The Yankees are "very close" to a preliminary agreement with Sabathia on Wednesday morning, following an in-person meeting between GM Brian Cashman and Sabathia in California, a baseball source with knowledge of the deal told ESPN.com. While a deal is not done, the source said there are "zero major road blocks" that would prevent the Yankees from reaching agreement with 28-year-old lefthander. Not all terms of the deal are agreed to yet, the source indicated. Sabathia also would need to take a physical. Source: ESPN.com
This would really help the Yanks, as they do need some pitching. they have the ability to succeed with the batters and fielders, but their pitching staff has been weak for a while now.
CC, don't do it. You will be miserable. Guess the Rays making the WS and the Yanks left at home last year really pissed old Hank Steinbrenner off.
Yanks, Sabathia reach agreement Thought I'd post that since it's official now.....the money they throw around is a joke, I hope they continue to miss the playoffs.:icon_rolleyes:
so.....let's see if I got this right. 161 million for 7 years which is 23 million a year which ...if he start 40 games means that he gets paid 575,000 per start. If he pitches 7 innings then he gets paid over 80,000 per inning. Anyone else see something wrong here?
The luxury tax obviously isn't much of a deterrent so a hard cap may be the next step, but then you have to enforce a minimum cap to.
When I think of Sabathia, all I can remember is this moment: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe6AWrx_vEw]YouTube - SHANE VICTORINO GRAND SLAM NLDS 2008 PLAYOFFS[/ame]
