BALTIMORE -- Nobody in the New York Yankees' clubhouse is giving up on Masahiro Tanaka, but nobody has any answers either. Formerly the team’s ace, Tanaka is a very bad pitcher right now.
The Yankees continue to rule out the possibility that he is hurt. They have talked about it, manager Joe Girardi said, but there are no new tests to take, despite the fact that after another stinker Wednesday, Tanaka is 5-5 with a 6.34 ERA in 11 starts -- at least a third of his season, already in the books.
Girardi did not try to sugar coat Tanaka's 5u2154 innings of seven-run, nine-hit ball in a 10-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.