Yankees are overpaying Sabathia

Time will tell if CC Sabathia is worth $160 million.

In my opinion, no athlete is worth that much. I get that they entertain us and win games and championships,etc. but $160 million over 7 years? There is no way anyone should make that much money as an athlete. Say he pitches in 30 games and averages 7 innings per outing, that is about $250,000 for every out he gets. Well more than the majority of the people in the US don't make that in a year. We're overpaying our athletes by incredible amounts. But I digress...

I think the biggest part of this is that the Yankees had to overpay for Sabathia to come there. Forget for a second that I'm a Red Sox fan, the Yankees aren't what they used to be and I don't think just one starting pitcher added is going to bring them back to prominence. If Sabathia does bring them back, maybe he's worth the money. It still remains to be seen if the Yankees will add anyone else to their bullpen but lets take a look at who they have now. CC Sabathia as the clear cut ace on the staff, Joba Chamberlain is still relatively unproven as a starter, and Chien-Ming Wang is the only pitcher who's been worth anything really (except for the recently retired Mike Mussina). Its hard to win championships with 2-3 consistent starters.

With Giambi and Abreu gone, that pretty much leaves the Yankees with A-Rod as the only consistent power hitter in the line-up. Not gonna cut it. Unless the Yanks make some big moves to bolster their offense, Sabathia can only do so much for this team...unless they let him hit too?