Masahiro Tanaka

Age: 30

Bats/Throws: R/R

6' 3" / 215

Birthdate: 11/1/1988 (30 y, 24 d)
Contract: $155M / 7 Years (2014 - 2020)

RotoWire News: Tanaka has been confirmed as Saturday's starting pitcher against Boston in Game 2 of the ALDS, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. (10/4/2018)

10/3/2018	FG	The Opener Goes to the Postseason by Jay Jaffe
9/14/2018	FG	Masahiro Tanaka Is Getting Well at the Right Time by Craig Edwards
6/11/2018	FG	Effectively Wild Episode 1229: Say it Ain't Shohei by Ben Lindbergh
6/7/2018	RG	The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 560 – TINSTAAPP Strikes Again! by Paul Sporer
5/22/2018	RG	Tanaka Doesn't Like to Stretch by Jeff Zimmerman

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Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2014	Splitter (FS)	517	172	176	27	20	6	0	1	4	72	0	0	0	2	.157	81.5	91.5	87.0
2014	Slider (SL)	427	88	92	15	11	2	0	2	3	36	0	1	0	4	.170	79.4	90.1	83.7
2014	Fourseam (FA)	415	96	108	32	17	8	0	7	10	17	1	0	1	0	.333	87.5	96.3	92.5
2014	Sinker (SI)	400	107	115	34	23	7	0	4	4	5	1	2	1	8	.318	87.8	95.2	91.2
2014	Cutter (FC)	123	25	27	7	6	0	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	1	.280	84.6	92.7	89.1
2014	Curveball (CU)	114	19	19	7	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.368	70.0	80.8	74.1
2015	Splitter (FS)	620	178	184	36	19	14	0	3	4	47	0	1	1	4	.202	83.3	92.1	88.2
2015	Slider (SL)	509	143	155	19	10	5	0	4	11	48	0	1	0	1	.133	79.3	88.9	84.5
2015	Fourseam (FA)	428	86	93	27	13	5	1	8	5	21	0	2	0	0	.314	87.4	96.6	92.9
2015	Sinker (SI)	313	92	100	31	16	6	1	8	6	14	1	1	0	2	.337	88.5	95.5	91.8
2015	Cutter (FC)	249	55	59	8	6	1	1	0	1	5	0	3	0	1	.145	83.7	94.3	89.8
2015	Curveball (CU)	168	13	13	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.231	72.4	81.9	77.3
2016	Sinker (SI)	811	212	221	57	44	10	0	3	6	29	0	2	1	3	.269	85.0	94.9	90.3
2016	Splitter (FS)	732	223	234	37	28	6	0	3	10	58	0	1	0	7	.166	81.7	91.3	87.0
2016	Slider (SL)	723	188	200	45	29	5	2	9	9	51	2	0	1	3	.239	78.9	90.0	84.4
2016	Fourseam (FA)	275	55	63	16	7	6	0	3	6	9	1	0	1	0	.291	86.6	96.7	92.2
2016	Cutter (FC)	229	55	60	17	10	4	0	3	4	12	0	0	1	0	.309	82.4	92.8	88.7
2016	Curveball (CU)	155	25	26	7	3	3	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	.280	71.7	81.9	76.0
2017	Slider (SL)	857	224	233	44	21	14	0	9	8	83	1	0	0	1	.196	80.2	90.3	84.5
2017	Splitter (FS)	676	202	211	44	26	8	0	10	7	72	0	2	0	7	.218	81.5	92.6	87.5
2017	Sinker (SI)	487	130	147	46	24	14	0	8	14	10	2	0	1	6	.354	86.4	96.5	91.2
2017	Fourseam (FA)	300	52	58	18	13	2	0	3	4	14	2	0	0	0	.346	89.3	96.8	92.8
2017	Cutter (FC)	235	40	42	17	10	3	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.425	85.3	92.6	89.6
2017	Curveball (CU)	166	31	32	5	4	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	.161	73.1	82.1	76.8
2018	Slider (SL)	778	179	197	31	17	8	0	6	10	54	3	2	3	6	.173	78.3	88.1	83.4
2018	Splitter (FS)	724	227	240	51	33	12	0	6	13	77	0	0	0	4	.225	81.4	90.8	86.9
2018	Fourseam (FA)	496	100	111	33	22	5	0	6	10	21	1	0	0	0	.330	88.3	95.1	91.9
2018	Cutter (FC)	126	27	28	9	3	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333	85.6	92.3	89.2
2018	Sinker (SI)	109	25	29	9	6	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	.360	88.0	94.0	90.8
2018	Curveball (CU)	91	10	10	5	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	72.3	82.9	76.9
Total	Slider (SL)	3294	822	877	154	88	34	2	30	41	272	6	4	4	15	.187	78.3	90.3	84.1
Total	Splitter (FS)	3269	1002	1045	195	126	46	0	23	38	326	0	4	1	24	.195	81.4	92.6	87.3
Total	Sinker (SI)	2120	566	612	177	113	39	1	24	31	60	7	5	3	20	.313	85.0	96.5	90.9
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1914	389	433	126	72	26	1	27	35	82	5	2	2	0	.324	86.6	96.8	92.4
Total	Cutter (FC)	962	202	216	58	35	10	1	12	8	26	2	3	1	4	.287	82.4	94.3	89.3
Total	Curveball (CU)	694	98	100	27	13	8	1	5	2	19	0	0	0	1	.276	70.0	82.9	76.3

