New manager Rick Renteria, part of a contingent of Cubs personnel that met with Masahiro Tanaka last week in Los Angeles, said Thursday he hopes the team's youth movement pitch will help sell the prized Japanese pitcher to sign Chicago. "[Our pitch] to him is that we're a club on the [upswing]," Renteria said. "We're a club that has a lot of talent [in the minor leagues] besides the guys that we have here [at the major league level]. The organization has quality players coming up that's going to significantly impact the organization." The right-hander went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in the Japanese League last season and is considered by many a top-of-the-rotation starter. The team that signs Tanaka, 25, will owe a $20 million posting fee to the Rakuten Golden Eagles, whom he played for in Japan. Read more http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/stor...s-hope-youth-pitch-helps-land-masahiro-tanaka
