April 14, 2019

The key to Masahiro Tanaka’s game has disappeared

by Felix Pantaleón

As much as any pitch, the split-finger fastball has keyed Masahiro Tanaka’s success as a Yankee. It’s his out pitch, the pitch he goes to when a big strikeout is needed. But it wasn’t there for him on Sunday. “It wasn’t coming out of my hand right,” Tanaka said after he was tagged for five…

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Written by Felix Pantaleón

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