After meeting with CC Sabathia twice on Monday, Yankees GM Brian Cashman walked away impressed, telling the New York Times that he'd remain patient as Sabathia made up his mind. Sabathia, meanwhile, continues to explore options to land with a West Coast team, telling Dodgers GM Ned Colletti point-blank that he wants to pitch for the Dodgers, and, according to Andrew Baggerly of the San Jose Mercury News, Sabathia's agent spoke with the Giants last night and expect to meet face-to-face next week. But that's not Baggerly's biggest scoop -- this is:
It sure must've have been a productive discussion, because word is that Sabathia has declined the Yankees' six-year, $140 million offer. (I must stress that's unconfirmed, but talk is spreading fast. If true, look for the Yanks to get hyper-aggressive on A.J. Burnett.)Of course, take this with a huge grain of salt -- as far as I can tell, the rumor has yet to be substantiated by anyone else, and on the heels of Cashman preaching patience, it seems odd that Sabathia would decline any formal offer unless he's absolutely convinced he has another one to his liking, whether it's from a team in California or the dark horse Brewers. But still, if you subscribe to the "where there's smoke, there's fire" line of thought, have fun chewing on this.
Update: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says there's no truth to this rumor, citing "two sources with knowledge of the discussions." No surprise there. Ken Davidoff of Newsday agrees: "Good lord. How could someone report that?" (via River Ave)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-09-2008 @ 5:57PM
TheHulk said...
Why would you want to go to an avg team in a bad division just
to get blown away by a Nat east team in the playoffs...
CC is a retard, he needs to go to the Angels or Yanks
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12-09-2008 @ 6:06PM
ALVIN said...
Why waste time trying to sign someone who doesn't want to play for you? The Yankees should explore other options.
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12-09-2008 @ 6:50PM
shonday said...
Could you guys inform yourselves before you keep reporting this nonsense about CC telling Colletti he wanted to be a Dodger?
"Colletti cleared up a misunderstanding after it was widely reported that left-hander CC Sabathia, the top free-agent pitcher on this year's market, had told him he wants to pitch for the Dodgers. What Colletti actually said was that Sabathia had made the Dodgers aware, not directly but through conversations with third parties, that he had a desire to pitch for them." -LA Daily News
http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2008/12/tomorrow-notes.html
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12-09-2008 @ 6:51PM
Noah said...
Whatever. The sooner the Yankees realize they can't buy championships, the better.
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12-09-2008 @ 7:25PM
LOU PACIFICO said...
GET AJ AND SHEETS AND MANNY WITH WANG SHEETS JAVA
PHILPS AND PETITTE AND AJ MANNY BATS BEHIND A-ROD AND AWAY WE GO!!!!!!!! LET GO OF CC IF HE COMES NOW YANKEE FANS WILL BOO HIM EVERYTIME HE PITCHERS
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12-09-2008 @ 11:16PM
jkallis said...
Great Post Lou: Hey Cashman.....Sign Burnett, Sheets, and Pettite!! It will still be less than CC Fatso!!! And I never thought I'd say it: GO AFTER HOME-BOY, PAPI-CHULO MANNY!!!! Also get a priest, a rabbi, an Iman, the DaiLai Lama, and a psychiatrist into Spring training to our boys focused and blessed to win the FIRST WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM!!!!! GO YANKEES!!!!!
12-10-2008 @ 12:09PM
Rick Johnson said...
CC Sabathia has yet to prove he can win in the big game. He rarely pitched well on Opening Day, against Oakland, in the 2007 post-season, he struggled.
Maybe he feels pitching in New York would take too much out of him, who really knows? His wife wants him to go to San Francisco. But he still has to do what he feels is best for him. He turned down an $18-20 million a year deal with the Indians in spring training the team he spent his career with. So it's not like he wasn't offered good money.
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