Sabathia said he struggled with the changeup in his third outing of Spring Training.
"Overall for me, I'm just trying to go into the season healthy and make sure my pitches are doing what they're supposed to do," Sabathia said. "Right now, the changeup is not."
Machado stroked a two-run single that chased Sabathia, one of his three hits on the evening. The Yankees have said that they will take the best five starters, regardless of salary, but look to have a difficult decision ahead as Sabathia tries to hold off Ivan Nova.