Are the Giants a Threat to the Yankees' Goal of Signing CC Sabathia?

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It has been said throughout the fall and early winter that CC Sabathia would likely rather sign somewhere out West, if given the choice. He actually lives in the Bay Area, and would also prefer to stay in the National League. Do the San Francisco Giants have a realistic shot at acquiring the dominant left-hander? The answer from several sources is a resounding "yes."

Let's consider the situation. The Yankees already offered to make Sabathia the highest paid pitcher of all-time. He hasn't done a single thing about that offer. Thinking rationally, if he really wanted to pitch for the Yankees he would have accepted the offer by now. He's not going to make much more money anywhere else, and that's likely going to be the highest offer.

According to this author, the Giants' recent quasi-spending spree -- Jeremy Affeldt, Bob Howry, Edgar Renteria -- is an attempt to shore up a bit of their roster before making a serious run at Sabathia. This would serve two purposes. First of all, they'd know how much money they can pay the big man, and secondly, they could sell Sabathia on a realistic chance to win the NL West.

This actually seems plausible, in my view, and can you imagine a top three of Sabathia, Tim Lincecum, and Matt Cain? The post-Bonds era has lasted only one year thus far, and the team was a forgotten one -- other than their tiny Cy Young award winner. The insignificance of the franchise will have only lasted that one season if this move is pulled off. Many teams in the NL West -- if not all of them -- are in flux right now. Bringing in Sabathia along with their other moves would put the Giants right in the mix.

Personally, I hope they do sign him. It's boring when the Yankees can just sign whomever they wish.

Also of note: The Angels are not focused on CC.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-04-2008 @ 1:59PM

TheHulk said...

So much for being objective....

Author wrote "Personally, I hope they do sign him. It's boring when the Yankees can just sign whomever they wish."

I couldn't care less where CC goes but lets be fair no one complained about the Giants buying Zito (haha) or the Red Sox buying DiceK and So on and so on...

But god forbid the yanks hired the best employee they can for their business (Thats Bad)

I remind you that:
Jeter
Posada
Rivera
Pettite
Cano
Melky
Joba
Hughes
Kennedy
and Wang

ALL ARE FROM THE YANKEES FARM SYSTEM

PS I'm a Rays Fan, The Rays are the only team who has built all of there talent from the ground up. If your a fan of any team but the Rays you have no right to complain about the Yankees. YOUR ALL THE SAME...

12-04-2008 @ 2:15PM

Matt Snyder said...

I'm not anti-Yankees.

I'm pro-excitement. CC to the Yankees would be just where everyone thought he was going.

Plus, if the Yanks sign him and like four other high-priced guys we'd have to listen to a bunch of people whine about how baseball sucks and football has it right.

I hate that.

I guess I wasn't clear enough in my reasons, so thanks for calling my attention to it.

Plus, who said I have to be objective? I wear a Cubs hat in my picture.

12-04-2008 @ 6:18PM

the cooker said...

Dude I think you need to take a look at your teams roster again. They are not all home grown.

12-04-2008 @ 3:44PM

Go Sweet Lou....

The Cubs will have to watch out for us (Rays)
The Yanks will be the wild card and Boston is dead

12-04-2008 @ 4:48PM

tobrien28 said...

Yeah Snyder, hiding CC on a crappy non-contender is really exciting. If you want excitement or intrigue picture a late September match up between Sabathia and Beckett for the AL East division compared to Sabathia doing his absolute best to get an offensively inept team above .500. Furthermore the Giants don't need more starting pitching. They need a hitter to replace the aforementioned Bonds.

12-04-2008 @ 6:22PM

Hey Cooker, We're talking Buying free agents. Try and keep up next time.

12-05-2008 @ 12:04AM

Blas Lozano said...

CC Has stopped short of saying he woould like to pitch for the Dodgers,Without mentioning them. I hear he and his wife were house hunting around the Southern California Area,he would rather continue pitching in the N.L.That screams DODGERS right there,Baby.

12-05-2008 @ 8:21AM

Mike said...

You know----this trading season reminds me alot of the old days at the High School hop. When a group of guys just stood around all night until the last song, then asked a girl to dance so you could take her out after the dance was over. How many freaking weeks does it take baseball GM's to "make a deal". Geez, ask someone to dance--already!