Yankees Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka Gives Up Home Run Against First MLB Batter [GIF]

Masahiro Tanaka is the latest pitching import from Japan and the Yankees are hoping that he will end up being the next Yu Darvish (and not Dice-K). He better after the $175 million investment they put in to him!

Friday night they got their first look at Tanaka on the mound in his MLB debut against the Toronto Blue Jays. How did he look? After giving up a home run to his first batter not real good.

via Larry Brown Sports

He can't even say it was against a home run hitter either. It was Melky Cabrera who in 1076 career games has hit only 72 home runs.

By the end of the night the Yankees were glad they paid the price for him. After a rough start he settled right down and only allowed two runs on six hits while striking out eight over seven innings of work,

Loading...