Masahiro Tanaka RUMORS & NEWS

Larry Brown Sports "Less than a month after being struck in the head by a line drive, Masahiro Tanaka is set to return to the mound this weekend. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tanaka is likely to pitch this weekend, though he has not specified yet which game. " July 28

New York Post "Masahiro Tanaka threw a second bullpen session Sunday, and the next step is likely Tuesday when the right-hander will face live hitters for the first time since getting hit in the head on July 4 by a Giancarlo Stanton line drive that was clocked at 112 mph and left Tanaka with a..." July 20

Larry Brown Sports "Masahiro Tanaka appears to have some sort of a sense of humor about a Giancarlo Stanton line drive hitting him in the head. The New York Yankees pitcher was part of a scary incident ten days ago when he was hit in the head by a liner during a simulated game. Tanaka was..." July 14

Bleacher Report "New York Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton reflected on the scary moment from Saturday's simulated game when he hit a liner that struck pitcher Masahiro Tanaka in the head. Speaking to The Athletic's Lindsey Adler, Stanton called it "a terrible..." July 07

New York Post "There’s an empty ballpark and then there’s a silent ballpark, and if you found yourself at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon, you witnessed the painful difference. When Masahiro Tanaka took a Giancarlo Stanton line drive to the right side of his head, barely a half..." July 05

CBS Sports "Masahiro Tanaka was diagnosed with a mild concussion after being struck in the head by a line drive during batting practice Saturday, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports. " July 05

NESN "Remarkably (and relatively), Masahiro Tanaka is all right. The New York Yankees pitcher was released from a hospital Saturday evening hours after getting hit in the head by a Giancarlo Stanton line drive. Tanaka, who walked off the Yankee Stadium field under his own power, was placed..." July 05

Larry Brown Sports "Two New York Yankees players think YES Network was insensitive in how they broadcast Masahiro Tanaka’s scary injury on Saturday. Tanaka was struck in the head by a line drive during Saturday’s simulated game. The workout was being broadcast live on YES, the..." July 04

Total Pro Sports "On Saturday afternoon, the New York Yankees took to the field for a scrimmage ahead of the restart of the 2020 MLB season and tragedy struck the Bronx Bombers. During the game, Masahiro Tanaka faced off against Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton and it ended bad for the pitcher as..." July 04

MLB.com "Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Giancarlo Stanton on Saturday, casting a somber tone over the Yankees’ first formal workout of Summer Camp at Yankee Stadium. About an hour after the injury, the Yankees announced that..." July 04

New York Post "Masahiro Tanaka is arriving in New York this weekend from Japan ahead of the Yankees holding a second spring training at Yankee Stadium which starts Wednesday. Since signing a seven-year deal for $155 million that didn’t include a $20 million posting fee to the Rakuten Golden..." June 27

12 Up "The New York Yankees' rotation was very briefly a shining light during the enthusiasm spurt of the 2020 offseason. Then, New Yorkers got hit with a dose of reality. Gerrit Cole swiftly went from a luxury to a necessity when Luis Severino had Tommy John surgery and James..." April 05

New York Post "Masahiro Tanaka recently returned to Japan with his family, in fear of contracting the coronavirus. Having been in Florida following the suspension of the baseball season, the Yankees starting pitcher revealed on Twitter that he traveled back to his homeland in late March because he..." April 02

CBS Sports "Going into 2020, the biggest question in baseball is not whether Gerrit Cole and Mookie Betts put the Yankees and Dodgers on a World Series collision course, or how the Astros respond to the sign-stealing scandal. The single biggest question in..." February 29

ESPN "Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka admitted he felt cheated out of a potential World Series ring by the Houston Astros, who used their intricate sign-stealing operation to defeat New York in the 2017 American League Championship Series. He did not beat around..." February 10