THE RACE FOR MASAHIRO TANAKA IS ON!

If you thought the Yankees would have an easy offseason signing top players to field a better team in 2014... think again.

The latest report is that the Chicago Cubs will go hard to sign Masahiro Tanaka.  According to MLB.com's Phil Rogers, "Tanaka, according to Major League Baseball sources, has become a top priority for Cubs’ owner Tom Ricketts and his baseball group, headed by Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer. He is expected to be offered up for the posting process by the Golden Eagles after the Japan Series, and the Cubs will bid heavily on it.  So too will all of baseball’s biggest spenders, with the Yankees, Red Sox and Rangers among the teams most frequently mentioned as having interest. The Blue Jays, Mariners, Dodgers and maybe another half dozen teams are also following Tanaka closely."

So, where's Brian Cashman? Anyone know? Is he in Tampa for "meetings?" I picture him like in a scene from any 70's cop movie where he's in the Captain's office waiting for the cash so he can make a drop with a briefcase of money.  The trouble is, we don't want the red tape... we want him to take the briefcase and make the offer.

Look... Yankeeland wants to know the Yankees are serious this time!  Last offseason, we all called them out but Hal swore we put a top team on the field.  We of course knew they didn't and that was the result..fourth place.

If the Yankees are serious and are worried about losing a Yankee fan base, they better step it up.  I don't know much about Tanaka, except for what I read. But I also know the propoganda about how good Tanaka is isn't coming from Yankee brass... it's coming from several high level media reports from around the globe. They aren't feeding off of each other to make Tanaka bigger than he is...  It's legit, he's real good.  We can't wait. If we're going to roll the dice... we need to roll it.

Don't drag your feet Brian... do it!

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