CC Sabathia earned a title spot with one of the best Major League Baseball teams, finally. He is set to join the New York Yankees as the new staff ace after months and months of shuffling and money arranging. Sabathia has agreed to sign the richest contract of any pitcher in Major League Baseball. This week in Las Vegas didn’t stop the drama that was surrounding Sabathia as Yankees general manager Brian Cashman left his Winter Meetings to come to California and meet the man of the hour for the third time in three days. The 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner finally decided it was the right move to go the East Coast and once final examinations commence an official announcement will be made. “CC is left-handed, a tremendous competitor, and his talent is obvious,” Cashman said to MLB.com. “He matches that with his character at the same time. That’s obviously why we’ve been extremely interested in bringing him in the fold.” With an additional year and an extra $20 million the deal was sealed, rounding out the entire package to seven years, $161 million. “You get very excited about it,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said to MLB.com. “I think you stay a little bit reserved because there’s still things that have to be done. But you do get excited about it, because it’s a guy that we talked about that we were going to pursue very heavily all along.” Check out Yankees tickets for the 2009 to see the new starting left handed pitcher throw!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2008
