YANKS TRY TO BLOW AWAY CC WITH DEAL TOPPING SANTANA'S (flag)

www.nypost.com — The Yankees officially began the work yesterday to assemble their dream rotation of CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe or A.J. Burnett, Chien-Ming Wang, Joba Chamberlain and Andy Pettitte. As the Post reported Thursday, the Yanks skipped the appetizers and...

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Yankees Make Sabathia Fat Offer
Josh Q. Public — ... Public Service Announcement:  Sources say, the New York Yankees have offered CC Sabathia the largest pitching contract in history.  Larger than Mike Hampton’s $121 mil.  Larger than Barry Zito’s $126 mil.  Larger than Johan Santana’s $137 mil.  Large and in charge.  Let’s just say it’s in the neighborhood of $150 mil.  Pretty nice neighborhood.  Deluxe apartment in the sky neighborhood.  ...

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The Yankees Want to Make CC Sabathia a Very, Very Rich Man
FanHouse — ... know how much they want him to wear pinstripes next season. On free agency's opening day, the team reportedly offered him six years and $140 million. That would be the largest package ever for a pitcher, coming in just above the salary Johan Santana got from the Mets. ...