Year of Yaz said:MLB network has anointed him as the best starter in the AL. His stats certainly support that conclusion.
I don't know if I'd go quite that far, I'd still rather have Scherzer or Darvish or maybe a few others. He has been fantastic so far, though, hard for anyone to argue that too much.
Tanaka's splits are interesting: he destroys LHB (.525 OPS) despite being a RHP, while RHB do decidedly better against him so far (.685 OPS).