Tanaka's elbow

[cool hand]

How confident is everyone in this cat making it through 2017 unscathed, torn UCL and all?
Have an offer on the table, and I'm a might bit concerned...

[joncarlos]

I mean, I was scared in 2015, and he survived. I was scared last year, and he survived. I'm a tiny bit less scared this year, so this is probably the year it breaks.

[revo]

I mean, I was scared in 2015, and he survived. I was scared last year, and he survived. I'm a tiny bit less scared this year, so this is probably the year it breaks.

Ha, was thinking the same thing. The year I draft him will be the year his elbow blows apart.

[Hornsby]

It all depends on what the offer is...everything had a right price, what's the price for Tanaka?

[DMT]

I paid $14 for him last year and he helped me score 59 of a possible 60 pitching points. I would pay about that for him again (12-team mixed) though I'm not going to keep him.

[chancellor]

It all depends on what the offer is...everything had a right price, what's the price for Tanaka?

This is the key question. And what your other pitching keepers are.

[cool hand]

The price I'm paying is irrelevant. I've already determined that the asking price is something that I can part with, and the rest of my staff is being kept at well below cost.
I'm more concerned with pen's impressions of his reliability. Have we had a similar precedent? I cant think of any.
In an AL only 4x4, he was the #6 SP last year. If he comes close to last year's numbers, he's well worth the already discounted price ($17).
That's the same price he went for in LABR this year, which I think is fair. If my calculations are correct, the only upper tier pitchers available at draft will be Sale, and the likes of Felix & Price, who come with their own (substantial) issues.

So, the question remains, do you roster him at a fair price, that is likely already discounted for health reasons?

[fuhrdog]

I'm more concerned with pen's impressions of his reliability. Have we had a similar precedent? I cant think of any.

Ervin Santana?

[revo]

Tanaka's Elbow would be a great name for a band.

[Hornsby]

Tanaka's Elbow would be a great name for a band.

I'd buy the albu...errr...CD....errr, whatever it's called these days. Get off my lawn!

[kawaise]

I mean, I was scared in 2015, and he survived. I was scared last year, and he survived. I'm a tiny bit less scared this year, so this is probably the year it breaks.

ditto