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How Japanese Phenom Masahiro Tanaka Would Impact Yankees' 2014 Rotation
Like Yu Darvish and Hyun-jin Ryu before him, right-hander Masahiro Tanaka is
a coveted ace from the Far East who's expected to make the leap to Major
League Baseball through the posting system.
Sources tell George A. King III of the New York Post that the New York
Yankees will be among the most serious bidders.
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Hughes is mercifully off New York's payroll beginning in 2014.
Well, duh. Three-fifths of their 2013 starting rotation—Phil Hughes, Hiroki
Kuroda (possible retirement) and Andy Pettitte (definite retirement)—will
enter free agency next month. Although CC Sabathia is still under contract,
he's coming off a disturbingly inconsistent season and is already 33 years
old.
All told, recently re-signed manager Joe Girardi has only three guys penciled
into the 2014 starting staff:
David Phelps, Adam Warren and other low-cost, internal solutions will
presumably contend for the back-end openings. Come spring training, they'll
be joined by major league veterans who settle for minor league contracts.
It's clear that Tanaka, who went an undefeated 22-0 for the Tohoku Rakuten
Golden Eagles this past season, will make the Yankees better.
The question is how significant an upgrade he'll be.
The soon-to-be 25-year-old is much more than a sexy win-loss record. For five
straight seasons, he has posted sub-2.50 earned run averages, tossing dozens
of complete games in that stretch with dominant strikeout-to-walk ratios. On
paper, Tanaka resembles Darvish, who had comparable professional experience
and statistics prior to signing with the Texas Rangers.
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