Masahiro Tanaka got off the Opening Day schneid yesterday. Tanaka’s first few Opening Day starts in pinstripes were uneven, and though some of that stemmed from some poor fortune, as Kunj elucidated earlier this month, it was great to see Tanaka at his best from the jump this year.
It was just one start from the Yankees’ current nominal ace, and as always, we can never jump to concrete conclusions in the season’s opening weeks. Tanaka looked excellent, keeping Baltimore’s bats mostly silent over the course of 5.2 innings, but, as some might say, it’s a long season.