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2014	Splitter (FS)	517	2.3 %	40.9 %	0.06	.157	.176	.209	.385	.052	.263	0.4	-18.5	.173	17
2014	Slider (SL)	427	3.3 %	39.1 %	0.08	.170	.196	.261	.457	.091	.255	2.4	-7.5	.203	38
2014	Fourseam (FA)	415	9.3 %	15.7 %	0.59	.333	.402	.635	1.037	.302	.347	23.1	11.5	.448	202
2014	Sinker (SI)	400	3.5 %	4.3 %	0.80	.318	.342	.495	.837	.178	.300	17.1	4.8	.364	145
2014	Cutter (FC)	123	0.0 %	25.9 %	0.00	.280	.333	.400	.733	.120	.353	3.3	0.4	.331	124
2014	Curveball (CU)	114	0.0 %	10.5 %	0.00	.368	.368	.632	1.000	.263	.412	3.8	1.7	.429	192
2015	Splitter (FS)	620	2.2 %	25.5 %	0.09	.202	.219	.331	.550	.129	.256	9.4	-11.3	.236	58
2015	Slider (SL)	509	7.1 %	31.0 %	0.23	.133	.194	.252	.445	.119	.163	3.3	-14.1	.199	34
2015	Fourseam (FA)	428	5.4 %	22.6 %	0.24	.314	.344	.674	1.019	.360	.322	18.6	8.1	.422	185
2015	Sinker (SI)	313	6.0 %	14.0 %	0.43	.337	.380	.685	1.065	.348	.324	21.9	10.6	.446	200
2015	Cutter (FC)	249	1.7 %	8.5 %	0.20	.145	.153	.200	.353	.055	.151	-1.1	-7.7	.150	0
2015	Curveball (CU)	168	0.0 %	7.7 %	0.00	.231	.231	.769	1.000	.538	.100	2.5	1.1	.414	181
2016	Sinker (SI)	811	2.7 %	13.1 %	0.21	.269	.286	.358	.645	.090	.297	18.8	-7.2	.278	84
2016	Splitter (FS)	732	4.3 %	24.8 %	0.17	.166	.201	.233	.434	.067	.209	3.3	-24.3	.192	28
2016	Slider (SL)	723	4.5 %	25.5 %	0.18	.239	.281	.431	.712	.191	.281	21.3	-2.2	.305	102
2016	Fourseam (FA)	275	9.5 %	14.3 %	0.67	.291	.371	.564	.935	.273	.302	11.4	4.0	.395	159
2016	Cutter (FC)	229	6.7 %	20.0 %	0.33	.309	.356	.545	.901	.236	.350	10.2	3.2	.382	151
2016	Curveball (CU)	155	3.8 %	19.2 %	0.20	.280	.308	.520	.828	.240	.316	3.7	0.7	.349	133
2017	Slider (SL)	857	3.4 %	35.6 %	0.10	.196	.227	.379	.607	.183	.265	15.7	-12.7	.256	70
2017	Splitter (FS)	676	3.3 %	34.1 %	0.10	.218	.242	.406	.648	.188	.279	16.9	-8.8	.272	80
2017	Sinker (SI)	487	9.5 %	6.8 %	1.40	.354	.425	.646	1.071	.292	.339	33.6	15.7	.447	194
2017	Fourseam (FA)	300	6.9 %	24.1 %	0.29	.346	.414	.558	.971	.212	.429	11.6	4.6	.414	174
2017	Cutter (FC)	235	4.8 %	2.4 %	2.00	.425	.452	.800	1.252	.375	.371	12.1	7.0	.518	245
2017	Curveball (CU)	166	3.1 %	28.1 %	0.11	.161	.188	.258	.446	.097	.190	0.4	-3.5	.193	28
2018	Slider (SL)	778	5.1 %	27.4 %	0.19	.173	.227	.318	.545	.145	.207	10.7	-12.3	.238	56
2018	Splitter (FS)	724	5.4 %	32.1 %	0.17	.225	.267	.357	.623	.132	.313	19.6	-8.5	.271	80
2018	Fourseam (FA)	496	9.0 %	18.9 %	0.48	.330	.396	.560	.956	.230	.370	21.5	8.5	.409	172
2018	Cutter (FC)	126	3.6 %	3.6 %	1.00	.333	.357	.852	1.209	.519	.227	7.5	4.2	.498	232
2018	Sinker (SI)	109	3.4 %	6.9 %	0.50	.360	.448	.560	1.008	.200	.364	6.3	2.9	.436	189
2018	Curveball (CU)	91	0.0 %	20.0 %	0.00	.500	.500	.900	1.400	.400	.571	3.4	2.3	.592	294
Total	Slider (SL)	3294	4.7 %	31.0 %	0.15	.187	.230	.343	.573	.156	.237	53.1	-49.3	.248	64
Total	Splitter (FS)	3269	3.6 %	31.2 %	0.12	.195	.223	.309	.533	.115	.262	49.1	-71.8	.231	54
Total	Sinker (SI)	2120	5.1 %	9.8 %	0.52	.313	.353	.512	.865	.200	.314	97.6	26.7	.370	146
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1914	8.1 %	18.9 %	0.43	.324	.385	.604	.989	.280	.351	86.4	36.9	.420	181
Total	Cutter (FC)	962	3.7 %	12.0 %	0.31	.287	.316	.525	.841	.238	.275	31.6	6.6	.354	135
Total	Curveball (CU)	694	2.0 %	19.0 %	0.11	.276	.290	.531	.821	.255	.297	14.1	2.5	.347	133

