Masahiro Tanaka

[Mike Powers]

I am currently watching SVP & Russillo on ESPNews.  On the crawl, there was a blurb from GM of the Yankees, Brian Cashman.  He says of Tanaka "...with some work he can, one day, be a #3 Starter...". 

#3 starter!?!?  Didn't they invest something like $200 million on this guy?!?  Holy fuck balls....

[Hondo]

Yes, but this is the Yankees we're talking about. They pay that much to rent boys to massage Alex Rodriguez's balls.

[Justin]

He had to say that because Sabathia is their default number 1 pitcher. Ive watched him pitch before and he's good but I prefer Darvish.

[Gravedigger]

He had to say that because Sabathia is their default number 1 pitcher. Ive watched him pitch before and he's good but I prefer Darvish.

That's because Darvish is one of the best pitchers in the game.

As for Tanaka, I thought he was being looked at as the #2 with a chance of being a #1 in a few years, but I guess Cashman has a different opinion, or he's sandbagging Tanaka's place in the rotation for some reason.

[Justin]

That's because Darvish is one of the best pitchers in the game.

As for Tanaka, I thought he was being looked at as the #2 with a chance of being a #1 in a few years, but I guess Cashman has a different opinion, or he's sandbagging Tanaka's place in the rotation for some reason.

Hes being compared to Darvish for obvious reasons.  There is big hype cause he went 24-0 last season. I think he will be a #2 at best. I stopped trying to understand the Yankees a long time ago.

[Gates]

I think he's looking at it more as Sabathia and Kuroda being 1/2 for their tenure in the league with the "rookie" being 3. Give it a few months, Tanaka will be the ace.

Pre-post edit: the worry will be how much Tanaka has thrown in Japan. He's young but I believe he's logged a ton of innings already.