When I went to bed last night Brian Cashman had dashed off to San Francisco to meet Mrs. Sabathia, who is apparently the decision maker in the family. When I woke up, he had signed a 7 year deal worth around 160 million which is more than the initial deal the Yankees offered. That extra year pushes the average salary per year down, but seven year deals (and six year deals that aren’t to lockup arbitration years plus a few) are scary! So, I guess in five years I might be bitching that CC Sabathia is going to be a Yankee for two more when Tim Linecum or someone hits free agency and they can’t afford him but for now it’s pretty cool.
Things that are not particularly cool:
- CC has a ton of innings logged and while I think the Yankees will be more careful with him than the Brewers or Indians were the last two years he could still start slow like in 2008.
- CC has a ton of innings logged and is a big in every way guy. If he doesn’t shape up a bit, he might age really badly or his knees, legs and back could degrade quickly. Scary!
- It’s being reported that they were able to get him to sign by offering him an opt-out clause after the first three years. I think by now it’s obvious that if you give someone that clause, they’ll take it. Unless of course he is horrible and then he won’t take it, which would also not be ideal.
- The Yankees lineup is still meh and old and not very exciting and they probably will not sign Mark Teixeira because of the longevity he is looking for/being offered. That would be okay if they did something like sign Adam Dunn but they aren’t doing that either because…
- They are offering Derek Lowe absurd years and money and expecting him to be amazing in the AL East which will probably not happen.
But oh well at least one good thing has happened so far.
