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The echoes of another Yankees pitching splurge in Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s free agency
Tanaka was the last major player the Yankees have signed from Japan, and there are plenty of reasons to believe Yamamoto could be the next one.
Japanese pitchers laid groundwork for Yoshinobu Yamamoto's looming payday
Here is a look at some of the best and worst deals and careers for Japanese starters in MLB.
Yankees' executive, ex-Hideki Irabu translator dead at 57
George Rose, the Yankees’ Executive Advisor for Pacific Rim Operations and a former Japanese translator for the team, died Sunday at his Pennsylvania home.
New Met Kodai Senga has dinner with former Yankees pitcher
Could this be the passing of the torch from one Japanese New York starter to the next?
Ex-Yankee joins Masahiro Tanaka's team in Japan
Yankees fans should have a favorite Nippon Professional Baseball team to root for.
Yankees won't be getting this starter back
The Yankees need another starting pitcher, but there will be no reunion with Masahiro Tanaka, as the right-hander has decided to remain in Japan for another season with Rakuten.
US baseball loses heartbreaker to Japan in gold medal game
Baseball is scheduled to be shelved for the 2024 Games in Paris, so the Americans will need to wait for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics for another shot.
Team USA will face ex-Yankees ace in battle for gold
Team USA will have to beat former Yankees Masahiro Tanaka, who will be pitching for Japan in the gold-medal game.
Former Yankee knocked around by Team USA, forced to leave early
New York fans are not accustomed to rooting against Masahiro Tanaka, but they did not have to for long. The former Yankees star was knocked out after 3 2/3 innings...
Your guide to baseball at the Tokyo Olympics
It’s fitting that the baseball-crazed nation of Japan is the host country to usher the sport back onto the Olympic program for the first time since its last appearance at...
Masahiro Tanaka feels the Yankees' pain
Masahiro Tanaka looked a lot like the starters who replaced him with the Yankees. The right-hander's return to Japan was less than ideal, as he gave up three runs in...
Masahiro Tanaka's return to Japan gets off to a rough start
Masahiro Tanaka allowed Sho Nakata’s two-run homer in the first inning of the pitcher’s return to Japanese baseball, a 4-1 loss for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to the Hokkaido...
Former Yankees star to miss time with calf injury
Observations from the Yankees’ 4-1 spring training loss to the Orioles at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Friday. Green O'Day Chad Green and Darren O’Day were both effective, with O’Day...
Masahiro Tanaka's intriguing comment could have Yankees implications
Masahiro Tanaka just added an unusual chapter to his baseball narrative, and he sounds fully ready to add another one shortly. Following a successful seven-year run with the Yankees, the...
Masahiro Tanaka had World Series chance 'stolen' from him: Cashman
Masahiro Tanaka delivered just about everything the Yankees hoped he would when they signed him — other than a trip to the World Series. A day after Tanaka signed a...
How Masahiro Tanaka's Yankees legacy measures with the greats: Sherman
No team has a free agency history like the Yankees. Not for frequency, stars, money spent well and dollars wasted. They have been Reggie and Goose and DJ (LeMahieu, not...
Masahiro Tanaka officially done with the Yankees
Masahiro Tanaka is officially an ex-Yankee. The right-hander made the announcement himself on Twitter, writing he would spend the upcoming season back with his former team in Japan, the Rakuten...
Masahiro Tanaka’s time with Yankees seems to be ending
With the recent additions of Jameson Taillon and Corey Kluber, it seemed there was no room for Masahiro Tanaka in the Yankees’ rotation — or budget — and now the...
Yankees' waiting game could cost them Masahiro Tanaka
It has been nearly a month since Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he was willing to “risk” losing out on other free agents as the team waited out DJ...
Yankees star could leave MLB altogether
Out of sight, out of mind, out of Major League Baseball altogether? Masahiro Tanaka has acknowledged publicly an intriguing possibility regarding his free agency: The right-hander, having completed a successful...