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	xMov	zMov	Mov
2014	Splitter (FS)	517	17.3 %	69.4 %	13.3 %	30.8 %	7.7 %	356	161	517	-4.9	1.7	5.6
2014	Slider (SL)	427	20.8 %	34.0 %	45.3 %	29.2 %	8.3 %	298	129	427	2.9	1.5	4.0
2014	Fourseam (FA)	415	26.9 %	32.1 %	41.0 %	18.8 %	21.9 %	257	158	415	-4.6	9.3	10.5
2014	Sinker (SI)	400	31.7 %	50.0 %	18.3 %	5.3 %	21.1 %	280	120	400	-8.2	5.5	10.1
2014	Cutter (FC)	123	16.7 %	55.6 %	27.8 %	40.0 %	20.0 %	76	47	123	-1.1	5.3	5.8
2014	Curveball (CU)	114	35.3 %	23.5 %	41.2 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	72	42	114	5.2	-6.1	8.3
2015	Splitter (FS)	620	16.8 %	68.7 %	14.5 %	15.8 %	15.8 %	434	186	620	-6.4	2.5	7.1
2015	Slider (SL)	509	20.2 %	39.4 %	40.4 %	21.1 %	10.5 %	349	160	509	1.6	2.3	3.7
2015	Fourseam (FA)	428	33.3 %	37.9 %	28.8 %	26.3 %	42.1 %	275	153	428	-5.7	10.0	11.6
2015	Sinker (SI)	313	30.4 %	40.5 %	29.1 %	13.0 %	34.8 %	206	107	313	-8.8	6.4	11.0
2015	Cutter (FC)	249	19.2 %	34.6 %	46.2 %	29.2 %	0.0 %	151	98	249	-1.6	6.9	7.4
2015	Curveball (CU)	168	25.0 %	25.0 %	50.0 %	16.7 %	33.3 %	111	57	168	4.3	-3.9	6.1
2016	Sinker (SI)	811	28.6 %	48.4 %	23.1 %	28.6 %	7.1 %	538	273	811	-7.9	5.9	10.0
2016	Splitter (FS)	732	21.0 %	64.8 %	14.2 %	13.0 %	13.0 %	484	248	732	-6.5	3.0	7.4
2016	Slider (SL)	723	24.3 %	41.2 %	34.6 %	31.9 %	19.1 %	514	209	723	1.6	3.3	4.4
2016	Fourseam (FA)	275	26.1 %	23.9 %	50.0 %	21.7 %	13.0 %	171	104	275	-5.8	9.5	11.3
2016	Cutter (FC)	229	34.9 %	37.2 %	27.9 %	33.3 %	25.0 %	157	72	229	-2.0	6.6	7.1
2016	Curveball (CU)	155	35.0 %	30.0 %	35.0 %	14.3 %	14.3 %	98	57	155	5.0	-4.4	6.9
2017	Slider (SL)	857	25.2 %	41.0 %	33.8 %	23.4 %	19.1 %	609	248	857	1.3	1.9	3.6
2017	Splitter (FS)	676	14.6 %	67.7 %	17.7 %	8.7 %	43.5 %	471	205	676	-7.4	2.0	8.0
2017	Sinker (SI)	487	27.7 %	50.4 %	21.8 %	15.4 %	30.8 %	320	167	487	-9.8	5.6	11.5
2017	Fourseam (FA)	300	34.2 %	31.6 %	34.2 %	23.1 %	23.1 %	171	129	300	-6.8	9.5	11.8
2017	Cutter (FC)	235	23.7 %	42.1 %	34.2 %	15.4 %	30.8 %	136	99	235	-2.9	6.3	7.1
2017	Curveball (CU)	166	23.8 %	28.6 %	47.6 %	30.0 %	10.0 %	113	53	166	4.0	-4.3	6.2
2018	Slider (SL)	778	17.3 %	42.5 %	40.2 %	29.4 %	11.8 %	545	233	778	3.8	-0.4	4.3
2018	Splitter (FS)	724	22.6 %	58.9 %	18.5 %	18.5 %	22.2 %	501	223	724	-6.0	0.7	6.2
2018	Fourseam (FA)	496	29.5 %	35.9 %	34.6 %	7.4 %	22.2 %	314	182	496	-5.1	8.7	10.1
2018	Cutter (FC)	126	19.2 %	50.0 %	30.8 %	12.5 %	50.0 %	83	43	126	-1.4	6.3	6.6
2018	Sinker (SI)	109	21.7 %	60.9 %	17.4 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	68	41	109	-9.0	4.5	10.1
2018	Curveball (CU)	91	37.5 %	37.5 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	52	39	91	4.2	-5.8	7.3
Total	Slider (SL)	3294	21.9 %	40.4 %	37.7 %	27.1 %	14.5 %	2315	979	3294	2.2	1.7	4.0
Total	Splitter (FS)	3269	18.7 %	65.5 %	15.7 %	16.2 %	21.9 %	2246	1023	3269	-6.3	2.0	6.9
Total	Sinker (SI)	2120	29.0 %	48.5 %	22.5 %	17.5 %	21.1 %	1412	708	2120	-8.6	5.7	10.5
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1914	29.7 %	33.0 %	37.3 %	18.4 %	23.7 %	1188	726	1914	-5.5	9.3	11.0
Total	Cutter (FC)	962	23.7 %	41.2 %	35.0 %	25.8 %	19.4 %	603	359	962	-1.9	6.4	6.9
Total	Curveball (CU)	694	30.8 %	28.2 %	41.0 %	18.8 %	15.6 %	446	248	694	4.5	-4.7	6.8

