Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka was placed on the disabled list with right wrist tendinitis and a mild forearm strain, general manager Brian Cashman announced.
CC Sabathia will have surgery on his right knee, which will end his 2014 season.
Masahiro Tanaka apologized Friday to the New York Yankees, his teammates and the team's fans for being sidelined by a partially torn ligament in his right elbow.
The New York Yankees will be without Masahiro Tanaka, their ace righthander, for at least six weeks due to a partially torn elbow ligament, but seem for now to have dodged the bullet of season-ending Tommy John surgery.
Yankees rookie sensation Masahiro Tanaka has been placed on the 15-day disabled list due to elbow inflammation.
Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka traveled to New York on Wednesday for an MRI on his pitching arm, a source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com's Wallace Matthews.