Mariners Need Approval For Spending On Tanaka

Sources: #Mariners weighing a number of options - Tanaka, Price, N. Cruz, etc. - but need to persuade ownership to keep pressing forward.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 6, 2014

The Seattle Mariners jumped ahead of everyone in the Masahiro Tanaka sweepstakes last week and today we learned that may have been a bit premature. Seattle is awaiting management approval to further open the purse strings to make any more significant additions, namely Tanaka or another starting pitcher. The Yankees and the Mariners seem ready to go head to head in the starting pitching market, whether it be for Tanaka or another free agent on the market, and hopefully the Yankees don't lose out this time.