“CC Sabathia is going to be a Yankee,” writes Joel Sherman in an exclusive report for the New York Post.
Sabathia agreed to a six-year, $140 contract last night, following three straight days of meetings with Yankees GM Brian Cashman, according to Sherman’s report.
This morning on ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, Sherman said, ‘the Yankees are trying to corner the market,’ as they have made the highest offer to A.J. Burnett, they have met with Scott Boras about Derek Lowe, and have been sent medical reports on Ben Sheets, who they met with in Vegas.
According to Sherman, the Yankees want a rotation with power arms, despite the injury risk associated with such a plan.
…why do you care…
Now that Sabathia has locked in with the Yankees, setting the off-season bar for pitchers, people in baseball expect players like Burnett, Lowe, Sheets and others to begin signing as well.

CC Sabathia just signed the most highest contract for a major league pitcher in the history of the MLB. It's extravegant because he is going to have a 9 figure salary and he basically is set for life.