When it comes to Masahiro Tanaka, it's not yet -- to borrow a phrase rapidly gaining traction in Flushing -- "Panic City."
Two consecutive bad starts don't portend disaster for the rest of the season, but when the righthander takes the mound Friday night at the Stadium against the Rays, there will be some curious, if not nervous, eyes on him.
"I think it's really important that we get him going," Joe Girardi said. "He's had a couple of rough outings after some really good ones and we have to get him back on track."
After spending a little more than a month on the disabled list with right wrist tendinitis and a right forearm strain, Tanaka went 2-1 with a 1.