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Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees coach Joe Girardi and General Manager Brian Cashman spoke on Tuesday (11 February) after Tanaka was presented as the team's newest pitcher.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Brian Cashman, New York Yankees General Manager: "Hell yeah. It's a lot of money. Every contract we do, the bigger, the more risk. No question about it. so unfortunately when changed it, this turned into, instead of being am incredibly large posting number that would go to the Eagles, it turned into an incredibly large contract that would mostly go the player. So this contract is reflective of the posting system change and clearly the free agent bidding war that took place for a 25 year old in a market that's really empty of pitching."