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”I was kind of being a little bit cautious about it,” Tanaka said through a translator. ”But it turned out that I didn’t feel anything.”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tanaka will throw off a mound again Tuesday at New York’s spring training complex in Tampa. That lines Tanaka up to pitch in a simulated game Friday.
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Tanaka is 7-2 with a 4.58 ERA in 13 starts.
”The arm strength is still there,” Tanaka said. ”Was able to really throw with some force on it.”
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