Sport for Thought: What exactly Tanaka's injury means...

Another day of baseball has past, and yet another MLB pitcher receives the news of an unfortunate and dreaded elbow injury. However, in the case of Masahiro Tanaka (the brand new $155 million Yankees acquisition and ace of the staff), is hoping to avoid the unavoidable...the now infamous Tommy John surgery. This season has been plagued with pitching injuries, but this instance has to be the most crucial. No team has more invested (money and on-field success) in a pitcher than the Yankees do with Japanese superstar Tanaka.

Masahiro Tanaka: Did the Yankees Overpay?

by: Bennett Schiff

Throughout the baseball offseason, fans and general mangers alike were on the edge of their seat waiting for the news of whether or not the Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League would allow pitching ace Masahiro Tanaka to become available to Major League teams. The news broke on December 26, 2013, that Tanaka was going to be allowed to come to America to pitch, and that gave many GMs a very special late Christmas gift.