RHP Masahiro Tanaka (right shoulder inflammation) played catch for the second straight day before Tuesday's game against the New York Mets. He will add throwing off flat ground before Wednesday's game. Tanaka was placed on the DL Saturday, retroactive to Aug. 10. He is eligible to return this Saturday, but manager Joe Girardi said Tanaka will not start the series at Fenway Park.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka was placed on the 10-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation and the move is retroactive to Thursday. Neither he or manager Joe Girardi said it will be a lengthy absence. While there is not an exact date, Girardi seemed to think Tanaka would return shortly after the 10 days are up on Aug 19. Tanaka was slated to start Monday against the New York Mets but felt something after laboring through four-plus innings Wednesday in Toronto. "I'm having (a) tough time getting the soreness out from the arm," Tanaka said through an interpreter. "The soreness is something that kind of gradually built up. I felt some extra soreness there after the outing in Toronto and I thought it would be better to mention about this (now)." Tanaka can opt-out of his contract after this season and so far, he is 8-10 with a 4.92 ERA. While he has 141 strikeouts in 133 2/3 innings, Tanaka also has allowed 28 homers.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka was placed on the 10-day disabled list Saturday by the Yankees because of right shoulder inflammation. Tanaka, 28, has battled elbow injuries over the last two years. The move is retroactive to Thursday. "We had him talk to our doctor," manager Joe Girardi told reporters prior to Saturday afternoon's game against the Boston Red Sox. "Our doctor prescribed that he's fatigued and he's probably got some inflammation. Nothing structural. We decided that he needs a break. So he is on the 10-day DL. There is no discomfort. There is no soreness, pain in a sense but we decided to put him on the DL. I don't think this will take too long. I don't. I feel pretty good about him coming back shortly after he is ready to come off."Tanaka last pitched on Wednesday in a poor outing against the Blue Jays, walking a career-high five batters and allowing three runs -- two earned -- and two hits in four-plus innings in the Yankees' 11-5 win in Toronto. For the season, Tanaka is 8-10 with 4.92 ERA in 23 starts. He was scheduled to pitch against the New York Mets on Monday.

NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees placed right-hander Masahiro Tanaka on the 10-day disabled list Saturday because of right shoulder inflammation.Tanaka, 28, has battled elbow injuries over the last two years. The move is retroactive to Thursday."We had him talk to our doctor," manager Joe Girardi told reporters prior to Saturday afternoon's game against the Boston Red Sox. "Our doctor prescribed that he's fatigued and he's probably got some inflammation. Nothing structural."We decided that he needs a break. So he is on the 10-day DL. There is no discomfort. There is no soreness, pain in a sense but we decided to put him on the DL. I don't think this will take too long. I don't. I feel pretty good about him coming back shortly after he is ready to come off."Tanaka last pitched on Wednesday in a poor outing against the Blue Jays, walking a career-high five batters and allowing three runs -- two earned -- and two hits in four-plus innings in the Yankees' 11-5 win in Toronto."I think he probably... [More]

RHP Masahiro Tanaka (8-10, 4.93 ERA) is 3-3 with a 2.98 ERA over his past eight starts and has recorded at least eight strikeouts in six of his past 10 starts. He took the loss Aug. 2 against the Detroit Tigers despite allowing two runs (one earned) over six innings. He allowed six hits and one walk while striking out seven. The 28-year-old will face the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in the second game of the three-game series at the Rogers Centre on six days' rest. He is 1-2 with a 4.66 ERA in three games this season with six days of rest, 9-3 with a 3.51 ERA in 15 career starts with six days off. He is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in two starts against Toronto this season and is 8-3 with a 2.52 ERA in 12 career starts against the Blue Jays.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka allowed two runs (one earned) and six hits in six innings Wednesday. He is 0-6 in daytime starts and pitched five days after getting a career-high 14 strikeouts against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. Wednesday marked the third career loss when he allowed one earned run or less and pitched at least six innings.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka set a career high with 14 strikeouts and recorded his 10th career double-digit strikeout game in Friday's 6-1 win over Tampa Bay. He became the third Yankee to get at least 14 strikeouts in a game since 1999. The others are LHP CC Sabathia on July 26, 2011 vs. Seattle and RHP Michael Pineda on May 10, 2015 vs. Baltimore.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka failed to beat the Mariners for the first time in his career. Tanaka was 5-0 in five previous starts against Seattle with a 1.95 ERA. Tanaka went six innings Saturday, allowing four runs and seven hits. He didn't walk a batter and struck out six. Tanaka allowed two home runs, to Mike Zunino and Ben Gamel in the third inning, to increase the number he's given up this season to 26, tied with the Los Angeles Angels' Ricky Nolasco for the most in the majors. All four of the runs Tanaka allowed came in the third, on five hits. "We got to Tanaka with those four runs in one inning and that kind of got us going," Mariners manager Scott Servais said.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka was a hard-luck loser in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader vs. the Red Sox. Tanaka (7-9, 5.33 ERA) pitched 7 2/3 three-run innings, allowing eight hits -- including a two-run homer -- and walking none while striking out nine. "I thought he made one bad pitch," manager Joe Girardi said. "One slider that really didn't do much. Besides that he was really good."

