Yankees Masahiro Tanaka Starts full-scale operation in Florida for the seventh year February 11 10:12
Major league Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka trained voluntarily on the campsite of Florida on the 10th and started full-scale for the seventh season.
Yankees pitcher Tanaka was the first Japanese player to win a double-digit victory for the sixth consecutive year last season, and this season is his final year with the Yankees.
Before the camp started on the 13th of this month, pitcher Tanaka, who entered the campground in Tampa, Florida, conducted his own training on the 10th and started full-scale for the new season.
After playing a catch ball at a distance of about 30 meters, Tanaka pitched a catcher on the ground in preparation for the planned bullpen pitch the next day and practiced light pitching.
Tanaka had an operation to remove the thorn on his right elbow in October of last year, but the adjustment has progressed smoothly so far, and he carefully throws about 40 balls with a fastball and a changing ball. Was.
The Yankees missed out on the World Series in the last season's playoffs, losing to Astros in the American League Championship Series.
Tanaka will enter the World Series for the first time and aim for the championship this season.