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	pVAL	pVAL/C
2014	Splitter (FS)	517	55.7 %	81.6 %	63.1 %	41.3 %	79.2 %	55.2 %	28.4 %	28.2 %	12.6	2.4
2014	Slider (SL)	427	37.2 %	46.6 %	41.7 %	42.2 %	80.0 %	62.4 %	47.8 %	15.7 %	10.4	2.4
2014	Fourseam (FA)	415	16.9 %	65.1 %	43.9 %	83.9 %	91.4 %	90.1 %	55.9 %	4.3 %	-11.3	-2.7
2014	Sinker (SI)	400	30.1 %	69.2 %	52.0 %	83.0 %	93.6 %	90.9 %	56.0 %	4.8 %	2.0	0.5
2014	Cutter (FC)	123	37.7 %	80.4 %	53.7 %	65.5 %	81.1 %	74.2 %	37.4 %	13.8 %	-0.3	-0.3
2014	Curveball (CU)	114	16.4 %	32.2 %	24.6 %	88.9 %	79.0 %	82.1 %	51.8 %	4.4 %	-1.8	-1.6
2015	Splitter (FS)	620	56.1 %	78.7 %	63.1 %	56.7 %	87.4 %	68.5 %	31.0 %	19.8 %	9.5	1.5
2015	Slider (SL)	509	39.2 %	58.1 %	48.3 %	49.5 %	80.4 %	67.5 %	48.3 %	15.7 %	11.2	2.2
2015	Fourseam (FA)	428	20.9 %	55.7 %	40.2 %	80.0 %	90.2 %	87.8 %	55.4 %	4.9 %	-8.4	-2.0
2015	Sinker (SI)	313	30.8 %	66.2 %	48.2 %	87.8 %	96.1 %	93.4 %	49.2 %	3.2 %	-9.6	-3.1
2015	Cutter (FC)	249	30.7 %	72.5 %	49.0 %	69.8 %	89.9 %	82.8 %	43.8 %	8.4 %	6.5	2.6
2015	Curveball (CU)	168	20.8 %	24.2 %	22.6 %	75.0 %	90.9 %	84.2 %	54.2 %	3.6 %	0.2	0.1
2016	Sinker (SI)	811	30.1 %	60.5 %	45.1 %	85.4 %	94.2 %	91.3 %	49.6 %	4.0 %	6.3	0.8
2016	Splitter (FS)	732	50.2 %	76.7 %	58.7 %	58.6 %	88.4 %	71.2 %	32.2 %	16.9 %	18.1	2.5
2016	Slider (SL)	723	42.8 %	61.9 %	52.6 %	51.0 %	80.4 %	68.7 %	51.2 %	16.5 %	4.3	0.6
2016	Fourseam (FA)	275	10.9 %	65.4 %	41.8 %	84.6 %	88.2 %	87.8 %	56.7 %	5.1 %	-3.6	-1.3
2016	Cutter (FC)	229	34.8 %	76.9 %	56.3 %	74.4 %	86.7 %	83.0 %	51.1 %	9.6 %	-1.4	-0.6
2016	Curveball (CU)	155	19.7 %	31.0 %	25.8 %	57.1 %	92.3 %	80.0 %	54.2 %	5.2 %	-0.4	-0.3
