CC Sabathia is about to become a free agent for the second year in a row. If the New York Yankees are smart, they’ll bring him back for 2019.
OK, that’s a broad statement. After all, the Yankees are in a position where the pitching staff needs to get younger, and Sabathia turns 39 next summer. He also earned $10 million in 2018, a lot of money for a player his age. Sabathia is no longer a spring chicken and isn’t the type of pitcher he was upon arriving in New York. Still, he has etched himself into Yankee lore in more ways than one.