Baseball: Pitchers Tanaka, Hirano listed among 147 MLB free agents

Japanese pitchers Masahiro Tanaka and Yoshihisa Hirano are among 147 players who have been declared free agents for the 2020-2021 offseason, according to a list issued by the Major League Baseball Players Association on Wednesday.Tanaka, who reached double-digit wins in six of his seven seasons with the Yankees, posted a 78-46 record with a 3.74 ERA in 174 games for New York. In the most recent season, he went 3-3 with a 3.56 ERA in 10 starts over 48 innings.Tanaka, who turns 32 on Nov. 1, spent all seven of his MLB seasons from 2014 as a Yankees starter.Reliever Hirano, 36, started his MLB…READ FULL ARTICLE