Masahiro Tanaka Won't Make His Start In Cleveland

On Sunday it won’t be the Japanese right -hander Masahiro Tanaka making his regular start when New York finishes their series in Cleveland.

Instead it will be someone else. The good news is the right -hander isn’t missing the finale because of an injury.

The 30-year-old right-hander returned to New York on Thursday to be with his wife for the birth of their second child, a girl. “according to https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/yankees-place-masahiro-tanaka-paternity-list-will-miss-sunday-start/177e3jttjdj5x16d65paapwbbp

MLB adopted the paternity list in 2011. A player may choose to leave his team to attend the birth of his child. Once placed on the list the player must miss the team's next game, but no more than three games. “according to https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/yankees-place-masahiro-tanaka-paternity-list-will-miss-sunday-start/177e3jttjdj5x16d65paapwbbp

To temporarily fill Tanaka's roster spot, the Yankees recalled left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr. from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.”according to https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/yankees-place-masahiro-tanaka-paternity-list-will-miss-sunday-start/177e3jttjdj5x16d65paapwbbp

With Masahiro Tanaka not starting on Sunday who will Aaron Boone start in the finale? The second year manager could possibly start Chad Green as he’s been used as an opener some this season since returning to big leagues after working out his kinks with his command down in Scranton with New York’s Triple -A team the Scranton RailRiders.