It was "fauxpening" day today as six teams played three games on the Sunday before opening day and I was pumped to say the least. The first game of the season featured the Yankees against the Rays and it was primed to be a great welcome to season. Except when it wasn't as Masahiro Tanaka elected to not show up after not allowing a single ER in Spring Training, giving any exciting owners a line of 2.2 IP, 7 ER, 8 Hits, 2 BBs, 3 Ks. Holy Blegh that is horrendous. If you tuned in for today's live stream, I mentioned before the game started how Tanaka is dangerously close to becoming Jerad Eickhoff. I guess Tanaka heard me say Schmerad Eickhoff, Jerad's half-brother who hung up his cleats to win the love of his high-school sweetheart. Don't do anything silly, it's just one outing, and if some owner suddenly wants to get rid of Masahiro, you best find a way to take advantage of that value.
Let's see how every other SP did yesterday:
