Tanaka decides to stay with Yankees, not use 選ぶ out
NEW YORK (AP) - Masahiro Tanaka decided to stay with the New York Yankees and not 演習 the 権利 to 選ぶ out of the remaining three seasons of his 契約.
A 権利-hander who turned 29 on Wednesday, Tanaka was 13-12 with a 4.74 ERA, the highest of his four seasons with Yankees, and he 許すd a career-high 35 ホームランs. He was on the 無能にするd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） for nearly two weeks in August because of 権利 shoulder inflammation, then went 5-2 in his last seven 正規の／正選手-season starts.
Tanaka excelled in the プレーオフs, going 2-1 with a 0.90 ERA, 18 strikeouts and three walks in 20 innings during the 分割 Series against Cleveland and League 選手権 Series versus Houston. That led to 憶測 he might give up the $67 million still 借りがあるd on his $155 million, seven-year 取引，協定 and 実験（する） the market.
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, New York Yankees starting 投手 Masahiro Tanaka throws during the first inning of Game 5 of baseball's American League 選手権 Series against the Houston Astros in New York. Tanaka has decided to stay with the Yankees and not 演習 the 権利 to 選ぶ out of the remaining three seasons of his 契約. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, とじ込み／提出する)
"It was a simple 決定／判定勝ち（する） for me as I have truly enjoyed the past four years playing for this organization," he said in a 声明 解放（する）d by the team on Friday. "I'm committed to our goal of bringing a World Series 選手権 支援する."
Tanaka is 52-28 with New York. He was 設立する to have a 部分的に／不公平に torn ligament in his pitching 肘 during the 2014 season, and since then the Yankees have tried to give him extra 残り／休憩（する） at times. He gets a $22 million salary in each of the next two seasons and $23 million in 2020.
In other Yankees news, Kevin Reese was 促進するd to 上級の director of player 開発. He 取って代わるs Gary Denbo, who left last month to join the Miami マカジキs.
The 39-year-old Reese played 12 games for the Yankees in 2005-06. He was a professional scout from 2008-14, then spent the last three seasons as director of プロの／賛成の scouting.
Denbo was with the Yankees for 23 years over three stretches and was 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of player 開発 for the last three seasons. He was 雇うd by the マカジキs as 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of scouting and player 開発 under former Yankees captain Derek Jeter, who 長，率いるs baseball and 商売／仕事 操作／手術s for Miami's new 所有権 group.
Also Friday, the Yankees 活動させる／戦時編成するd 権利-hander Luis Cessa from the 60-day 無能にするd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）. Cessa did not pitch after Aug. 14 because of a ribcage 傷害.
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