Masahiro Tanaka was unfortunately struck with a 112-mile-per-hour line drive off the bat of Giancarlo Stanton under two weeks ago. He is scheduled to throw a bullpen on Thursday.
While we don’t know if Tanaka will be ready for the start of the season yet, the mere fact that he has a shot is incredible. He went to the hospital after the incident and was released later that evening. And once he returned to the field, he seemed likely his normal bubbly self.
So here’s the conspiracy theory that I am proposing: Masahiro Tanaka is not human.