Pedro Estimates Tanaka Is Pitching At '65 Percent'

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Pedro Estimates Tanaka Is Pitching At '65 Percent' 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:50 pm

Pedro Martinez doesn't think Masahiro Tanaka is pitching at full strength.

There has been much discussion about Tanaka's health this spring. He pitched with a ligament tear in his right elbow at the end of last season, but didn't have surgery.

"I've been there. I know that Tanaka is probably at 65 percent," Martinez said on the MLB Network. "He might be better than a young kid rushed up from the Minor Leagues, but in the end, it's going to come back to bite them. I think Tanaka is not committed to his pitches. Tanaka is a guy who's aggressive in the strike zone and attacks the strike zone. He doesn't look like he's attacking the strike zone."

Via Spencer Fordin/MLB

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