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Masahiro Tanaka PYankees

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	11-1-1988
Height	6' 3"
Weight	218 lbs

Age	36 years, 5 months, 6 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 3.32015
: 4.82016
: 3.32017
: 2.52018
: 2.12019
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2014	NYA	20	20	136.3	13	5	123	21	141	15	99	8.1	1.4	1.0	9.3	0%	.299	1.06	3.07	2.77	102	3.97	97.3	1.5
2015	NYA	24	24	154.0	12	7	126	27	139	25	108	7.4	1.6	1.5	8.1	0%	.242	0.99	3.95	3.51	90	3.27	76.3	3.3
2016	NYA	31	31	199.7	14	4	179	36	165	22	109	8.1	1.6	1.0	7.4	49%	.271	1.08	3.47	3.07	87	3.26	72.1	4.8
2017	NYA	30	30	178.3	13	12	180	41	194	35	107	9.1	2.1	1.8	9.8	50%	.306	1.24	4.32	4.74	90	3.91	83.2	3.3
2018	NYA	27	27	156.0	12	6	141	35	159	25	108	8.1	2.0	1.4	9.2	49%	.284	1.13	4.04	3.75	97	3.95	88.1	2.5
2019	NYA	32	31	182.0	11	9	186	40	149	28	101	9.2	2.0	1.4	7.4	48%	.293	1.24	4.30	4.45	101	4.94	101.4	1.6
Career		164	163	1006.3	75	43	935	200	947	150	106	8.4	1.8	1.3	8.5	49%	.289	1.13	3.88	3.75	94	3.88	85.9	17.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2007	RAK	npb	JPL	28	28	186.3	11	7	0	183	68	196	17		8.8	3.3	0.8	9.5	0%	.324	1.35	3.25	3.82	0	0.00	0.0
2008	RAK	npb	JPL	25	24	172.7	9	7	1	171	54	159	9		8.9	2.8	0.5	8.3	0%	.323	1.30	2.84	3.49	0	0.00	0.0
2009	RAK	npb	JPL	25	24	189.7	15	6	1	170	43	171	13		8.1	2.0	0.6	8.1	0%	.292	1.12	2.90	2.32	0	0.00	0.0
2010	RAK	npb	JPL	20	0	155.0	11	6	0	159	32	119	9		9.2	1.9	0.5	6.9	0%	.314	1.23	3.08	2.50	0	0.00	0.0
2013	JPN	int	WBC	4	1	7.0	0	0	0	10	0	12	0		12.9	0.0	0.0	15.4	0%	.588	1.43	0.20	2.57	0	0.00	0.0
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	20	20	136.3	13	5	0	123	21	141	15	99	8.1	1.4	1.0	9.3	0%	.299	1.06	3.07	2.77	102	3.97	97.3
2015	NYA	MLB	AL	24	24	154.0	12	7	0	126	27	139	25	108	7.4	1.6	1.5	8.1	0%	.242	0.99	3.95	3.51	90	3.27	76.3
2015	SWB	AAA	INT	2	2	6.0	0	0	0	6	2	6	1	85	9.0	3.0	1.5	9.0	0%	.313	1.33	4.32	4.50	98	4.56	100.1
2016	NYA	MLB	AL	31	31	199.7	14	4	0	179	36	165	22	109	8.1	1.6	1.0	7.4	49%	.271	1.08	3.47	3.07	87	3.26	72.1
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	30	30	178.3	13	12	0	180	41	194	35	107	9.1	2.1	1.8	9.8	50%	.306	1.24	4.32	4.74	90	3.91	83.2
2018	NYA	MLB	AL	27	27	156.0	12	6	0	141	35	159	25	108	8.1	2.0	1.4	9.2	49%	.284	1.13	4.04	3.75	97	3.95	88.1
2018	SWB	AAA	INT	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	101	5.4	0.0	1.8	7.2	36%	.154	0.60	4.33	3.60	97	3.22	68.2
2019	NYA	MLB	AL	32	31	182.0	11	9	0	186	40	149	28	101	9.2	2.0	1.4	7.4	48%	.293	1.24	4.30	4.45	101	4.94	101.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2014	1996	0.4554	0.4920	0.7067	0.6348	0.3726	0.8388	0.5185	0.2933
2015	2287	0.4491	0.4884	0.7529	0.6173	0.3833	0.8596	0.6128	0.2471
2016	2925	0.4697	0.4964	0.7645	0.6383	0.3707	0.8632	0.6139	0.2355
2017	2725	0.4165	0.5035	0.6859	0.6379	0.4075	0.8343	0.5201	0.3141
2018	2324	0.4062	0.5009	0.7036	0.6472	0.4007	0.8396	0.5533	0.2964
2019	2725	0.4639	0.5035	0.7653	0.6266	0.3970	0.8548	0.6431	0.2347
Career	14982	0.4441	0.4979	0.7314	0.6338	0.3890	0.8490	0.5799	0.2686

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-07-09	2014-09-21	60-DL	74	65	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Partial Tear Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-

Compensation

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$155,000,000
7 yr	Total	$155,000,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 0 d	Casey Close	2 years (2021-22)

Details

2 years (2021-22). Signed by Rakuten Eagles of Japan 1/28/21.
7 years/$155M (2014-20). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 1/22/14. 14-19:$22M annually, 20:$23M. May opt out of contract after 2017 season (declined to exercise right to opt out 11/17). Full no-trade protection. Perks: $35,000 moving allowance, $0.1M housing allowance, interpreter at salary of $85,000, four first-class round trip airline tickets between Japan and New York. NY Yankees also pay $20M posting fee to Tanaka's former club in Japan, Rakuten Golden Eagles.
2007-13: Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japanese Pacific League.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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2013-12-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Using the old Davenport Translation module, or any other tool you might have sitting around in the BP arsenal, for Nippon League stats, what sort of season are you predicting for the supposedly soon to be MLB posted Masahiro Tanaka? (Paul from DC)	We haven't run that yet, but Clay has http://www.claydavenport.com/pt/TANAKA19881101A.shtml (Harry Pavlidis)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Masahiro Tanaka threw 16,487 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2020, including pitches thrown in . In 2020, he relied primarily on his Slider (84mph), Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Splitter (87mph), also mixing in a Curve (75mph) and Sinker (92mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (89mph).