RHP Masahiro Tanaka starts the nightcap of Sunday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Tanaka (7-8, 5.47 ERA) is 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA in two starts against them this season, tossing a three-hit shutout with three strikeouts on April 27. He is 6-3 with a 3.89 ERA in 12 career starts vs. the Red Sox and 3-1 with a 3.32 mark at Fenway Park. Hanley Ramirez is 5-for-18 (.278) with two homers and three RBIs and Xander Bogaerts is 7-for-32 (.219) with a homer and four RBIs vs. Tanaka.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka's uneven first half ended when he allowed five runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings on Sunday. He continued to struggle in the first inning, raising his ERA in the game's opening frame to 9.50, and Sunday marked the seventh instance in which he allowed at least five runs. It also was the seventh time he allowed at least two homers.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka finishes up an uneven first half when he pitches Sunday for the Yankees. He is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his last three starts and the two wins followed a stretch where he was 0-6 in an eight-game winless skid. Tanaka last pitched Monday against the Toronto Blue Jays when he allowed one run and five hits in seven innings. Tanaka allowed two runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Brewers in Milwaukee on May 9, 2014.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka won his second consecutive start and has a 1.29 ERA in his past three outings after allowing one run and five hits in seven innings Monday night. He also did not allow a home run for the third straight start. His past two wins occurred after he was winless in eight straight starts from May 14-June 23.

RHP Mashiro Tanaka held the Chicago White Sox to two runs in six innings Wednesday to earn his first win since May 8 at the Cincinnati Reds. The right-hander struck out five, walked two and worked around six hits. Tanaka went 0-6 with two no-decisions in his previous eight starts.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka (5-7, 5.14 ERA) gets the start Wednesday, his 16th of the season. He notched a win versus the White Sox on April 19 when he allowed one earned run in seven innings while striking out six in the Bronx. In two previous starts at Guaranteed Rate Field, Tanaka has allowed one earned run in 14 1/3 innings. He is 3-0 lifetime versus the White Sox.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka did not get a win but lowered his ERA from 6.34 to 5.74 when he allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings Friday. Tanaka recorded 23 swinging strikes, the second most in his career. He also threw first-pitch strikes to 25 of 27 hitters. It was the third time he pitched at least eight scoreless innings this season and he is one of four pitchers with multiple starts of at least eight scoreless innings. The others are Minnesota RHP Ervin Santana, St. Louis RHP Carlos Martinez and Cleveland RHP Corey Kluber.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka will look to snap a seven-start winless streak Friday night when he takes the mound for the Yankees in the opener of a three-game series against the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium. Tanaka took the loss in his most recent start Saturday, when he gave up five runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out 10 over four innings as the Yankees fell to the Oakland Athletics 5-2. It was the fifth time in the last seven starts Tanaka allowed at least five runs. He is 0-6 with an 8.91 ERA in that span, a stretch in which his overall ERA has risen from 4.36 to 6.34. Tanaka is 0-1 with a 7.50 ERA in two career starts against the Rangers.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka (5-7) struck out 10 and walked one, but he also gave up five runs on three hits, including three home runs, and lasted only four innings Saturday in a 5-2 loss to Oakland. A's INF/DH Ryon Healy hit two solo home runs, and RF Matt Joyce led off the game with a home run, hitting Tanaka's first pitch. "The three home runs, that's unacceptable," said Tanaka, who has given up 21 blasts in 76 2/3 innings this season. "The two to Healy, I just wasn't able to execute my pitches. It just went into that spot where he likes it the most."

RHP Masahiro Tanaka gave up three runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings but was unable to end his five-game losing streak Monday against the Angels. Tanaka, who got a no-decision, has not won a game since May 8

RHP Masahiro Tanaka takes a five-game losing streak into Monday's start against the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of New York's seven-game road trip. Tanaka has a 6.55 ERA after allowing five runs and five hits in five innings in a 5-4 loss to Boston. Tanaka was originally slated to pitch Sunday but was pushed back an extra day on Friday. Tanaka has stated he believes mechanics are causing his struggles, and manager Joe Girardi didn't disagree. "I really believe it's consistency in his mechanics," he said. "It can be minor, just a tick late with your arm or your hip opens up early, your shoulder opens up a tick early and that's what leads to the inconsistency with the pitches. We've seen good sliders. We've seen good splits. We've seen good location with his fastball but when you're off a little bit mechanically there's inconsistencies."