Tanaka down with hamstring strain

[jacksonianmarch]

Tanaka strained a hammy yesterday running the bases. Not expect to be long, but I bet he misses a start or two. Interesting that Sheffield is already lined up with Tanaka and he dominated last night in AAA sending his ERA below 3. Shelf is a dominating pitcher who still needs to work on command, but a quick 2 start cameo would certainly be interesting

[Bellhorn04]

That'll teach him to get on base!

 

AL pitchers getting on base in interleague games are always risky business.

[jacksonianmarch]

Wang’s career was ruined because of it

[bkzwhitestrican]

He's still an athlete. Should be able to run 90 feet without blowing out both hammies.

[Youk Of The Nation]

He'll almost certainly need to have both legs amputated.

[jacksonianmarch]

Then run a shrimping boat

[jacksonianmarch]

Tanaka out multiple weeks. Should be back before ASB. This opens up an audition. I hopes it Sheff, but with our 40 man crunch, I wouldn’t be surprised if Loiasiga jumps the pack and gets a shot

[FredLynn]

Tanaka is expected to miss at least a month, but with hamstring injuries, as Jacko knows, it could be much longer. Some medical people think that they never really completely heal.

 

Masahiro Tanaka to DL with hamstring injury

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NEW YORK -- Masahiro Tanaka is expected to miss about a month due to low grade strains in both of his hamstrings, said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who believes that the club has internal options capable of filling the vacancy in the rotation.Tanaka sustained the strains while tagging up

[jacksonianmarch]

If he strained one hammy, he'd be back in 2 weeks. The fact that it's both is why the month is likely. I doubt he stays out longer than that. Hammy's aren't typical of pitchers and more for position players running on the bases or after balls.