{"playerId":5655,"percentChange":-5.5,"averageDraftPosition":73.4,"percentOwned":82.7,"playerRaterSEASON":2.9,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Manager Joe Girardi announced that Tanaka (shoulder) is lined up to start Tuesday's game against the Tigers, Meredith Marakovits of the YES Network reports.","spin":"Tanaka's successful bullpen session Friday was enough to convince Girardi and company that he's ready to return to the Yankees' rotation. Some shoulder fatigue landed Tanaka on the DL earlier in the month, but the added rest during his time on the shelf has gotten him ready for the home stretch of the season. He will be tested upon his return, however, as Tanaka has a 5.81 road ERA this season and is set to face a Tigers lineup that has shown major pop on occasion in the second half.","date":"Sat Aug 19"},"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":3.3,"playerRater15DAY":-2,"positionRank":55}