What Will CC Sabathia Get?

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Odds and Ends: Mets, Royals, 2009 Draft, Sabathia,
Published 10/6/2008 by Joe Pawlikowski at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... At Sabernomics, JC Bradbury examines what CC Sabathia will command on the market. Conclusion: six years and $144 million. Will any team go that high, though? ...

Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Published 10/7/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball
... Musings) Sabathia is currently second in the voting for Most Outstanding Pitcher over at The Book. Go cast your vote. Patrick Smith of Bugs & Cranks hopes the Brewers offer Sabathia slightly less than he could get in New York or Boston and he decides to stay. Hot Foot, a Mets blog, hopes the Mets don't pursue Sabathia. There's an utter loss of credibility for you...can you imagine a Santana-Sabathia 1-2 punch? Sabernomics thinks Sabathia will get around 6 years, $144 million. (h/t MLB Trade Rumors) ...

World Famous StatSpeak Roundtable: October 8
Published 10/8/2008 by Pizza Cutter at Statistically Speaking
... very close, though, and could realistically “win it all” in the next one or two years, I might be willing to go even higher in order to win now, hoping I could unload him when he begins to lose effectiveness.  Winning costs money, unfortunately. Pizza Cutter: One year, $500,000.  That’s what I’d tell him anyway.  Yes, I know that he wouldn’t take that.  That’s the point.  In order to sign C.C., it will probably take something on the order of 5 or 6 years at $20 million per year.  Maybe more .  I think that a smart team can do some research and find two $10 million dollar ...