do a little bit of everything for the Bombers. But that was it for Tanaka. After taking the hard-hit ground..." May 18

New York Daily News "The Yankees have known who will be on the mound their first series against the Orioles. Masahiro Tanaka, who was scheduled to start Monday night’s Grapefruit League game against the Braves at Disney, will take the ball Opening Day followed by J.A. Happ and James Paxton. But who..." March 19

Pinstripe Alley "Earlier this afternoon, Aaron Boone confirmed rumors that Masahiro Tanaka would start on Opening Day for the Yankees. This marks the fourth occasion that the right-hander will pitch the first game of the season, having done so from 2015-2017. When Luis Severino went down with rotator..." March 09

Pinstripe Alley "According to BrooksBaseball.com, Masahiro Tanaka’s repertoire can be classified into six pitches. We all know about his splitter, the best of its kind in the game. His slider is somewhat less recognized but equally effective, boasting a whiff rate of 15.6% in 2018. After that,..." March 07

SNY TV "Yankees GM Brian Cashman was never more prophetic than on Feb. 7, 2014. "We view him to be a really solid, consistent No. 3 starter," Cashman said on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" on ESPN Radio that day. "If we get more than that, all the better...." February 07