{"id":16442,"date":"2020-06-27T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T02:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/masahiro-tanaka-set-for-return-to-uncharted-yankees-contract-waters\/"},"modified":"2020-06-27T05:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T02:38:00","slug":"masahiro-tanaka-set-for-return-to-uncharted-yankees-contract-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/masahiro-tanaka-set-for-return-to-uncharted-yankees-contract-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"#Masahiro Tanaka set for return to uncharted Yankees contract waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Masahiro Tanaka set for return to uncharted Yankees contract waters<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 26, 2020 |<\/span> 10:38pm <\/p>\n

\n 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.<\/p>\n

Since signing a seven-year deal for $155 million that didn\u2019t include a $20 million posting fee to the Rakuten Golden Eagles, this will be Tanaka\u2019s seventh trip to a Yankees spring training. This year he will make the long trek twice, thanks to the coronavirus shutting down spring training on March 12. Shortly after that, Tanaka travel<\/a>ed home to Japan.<\/p>\n

Because of COVID-19, it is difficult to predict what a 60-game<\/a> season will look like. Can MLB navigate the upcoming hurdles? What will the level of play be? How may a short second spring training lead to injuries?<\/p>\n

And here is another one nobody knows the answer to: Will Tanaka make an eighth trip from Japan to the Yankees\u2019 spring training home in Tampa next February?<\/p>\n

After six very good years in pinstripes, the 31-year-old right-hander can be a free agent whenever the upcoming season ends or isn\u2019t played.<\/p>\n

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Masahiro Tanaka<\/span>Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tanaka remaining a Yankee is the smart play, but baseball\u2019s financial landscape following this year will be scorched and that includes Hal Steinbrenner\u2019s club.<\/p>\n

With starters James Paxton and J.A. Happ<\/a> eligible for free agency along with infielder DJ LeMahieu, will there be enough money to go around? Not likely.<\/p>\n

Because the Yankees have affordable arms in Mike King, Domingo German, Jonathan Loaisiga, Luis Cessa, Clarke Schmidt and Deivi Garcia, they could let two of the three free-agent starters go.<\/p>\n

Respected in the clubhouse for his professionalism, work ethic and an easy smile, this will be Tanaka\u2019s second chance to split The Bronx. Following the 2017 season in which Tanaka went 13-12 with a 4.74 ERA in 30 starts, he could have opted out of the final three years of the contract and left $67 million on the floor, however he stayed.<\/p>\n

That was his call. This time, the Yankees could decide Tanaka\u2019s future and allow him to walk into an unknown free-agent market.<\/p>\n

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Should Tanaka leave he will be missed on the mound and in the clubhouse. After inking a nine-year deal for $324 million, Gerrit Cole went to Tanaka for advice about pitching in New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you not?\u201d Cole told The Post\u2019s Dan Martin during spring training. \u201cHe\u2019s been the quintessential professional here in New York for his entire stay. He dealt with a lot of challenges coming from Japan in the middle of his career to a completely different side of the world. There\u2019s probably some perspective to be gained there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like a lot of teams, the Yankees have missed on some long-term deals. Jacoby Ellsbury\u2019s seven-year, $153 million deal is on top of the list. Carl Pavano\u2019s four-year pact for $40 million was a mistake. Ditto the five-year contract for $20 million for Kei Igawa that had an additional $26 million posting fee to the Hanshin Tigers.<\/p>\n

On the other side is Tanaka.<\/p>\n

In 164 games (163 starts), Tanaka is 75-43 with a 3.75 ERA as a Yankee and 5-3 with a 1.76 ERA in eight postseason starts.<\/p>\n

Though Tanaka has never matched the 12-4 start, with a 2.51 ERA, to his Yankees career in 2014 that was interrupted by a small tear of the UCL in the right elbow that didn\u2019t require surgery, he has been a very valuable part of the Yankees\u2019 rotation, even with last year\u2019s 11-9 record and 4.45 ERA in 32 games (31 starts). He also gave up 28 homers, which was his second-highest as a Yankee.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was tough to read last season,\u201d an AL scout said of Tanaka, who relied more on the slider than the signature splitter. \u201cHe\u2019s got a good track record even with that, so it\u2019s not like he has to prove himself like some other guys do in similar positions, but it would be interesting to find out how much of what happened to him was because of the [tighter] ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

The smart money says Tanaka stays, but how he pitches and what the market looks like will speak louder.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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