A day after making his retirement official, CC Sabathia was back at Yankee Stadium, packing up his things.
“It feels good,” Sabathia told The Post on Tuesday. “It’s time to go.”
The 39-year-old lefty admitted the shoulder injury he suffered during the ALCS in his final pitching appearance helped convince him he had made the right call to end his career.
“I knew it was time,” Sabathia said. “My arm’s messed up. I think I would have had lingering thoughts about coming back [next year] if I didn’t get hurt, especially because we didn’t win the World Series, which was one of the reasons I came back this year.