Masahiro Tanaka has not been super consistent during the regular season in his six years as a Yankee. Signed to a seven-year, $155 million contract in January 2014, some might say he has not lived up to that deal. But in looking at his postseason numbers, maybe they change their minds.
Tanaka has always been a big-game pitcher. Heck, not even just a pitcher. In the fall of 2005, at age 17, Tanaka hit home runs in four straight games to lead his high school to a championship in the Meiji Jingu Tournament. The next summer, he was reportedly sick with intestinal inflammation throughout the National High School Baseball Championship, but threw 52.