The Masahiro Tanaka story continues to unfold, with uncertainty and caution the prevailing themes. The Yankees’ pitcher was placed on the 15-day DL on Tuesday, with reported diagnoses of a Grade 1 strain of his right forearm as well as wrist tendinitis.
The specific tendons involved were not identified in media reports, though it seems likely they are the wrist flexors. Evidently, an MRI did not reveal an exacerbation of the partial ulnar collateral tear in Tanaka’s elbow (the good news), and the pitcher has said that the elbow feels fine. It wasn’t until Tuesday that Tanaka complained of the wrist.