Yankees' Tanaka on track for pre-season debut

[Sports News]

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Japanese hurler Masahiro Tanaka is moving closer to his first game of spring training for the New York Yankees. The Yankees have been keeping a close eye on Tanaka, looking for trouble related to the partially torn right elbow ligament that sidelined him for part of last season. He threw a 30-pitch bullpen session on Wednesday at the Yankees' spring training facility in Tampa, Florida. "Gradually, I've been able to build up pretty well thus far," Tanaka said in comments posted on the team's website.

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