NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Given he never pitched into the ninth inning this year, CC Sabathia is happy the New York Yankees brought back Aroldis Chapman.
“It’s exciting when he comes in. It just lights up the Stadium,” Sabathia said Wednesday at the Yankees’ holiday food drive.
New York traded Chapman to the Chicago Cubs in July for prospects, including touted 20-year-old shortstop Gleyber Torres and pitcher Adam Warren.
After helping the Cubs win their first World Series title since 1908, Chapman became a free agent and agreed last week to an $86 million, five-year contract with the Yankees, a deal that has not yet been finalized.