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CC Sabathia will receive $9.5 million from the New York Yankees before he throws his first official pitch in pinstripes.
The New York Yankees have finalized their contracts with free-agent pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett.
The New York Yankees reeled in another pitcher with a rich offer, reaching agreement with free agent A.J. Burnett on $82.5 million, five-year contract Friday. CC Sabathia and the Yankees made a deal for $161 million over seven years on Wednesday during the winter meetings. After missing the playoffs following a 13-year run, the Yankees again showed they were more than willing to shell out big bucks for pitching.
According to the New York Post, CC Sabathia has decided to sign with the New York Yankees after three straight days of face-to-face meetings with Yankees GM Brian Cashman.
CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees agreed Wednesday on the framework for a $161 million, seven-year contract, the richest for a pitcher in baseball history.
Two teams from New York took over the town at baseball's winter meetings.
CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal.
LeBron James is convinced CC Sabathia will end up in pinstripes.
Joe Girardi said this week he'd enjoy showing free agents around the new Yankee Stadium. CC Sabathia is one of the players the New York manager has in mind for a tour of the spacious clubhouse, players lounge, indoor batting cage and underground hot tub.
CC Sabathia will soon be receiving a contract offer from the Milwaukee Brewers.
Let the race for the ace begin. But don't think a truck full of money will be the top factor in where CC Sabathia decides to sign.
The Cleveland Indians have acquired a minor league outfielder from the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the CC Sabathia trade.
CC Sabathia's next start might be six months from now with a different team.
Maybe this whole rest business is overrated. CC Sabathia pitched the Milwaukee Brewers into the playoffs while taking only three-day breaks. Mark Buehrle, John Danks and the Chicago White Sox made it there the same way. So did Old Hoss Moyer and the Philadelphia Phillies.
With one more loss to the Phillies, CC Sabathia and the Milwaukee Brewers will have all winter to rest. Brett Myers rankled Sabathia with a pesky at-bat and dominated the rest of the Brewers from the mound, and Philadelphia beat Milwaukee 5-2 on Thursday night behind Shane Victorino's grand slam for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five NL playoff series.
Yovani Gallardo will start Game 1 for the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL playoffs against Philadelphia, followed by ace CC Sabathia for Game 2.
Already standing tall, CC Sabathia climbed on top of the Brewers dugout and sprayed fans with bubbly.
CC Sabathia and Ryan Braun put the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoffs for the first time since 1982 — with big help from the New York Mets. Making his third consecutive start on three days' rest, Sabathia pitched a four-hitter and Braun hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to lead the Brewers over the Chicago Cubs 3-1 Sunday.
CC Sabathia and Ryan Braun helped the Brewers end 26 years of frustration, while Mets fans watched a frustrating finale rerun of their wretched September collapse from a year ago.
CC Sabathia sizzled on short rest, and the Milwaukee Brewers pulled even with the New York Mets in the NL wild-card race. Sabathia gave up four hits over seven innings while striking out a season-high 11 and the Brewers rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Wednesday night.
Not even prized acquisition CC Sabathia could keep the Milwaukee Brewers in contention for the NL Central title. The wild-card race is looking pretty grim now, too.
The Chicago Cubs did what no other National League team has been able to do this season. They beat CC Sabathia. Ryan Dempster got his 16th win and Chicago sent the Milwaukee Brewers to their fifth straight loss, holding on for a 5-4 win Tuesday night that spoiled interim manager Dale Sveum's debut.
Ben Sheets pitched a five-hitter for his career-high 13th win and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 1-0 on Saturday night.
Upon further review, the play stands. Major League Baseball's scoring review committee ruled Wednesday that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he decided that Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-0 win on Sunday.
One day after CC Sabathia pitched a controversial one-hitter against Pittsburgh, Milwaukee's general manager said he may lobby to have changes made to the way official scoring decisions are made.
Post Reports CC to Sign with the YanksThe NY Post is reporting that CC has agreed to a deal with the Yankees that would pay him $160 million over 7 years.
Big storylines at baseball's winter meetingsBetter late than never, the winter's top story lines are beginning to develop as we head into next week's winter meetings. One thing is for sure, all eyes will be on CC Sabathia, Jake Peavy and Manny Ramirez as general managers gather in Las Vegas.
There seems to be a lot of fuss over CC Sabathia not running, jumping and laughing all the way to the bank with the pile of money the Yankees have offered, reportedly $140 million over six seasons.
Yankees must break the bank for pitchingIf the Yankees are to return to the playoffs, as their fans feel it is their divine right to do, they've got to get pitching. As luck would have it, there are two great starters out there, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. The Yankees should sign both, and get Derek Lowe, too.
Young Charlie sparkles as Braves top D'Backs in series openerCharlie Morton delivered another strong performance, shutting out the Diamondbacks for seven innings as the Braves topped Arizona 6-4. Morton allowed just five hits, five days after pitching well in a non-decision against Milwaukee.
Morton strong, but Sabathia stronger as Braves plunge to 10 under, 10 backCharlie Morton pitched seven strong innings, but CC Sabathia held the Braves in check as Atlanta fell 4-2 to Milwaukee on Saturday at Turner Field, falling to 10 games under .500 for the first time in more than two years.
Chuckie clocked as Braves smashed by Brew CrewChuck James may have been successful at Richmond, but he was the same ol' Chuckie Friday night, allowing six runs and walking four in 2 2/3 innings as the Braves were blown out of Turner Field by the Brewers, 9-0. Atlanta mustered just five hits in the rout.
Braves power past Cards, halt five-game skidIt's been a horrible week for the Braves, but Thursday brought some good news: five decent innings from Mike Hampton, four shutout innings from the bullpen, and three-hit games from Clint Sammons and Omar Infante as the Braves won 9-4 to snap a five-game losing streak.
Welcome to Sell City: another big lead wasted as Braves slide 7 1/2 backLeading by five runs early, the Braves bullpen imploded in a 12-10 loss Sunday at Philadelphia that sends the Braves 7 1/2 games back in the NL East, and most likely forces management to shift into sell mode as the trade deadline approaches.
Our dangerous statistical ignoranceThe single most pernicious threat to liberty today is humanity's natural tendency to misunderstand the statistics of rare events. We're just not wired to have good intuition about things that happen with extreme infrequency.
Cleveland Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia wins AL Cy Young Award - cleveland.comHe has grown up right in front of us. Now that he's primed and polished and has the American League Cy Young Award trophy sitting in the back seat, will C.C. Sabathia drive right out of Cleveland?
Pitching splits are, quite possibly, even more ridiculous than batting splits. That might just make them more fun to mess with, though. Here, then, are some utterly absurd things to consider about pitchers one month into the 2007 MLB season.
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