TAMPA — Dellin Betances was upset talking to CC Sabathia, Tyler Clippard and bullpen coach Mike Harkey on Saturday morning in the Yankees clubhouse.
And the three-time All-Star’s mood didn’t improve in the afternoon, when he reacted strongly to Yankee president Randy Levine’s comments after it was announced the Yankees beat Betances in Friday’s arbitration hearing.
Betances said it was fair, because he said the Yankees view him as an eighth-inning reliever, for him to limit himself to only working the eighth inning with the bases empty. So much of Betances’ value to the Yankees has been the willingness to work multiple frames.