2017	Slider (SL)	857	49.7 %	64.9 %	55.8 %	50.8 %	76.6 %	62.8 %	39.9 %	20.8 %	12.1	1.4
2017	Splitter (FS)	676	55.8 %	82.3 %	62.9 %	49.6 %	85.9 %	62.4 %	26.8 %	23.7 %	6.5	1.0
2017	Sinker (SI)	487	34.9 %	65.0 %	48.9 %	83.5 %	92.5 %	89.1 %	46.4 %	5.3 %	-10.0	-2.1
2017	Fourseam (FA)	300	17.4 %	60.9 %	36.7 %	82.8 %	85.2 %	84.6 %	44.3 %	5.7 %	-6.0	-2.0
2017	Cutter (FC)	235	18.6 %	57.7 %	37.0 %	60.9 %	84.4 %	78.2 %	47.2 %	8.1 %	-6.3	-2.7
2017	Curveball (CU)	166	26.7 %	36.3 %	31.9 %	55.0 %	90.9 %	77.4 %	54.8 %	7.2 %	2.7	1.6
2018	Slider (SL)	778	40.2 %	59.8 %	48.8 %	53.1 %	82.0 %	68.7 %	44.1 %	15.3 %	17.9	2.3
2018	Splitter (FS)	724	55.5 %	83.1 %	63.1 %	52.1 %	89.2 %	65.7 %	27.8 %	21.7 %	3.4	0.5
2018	Fourseam (FA)	496	22.2 %	59.4 %	40.5 %	76.8 %	87.6 %	84.6 %	49.2 %	6.3 %	-7.4	-1.5
2018	Cutter (FC)	126	25.5 %	62.7 %	47.6 %	76.9 %	80.9 %	80.0 %	59.5 %	9.5 %	-2.5	-2.0
2018	Sinker (SI)	109	25.4 %	74.0 %	47.7 %	86.7 %	94.6 %	92.3 %	45.9 %	3.7 %	-3.1	-2.9
2018	Curveball (CU)	91	16.3 %	26.2 %	20.9 %	62.5 %	72.7 %	68.4 %	46.2 %	6.6 %	-2.1	-2.4
Total	Slider (SL)	3294	42.9 %	59.4 %	50.5 %	50.3 %	79.8 %	66.1 %	45.7 %	17.1 %	56.0	1.7
Total	Splitter (FS)	3269	54.5 %	80.3 %	62.1 %	51.9 %	86.5 %	65.0 %	29.3 %	21.7 %	50.2	1.5
Total	Sinker (SI)	2120	31.1 %	64.8 %	47.9 %	84.9 %	94.0 %	91.0 %	49.8 %	4.3 %	-14.4	-0.7
Total	Fourseam (FA)	1914	18.5 %	61.0 %	40.8 %	80.5 %	88.9 %	87.1 %	52.4 %	5.3 %	-36.6	-1.9
Total	Cutter (FC)	962	29.2 %	69.2 %	48.2 %	69.4 %	85.5 %	80.4 %	47.6 %	9.5 %	-4.0	-0.4
Total	Curveball (CU)	694	20.5 %	30.3 %	25.7 %	65.7 %	87.4 %	79.2 %	52.9 %	5.3 %	-1.5	-0.2

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