Kensuke Tanaka

32-Year-Old Second Baseman – San Francisco Giants

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Even by NPB standards, Tanaka is a small ball player -- good defense, stolen bases, plate discipline, contact skills and sacrifice bunts, but no power. At his peak in Japan, Tanaka hit for a high aver...

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LEAGUE: AAA 40 MAN: NO BATS: L THROWS: R DOB: 5/20/1981 DRAFTED: No

March 21, 2013 – Kensuke Tanaka News

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Tanaka was reassigned to minor-league camp Thursday, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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San Francisco Giants Roster

Majors

Abreu, Tony (2B)
Affeldt, Jeremy (P)
Arias, Joaquin (SS)
Belt, Brandon (1B)
Blanco, Gregor (OF)
Bumgarner, Madison (P)
Cain, Matt (P)
Casilla, Santiago (P)
Crawford, Brandon (SS)
Gaudin, Chad (P)
Kontos, George (P)
Lincecum, Tim (P)
Lopez, Javier (P)
Machi, Jean (P)
Mijares, Jose (P)
Noonan, Nick (2B)
Pagan, Angel (OF)
Pence, Hunter (OF)
Pill, Brett (1B)
Posey, Buster (C)
Quiroz, Guillermo (C)
Romo, Sergio (P)
Sandoval, Pablo (3B)
Scutaro, Marco (2B)
Surkamp, Eric (P)
Torres, Andres (OF)
Vogelsong, Ryan (P)
Zito, Barry (P)

AAA

Adrianza, Ehire (SS)
Agosta, Martin (P)

Bond, Brock (2B)
Bonser, Boof (P)
Brown, Gary (OF)
Castillo, Fabio (P)
Ciriaco, Juan (SS)
Daigle, Casey (P)
Dominguez, Chris (3B)
Dunning, Jake (P)
Edlefsen, Steve (P)
Espineli, Geno (P)
Gillespie, Cole (OF)
Hembree, Heath (P)
Heston, Chris (P)
Kickham, Mike (P)
Kieschnick, Roger (OF)
Linden, Todd (OF)
Loux, Shane (P)
Meloan, Jonathan (P)
Osich, Josh (P)
Peguero, Francisco (OF)
Perez, Juan C. (OF)
Petit, Yusmeiro (P)
Rosario, Sandy (P)
Runzler, Dan (P)
Sadowski, Ryan (P)
Sanchez, Hector (C)
Shuman, Scott (P)
Kensuke Tanaka (2B)
Tobin, Mason (P)
Villegas, Ydwin (SS)
Williams, Jackson (C)
Williamson, Johnathan (OF)

AA

Duvall, Adam (3B)
Fairley, Wendell (OF)
Herrera, Javier (OF)
Maday, Daryl (P)
Mayora, Dan (SS)
Monell, Johnny (C)
Panik, Joe (SS)
Parker, Jarrett (OF)
Quirarte, Edwin (P)
Susac, Andrew (C)
Yourkin, Matt (P)

A+

Blackburn, Clayton (P)
Bucardo, Jorge (P)
Concepcion, Edward (P)
Crick, Kyle (P)
Escobar, Edwin (P)
Fleet, Austin (P)
Jurica, Carter (SS)
Marte, Kelvin (P)
Oropesa, Ricky (1B)
Villalona, Angel (1B)

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Graham, Matt (P)
Jones, Chuckie (OF)
Marlowe, Chris (P)
Mejia, Adalberto (P)
Payne, Shawn (OF)
Rodriguez, Rafael (OF)
Santiago, Gaspar (P)
Soptic, Jeff (P)
Stratton, Chris (P)

Strickland, Hunter (P)

Rookie

Cabrera, Gustavo (OF)
Roibal , Reinier (P)

Kensuke Tanaka: Past News Updates ( ▲ View most recent update )

3/15/2013

Tanaka has been ruled out of starting the season on the Giants' big-league roster, CSN Bay Area reports.

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1/10/2013

Tanaka and San Francisco agreed on a minor league contract that includes an invitation spring training, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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1/9/2013

The Giants are closing in on signing Tanaka to a minor league contract that includes a spring training invite, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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12/3/2012

The Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays have expressed interest in signing Tanaka, the Kyodo news service reports.

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11/13/2012

Tanaka has filed for international free agency, the Kyodo news service reports.

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10/30/2012

Tanaka is expected to exercise a clause in his contract with the Nippon Ham Fighters that allows him to move to MLB for 2013. He's reportedly willing to accept a minor league contract, according to NPBTracker.com.

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