After landing on the disabled list at the end of April with right wrist tendonitis and a mildly strained forearm, New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka is set to make his first rehab start.
The 26-year-old right hander threw a 29-pitch bullpen session on Monday, and after there was no complications, it was likely that Tanaka would take the mound in a rehab start at some point near the end of the week.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Yankees announced that Tanaka will make the rehab start on Thursday night with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate.