{"playerId":5655,"percentChange":-4.1,"averageDraftPosition":72.8,"percentOwned":92.1,"playerRaterSEASON":-0.6,"playerRater7DAY":-5,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Tanaka has \"no indicators\" of health issues, and general manager Brian Cashman said the team doesn't believe there's reason to give him any tests, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.","spin":"The right-hander's 6.56 ERA and 2.44 HR/9 point to something being wrong, but even with Tanaka's history of elbow concerns in recent years, the Yankees aren't panicking over his health. Perhaps they'll work on a mechanical fix. Until then, he remains a dicey start-to-start option in mixed fantasy leagues, but players in deeper games may find it difficult to bench him considering his ever-present ace upside.","date":"Thu May 25"},"fullName":"Masahiro Tanaka","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"The fear of impending Tommy John surgery sometimes instills excessive fear within us, with Tanaka an excellent such example. Since it was revealed in late 2014 that he had a small tear in the UCL in his right elbow, he has finished among the top 25 starters using Rotisserie scoring in both 2015 and 2016; volume-wise, he finished 36th among starters in the former. Tanaka's elite control -- he's one of three pitchers to have made at least 20 starts with a walk rate beneath five percent of his total batters faced in each of the past three seasons (Bartolo Colon, Clayton Kershaw) -- and difficult-to-square-up splitter makes him an extremely reliable, high-floor starter when healthy. While there'll always be risk he succumbs to such a surgery someday, Tanaka's consistent success makes him well worth drafting as a top-25 starter in any format.","seasonId":2017,"date":"Tue Feb 21"},"playerRater30DAY":-0.1,"playerRater15DAY":-7.7,"positionRank":115}