How else can we afford to sign CC Sabathia?
Are you a publisher? Try Daylife's Intelligent Content Services Platform
One report, courtesy of Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, suggests the Angels have moved on to CC Sabathia as their main target. It is conceivable they could sign Sabathia and also acquire Jake Peavy from the Padres, who have multiple needs the talent-rich Angels could satisfy.
The way I look at it, once you get past [CC] Sabathia and Lowe, we're all guessing who's going to have the most wins next year ... Randy is as good a guess as any.
In a move that has no bearing whatsoever on whether the Yankees pursue CC Sabathia hard or not, they’ve looked at Odalis Perez as a depth signing. He wants to stay with the Nats anyhow, so this really, really doesn’t impact anything in Yankeeland at all.
One thing they didn't factor in on CC going to New York is endorsements. You best believe that Sabathia will get pletny of endorsement money in NY.
The Yankees, according to several industry insiders, spent yesterday preparing an offer - perhaps a five-year deal worth about $80 million - for Toronto righty A.J. Burnett. This would come after they offered Milwaukee lefty CC Sabathia a six-year contract worth between $140 million and $145 million.
Giants GM Brian Sabean has reportedly expressed varying degrees of interest in many other free agents, including Rafael Furcal, Casey Blake, Bob Howry, Juan Cruz, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, and C.C. Sabathia.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post offers a dream rotation for the New York Yankees that includes CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe or A.J. Burnett, Chien-Ming Wang, Joba Chamberlain and Andy Pettitte.