Well, it looks like the Yankees have already jumped into the race to get Masahiro Tanaka. I have always found these bidding wars for foreign players very interesting. There have been some big payoffs and there have been a few Jose Contreras's. But with the success Yu Darvish has had, teams are now very eager to give these guys a chance. From what I've seen Tanaka looks like he could jump in and dominate right now. On film it is quite clear that he has a great splitter and slider. he also possesses a deceptive delivery like most Japanese pitchers. I have included a few links below so you can get other takes on this guy.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/richard-justice-masahiro-tanaka-may-yield-big-returns-on-investment?ymd=20131226&content_id=66197088&vkey=news_mlb
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/nyy/yankees-among-first-clubs-to-contact-tanaka?ymd=20131228&content_id=66220090&vkey=news_nyy
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/68159/tanakas-gift-to-baseball
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20131227/masahiro-tanaka-major-league-baseball-value/
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