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TAMPA, Fla. Tampa Bay Rays Hats . -- New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka will miss his next start after being diagnosed with a mild forearm tightness, manager Joe Girardi said Thursday.After taking the 10 days to rest and possibly rehab, Tanaka could take his final turn of the regular season, which could be largely contingent on whether the Yankees are still alive for a playoff berth.Tanaka, who is 14-4 and leads the American League with a 3.08 ERA, complained of a little soreness in his right forearm after Wednesdays start against the Tampa Bay Rays. An MRI revealed, in Girardis words, a slight, slight, slight strain in his flexor mass in the forearm.Girardi, saying he didnt want to alarm anyone that it was a serious injury, stressed the location of the strain is not near Tanakas elbow and instead is closer to his wrist. He also said specialists told him that its unrelated to the ulnar collateral ligament tear that Tanaka suffered in his first year with the Yankees in 2014.From what weve been told it has nothing to do with the UCL ligament, pitching coach Larry Rothschild said.Added Girardi: I feel like this is just a little nick.Girardi does not know who will start in Tanakas place in Toronto on Monday. He mentioned Luis Severino as a possibility but said Severino will still be used out of the bullpen this weekend, which could eliminate him as an option.Tanaka won Wednesday but gave up four home runs in his six innings and did not have an effective slider or cutter. If he is cleared to pitch going forward, he will go through his normal routine over the next five days, opening up the possibility that he could start the final weekend of the season against the Baltimore Orioles.Im not worried at all, said Tanaka, who is a Cy Young Award contender. I should be able to come back strong so Im not really worried about anything.On the season, Tanaka has thrown 199? innings. He has not reached 200 innings in any of his three seasons in the major leagues.He missed two months of the 2014 season because of a small tear in the ulnar collateral ligament. He chose not to have surgery. In 2015, he went on the DL with a wrist and forearm injury and a hamstring issue. He had been injury-free in 2016. Tampa Bay Rays T-shirts .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Custom Tampa Bay Rays Jerseys . The deal is pending a physical, assistant general manager Bobby Evans said. Traded from Seattle to Baltimore on Aug. 30, Morse also can play first base and right field to give manager Bruce Bochy some flexibility in writing his lineup. http://www.theraysfansshop.com/Alex-Cobb-Jersey/ . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. A new year of League of Legends means a slew of changes from champions and to the rosters of the clubs challenging for the Summoners Cup and to the Summoners Rift itself. One aspect of the game that hasnt morphed over the years, however, has been the drafting phase of the game -- but that might soon change.Currently, the two teams fire bans back and forth until six champions are left off the table. From there, the blue side picks the first champion it want in its composition, and then the red side counters with two picks of its own. At the end, to counteract the blue side from getting the theoretical strongest champion on the board with the first pick of the draft, the red side gets the final choice -- a position that is normally used to try to counter the opposing team, with the blue side having its lineup already set in place.All that could be different in 2017, however, with a possible 10-champion ban system being implemented for the new season. Unlike the current iteration, the draft phase could become a staggered draft, meaning it would flip from banning to picking champions to back into banning champions -- before ultimately picking the final champions for each teams composition out of the remaining champion field.While the image of the drafting process might not be entirely correct -- the blue side would not only get the first champion selection but the last, as well, effectively negating the balance of the draft -- its possible a variation of the staggered draft will make its way into the professional scene for the start of the new campaign. With the amount of champions in the game growing by six to eight each year, it seemed inevitable the draft would need to be expanded.In a world where the 10-ban staggered draft is implemented -- but with the red still getting the final pick of the draft instead of the blue -- it would change the entire complexion of the professional scene. Players with minuscule champion pools would almost certainly become extinct over the next year; while being able to play two to three champions at an elite level has been doable for the past few splits, it would be almost impossible in the new system. While teams could prioritize those players ahead of the rest in the drafting phase every game, that player would eventually become an anchor to the team, pulling down the rest of the club along the way.The winners of the change, as cited by OGN caster Christopher MonteCristo Mykles, would also just so happen to be the region that has won the past four World Championships in dominating fashion: South Korea. Brad Boxberger Rays Jersey. [Ten] bans in LoL is only going to make the gap between Korea and the West wider, due to deeper champ pools of KR players, said Mykles on Twitter. Now there is basically no hope of Western pocket/comfort picks, and many NA/EU players can just be completely banned out. R.I.P. [CLGs] Huhi.This change would almost seem like a gift to a player such as Lee Faker Sang-hyeok. After revolutionizing the mid lane with picks such as Riven when he was a rookie, he has been itching to bring unknown champions to the spotlight with his immaculate touch. The extra bans would simply allow Faker to open up his Pacific Ocean-sized champion pool to swallow up teams whole. Weve already seen what Faker can do on unorthodox champions against mid laners armed with their top choice. What happens when Faker gets to play against a player who is on their fourth- or fifth-best champion? The answer is a continuous montage of gray screens for the opponent.Additionally, the drafting change would make the game more complex. With Riot reinforcing lane matchups to spite lane swapping, the scene has been missing the depth it once had. The drafting changes would make it so that games could be decided, now more than ever, in the pick-and-ban phase. A good drafter -- be it the coach, in-game leader or committee -- could become stronger than the sum of its parts, with smart drafting and picking at the weak points of teams.Last season, the Immortals team had trouble in the drafting phase but was able to overcome its shortcomings by being more talented than a majority of the field. The mishaps in the draft would catch it come playoff time against the best teams in the league, and in this new system, Immortals would be even more open to attacks from smaller clubs.Perhaps in the current system, a certain team could never hope of beating a club with more firepower; adding four more bans, however, with a staggered draft, will separate the simply talented teams to the all-around great ones. As always in League of Legends, its adapt or die. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '

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