CC Sabathia has made one big league relief appearance in 585 games, working 1 ¹/u2083 innings in a 3-2 loss in a deciding Game 5 of the 2011 ALDS against the Tigers.
Now the Yankees are going to use the final week of the season to see if the veteran lefty can adapt to relieving and help in that role during the postseason.
“CC will pitch out of the pen at least a couple of times,’’ Aaron Boone said before the Yankees lost 3-2 to the Blue Jays at the Stadium on Friday. “He will probably pitch once in Tampa and hopefully again in Texas.