Sabathia Needs A Signing Bonus!
totalprosports.com 12/20/2008 — Total Pro Sports - CC Sabathia's seven year contact worth $161 million with the New York Yankees , was not enough for the pitcher. The New York Yankees have reportedly given CC Sabathia a $9.5 million signing bonus. $6 million of that bonus will given to him now and the other $3.5 million at ...

C.C. Ya!
bronxstop.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — Interesting perspectives on the CC Sabathia situation.

Did the Yanks offer Sabathia enough?
riveraveblues.com 11/22/2008 — We all know by now that CC Sabathia is sitting on a few $100-million offers. The Brewers seem willing to give him $100 million over five years; the Yanks would like his services for six years at $140 million. On the surface, this doesn’t seem ...

CC Says Y-E-S to NY
hardballtimes.com 12/10/2008 — Jeez, you take two hours to write up a legal brief, and the whole world goes and gets itself in a hurry : CC Sabathia is not going to play on the West Coast. He is not going to play in the National League. CC Sabathia is going to be a Yankee, The Post has learned exclusively. After three ...

The Sabathia Opt-Out
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — We look into why Sabathia's out clause after year 3 is great, for Sabathia.

Yankees make a mistake by signing C.C. Sabathia
stilespoints.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — After the 2001 baseball season, the New York Yankees were craving for a power hitter after their paltry performance against Arizona in the World Series...the Yankees wanted the best hitter on the free agent market and that was first baseman Jason ...

Yanks Get Sabathia
yankstalk.com 12/11/2008 — C.C. Sabathia and the NY Yankees have come to an agreement for Sabathia to pitch in pinstripes. The deal now represents a record-setting seven-year pact for about $160 million. Reports on Wednesday afternoon said the package is worth $161 million and will include a buyout clause that will ...

CC to Yankees for seven years, $160 million - CBSSports.com
sportsline.com 12/10/2008 — LAS VEGAS -- CC Sabathia has decided to sign with the Yankees , CBSSports.com has confirmed. Sabathia, the top free agent on this winter's market, will get a seven-year deal for approximately $160 million, a source familiar with the deal said this ...

What If the Yankees Don't Sign CC Sabathia?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — What will happen if the Yankees don't sign CC Sabathia? We look into it.

Running the Opt Out
futilityinfielder.com 12/12/2008 — The Hardball Times' Dave Studeman took issue with my take on CC Sabathia's opt-out clause: Jay Jaffe responds to Keith Law's opinion about opt-out clauses, saying that he doesn't think they're a bad idea. Let's be clear about this: opt-out clauses ...

Baseball's Free Agent Market Is on the Move—Report One — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/11/2008
LA Dodgers GM Neil Colletti makes two smart moves by resigning Casey Blake and signing veteran Mark Loretta. Loretta an ex-Red Sox will add grit to Torres's squad and help leverage the outfield if Manny signs elsewhere. Third baseman Casey Blake hit ...

Good move? We'll CC in October — FOXSports.com News for MLB 12/11/2008
How and why he got here doesn't matter. What matters is if CC Sabathia can carry the Yanks to the playoffs, Mike Vaccaro says.

Sources: Yanks out front to land Burnett — FOXSports.com News for MLB 12/11/2008
CC and A.J.?

Big Apple, big arms, big stakes — Major League Baseball News 12/11/2008
If you were already excited about the April 16 opening of the Yankees' new $1.6 billion ballpark in the Bronx, imagine CC Sabathia taking the ball and facing off against another Cy Young Award winner in Cliff Lee in the Yanks' home opener.

Meetings let Yankees lay groundwork — Major League Baseball News 12/11/2008
A seven-year contract agreement with CC Sabathia alone made the Yankees the big movers and shakers at this year's Winter Meetings.