the Yankees may be seriously screwed with this signing now.
If he requires surgery now. They committed $175M total ($20M fee included)


Girardi pitched him like a pitcher used to working with 4 full days in between starts.
Japanese pitchers have 7 days in that same period.


Tanaka is very gifted, but young and foolish, (as we all are in our youth)
so, when he was shutting guys out, Girardi left him to get the complete game shutout.
Which failed miserably twice, and worked once...


and Tanaka, being young, and not experienced with any injuries,
never saw it coming.. and kept throwing upper 90's after 100 pitches
on 60% rest for what his body was accustomed to.

So add up:
1) superior batting, so increased velocity to compensate
2) 60% habitual rest time
3) and a young pitcher trying to fulfill or even exceed enormous expectations
(Yankee tradition + massive rookie salary)

.. and you have a situation very ripe to go wrong... a partial ULC tear

they will likely send him for an MRI after today,

let's see what happens