The New York Yankees are heading into the back stretch of the offseason with some huge questions coming with the possible signing of pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and the suspension of Alex Rodriguez and those issues have sparked the team to designate Vernon Wells for assignment to help shore up the roster after acquiring him last season.
Read full storyThe New York Yankees target Masahiro Tanaka. Johan Santan is the fallback option if the Japanese pitcher signs with another team.
Read full storyMasahiro Tanaka has the attention of every major league baseball team. The pitcher is expected to sign with a team by the end of January.
Read full storyMasahiro Tanaka is officially available and plenty of teams are bidding for the pitcher as the Seattle Mariners remain the favorite to sign him.
Read full storyThe Masahiro Tanaka sweepstakes have officially begun and there are a number of teams that would love to get their hands on the young Japanese pitcher, including the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers.
Read full storyThe MLB free agent class just got a new shot in the arm with Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, as he was posted by his team the Rakuten Eagles after speculation that he may not be placed on the market and now teams like the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers could be top options to go after him.
Read full storyThe New York Yankees were hopeful to land Masahiro Tanaka, but after the Japanese pitcher was not made available, Brian Cashman is making a plan B.
Read full storyThe MLB offseason has cooled down a bit since the hot time around the winter meetings and after deals, contracts and trades involving Robinson Cano, Prince Fielder, Ian Kinsler, Grant Balfour and Brian Roberts went down, names like Shin-Soo Choo, Ervin Santana, Masahiro Tanaka, Nelson Cruz and Matt Garza remain the top free agents on the market.
Read full storyThe New York Yankees have shown to be big spenders this offseason after signing Jacoby Ellsbury and Brian McCann and the team may not be done yet, as the franchise is hoping to add a starting pitcher to the rotation and names like Matt Garza, Masahiro Tanaka and Ervin Santana could be in the mix for the team.
Read full storyThe MLB free agent period starts up officially on Tuesday, as that marks the sixth day after the World Series and that means teams can start negotiating with players and talking dollars and cents and some of the top players on the market as starting pitchers includes Matt Garza, Masahiro Tanaka, A.J. Burnett and Ubaldo Jimenez among others.
Read full storyThe Boston Red Sox are World Series champions and now that they have defeated the St. Louis Cardinals for the title, it's time to move into the offseason and while the team doesn't have as many issues as others in the MLB, they have plenty of questions, including free agent targets as well as the possibility of losing players like Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Napoli and Stephen Drew.
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