Do you think CC sabathia is worth $140 million
By stinge
@stinge (810)
United States
November 25, 2008 1:52pm CST
All the talk has been about CC Sabathia going to the yankees's for $140 million next year. This would be a higher salary than the one Johan Santana got from the mets. The big argument is that no pitcher should be paid that amount of money. When they talk about Sabathia, they say his weight is an issue. They also say to invest that much money into any pitcher is not a good move because you never know how long his arm is going to hold up. And you also have to take into consideration the way the Milwaukee Brewers used the hell out of him to get into the post season. Pitching him on 3 days rest several times. So what do you guys think? Especially the Yankees fans out there. Would you invest that much money into a pitcher? Is it worth it in the long run? what happens when your team is starting to rebuild and you wanna get rid of salaries? Now you are stuck with high priced players that you can't get rid of because of the amount of money they make.
3 responses
@jakeb1 (562)
• United States
10 Dec 08
The question should be if CC Sabathia is worth $160 million. The news is that the Yankees are "very close" to signing CC to a 7 year deal worth $160 million plus incentives. The Yankees were going after one target this year and it looks like they are going to get him. This probably means that they are not going after AJ Burnett or Derek Lowe. As a Yankee fan, I am happy that they are getting him but they could be overpaying. I don't think there was anyone close to paying him what they are paying him.
@stinge (810)
• United States
10 Dec 08
It seems like the yankees got their man. It was reported this morning that CC agreed to sign with the Yankees. They said he met with the red sox during the winter meetings. The 1st thing I said was I hope they don't sign him. It's too much money. But it's funny to me cause as a red sox fan, I have been following them since they have been loosingto the Yankees all the yrs in the past. And now they are doing the same thing the Yankees are doing. They are going after all the big name free agents. Teixeira is reported to be more close to signing with boston, and I believe him and his agent are looking for the same amount of money CC is.
@kellyjack (8)
• United States
5 Jan 09
I think cc should have stayed in the NL, it was working well for him. That said, no he is not worth that much money,he is a quality pitcher but if he could'nt take the heat in smaller markets he will never make it in NY.
@stinge (810)
• United States
8 Dec 08
I think $140 is too much for any pitcher. How long is his arm going to last? As far as player salaries go, I don't believe they will go down. The problem is that you have every guy trying to get paid the same amount as the next guy. Look at the money the Mets gave Yohan Santana last year. Sabathia is going to be trying to get that same amount or even more because he feels like he's just as good as santana. What ever money Sabathia gets, the next big free agent pitcher is going to be demanding the same type of deal that he gets.
@YoreTiller (126)
• Philippines
25 Nov 08
No. As good as CC Sabathia is, I don't think he's worth $140 million. I didn't believe that Barry Zito was worth his $126 million [for 7 years], and from the looks of it, I'm right.
Even if Sabathia doesn't wound up as a bust as Zito did and plays a bit more like Johan Santana [winning record, adored by fans and what-not], it still isn't worth the money they'd be spending on him. I feel that they might be better off with Lowe and Burnett, two pitchers and it would cost them much lower than that.
Now I know that since the Yankees are in a big market, they could afford to continue making money despite the exorbitant contracts they hand out to players, what with all the sellouts and merchandising they do, but it wouldn't really a great investment.
One last thing is that CC Sabathia seems to be the Alex Rodriguez of pitchers. Great during the regular season, but struggles in the playoffs. This has been the trend for two consecutive playoff seasons [07 with the Indians and 08 with the Brewers].
@stinge (810)
• United States
25 Nov 08
Good point about the rays making it with a very low payroll before. You would expect a team that has been coming in last place for over a decade, and getting all the top draft picks as a result to finaly make it to the post season. Luckily for them they still have alot of the young guys that have been their under contract for a few years. But I like everyone else is waiting to see how long this team is going to stay together now that they are one of the elite teams in the american league. The more better this team gets, the greedier the players will get. I think that's when players ego's get in the way in sports. every guy feels like if it weren't for him the team wouldn't have made it to the post season. So therefore he feels like he should be rewarded with a huge contract. When these teams give out these contracts, the next guy who's contract is up is going to be looking for the same amount of money or even more.
As far as Sabathia goes,he got lit up by my Red Sox last year in the playoffs, and the Brewers used the hell out of him going in to the post season pitching him on 3 days rest, and they did it again in the playoffs. The Giants Paid Barry Zito all that money and he was a bust . But maybe you can blame it on the lack of offense that he has around him. I didn't pay attention to who was even on the Giants roster this year. Maybe Zito had some games he could have won if his offenense would have picked him up. The yankees have all the money in the world to sign Sabathia. alot of people think he is just playing around trying other teams to drive up his asking price. The guy is financially set for the rest of his life. It should come down to what team he really wants to play for, and not what team wants to pay him the most money.
