CC Sabathia RUMORS & NEWS

New York Post "CC Sabathia will start tonight’s game in Baltimore after yesterday’s rainout against the Blue Jays in The Bronx, which is a better result than the last time he had to deal with bad weather. His outing against the Rockies on May 9 in Denver was cut short after four innings because of a lengthy..." May 20

New York Daily News "CC Sabathia describes himself as "not very intense" in the moments before one of his starts. So it was no surprise to hear that the Yankees' ace was lounging on a clubhouse couch Sunday when he was told the game against the Blue Jays was rained out. Sabathia got up and played a brief game of..." May 20

New York Daily News "The first time the Yankees played at Coors Field, they won two of three games in a series of slugfests with the Rockies that saw New York outscore its host, 41-29, posting double-digit run totals in every game. Joe Girardi's club left Colorado with another series win following a 3-1 win over..." May 10

New York Post "Here’s the count on CC Sabathia: Three winning starts. Two losing starts. One missing heater. Add them up and you get, to steal a “Seinfeld” line, a pretty big matzo ball hanging out there. Sabathia’s substandard velocity, a curiosity that could be excused in his three prior..." April 23

New York Post "Can a game be labeled big without a week of the schedule complete? In the Yankees’ case there was no other way to view yesterday’s 7-0 victory over the Tigers in front of 39,829 at Comerica Park. Sure, they downplayed the significance of a win on April 7 because that’s how managers and..." April 08

New York Daily News "With 26 major league seasons between them, Lyle Overbay and Torii Hunter know an ace when they see one. Overbay spent four years in Toronto with Roy Halladay, while Hunter watched Johan Santana put together a remarkable five-year run in Minnesota. As Hunter reached first base with a leadoff..." April 08

Newsday "Joe Girardi spent close to 10 minutes talking about CC Sabathia's velocity, or lack thereof, before Sunday's series finale against the Tigers at Comerica Park. It's been a popular topic since Sabathia's Opening Day clunker, but after all the chatter, Girardi finally got to the bottom line. "If..." April 08

New York Post "By the end, it was raining and the temperature had dropped and garbage was whipping around the field, a wonderful metaphor for the junk the Yankees offered on Opening Day. Fans fled in the ninth inning as if somehow the stench of Red Sox 8, Yankees 2 could be removed if they just got outside..." April 02

MLB.com "As CC Sabathia prepares to take the ball for his fifth Opening Day start with the Yankees, the ace left-hander can't help but feel that his time in pinstripes is flying by. It is difficult for Sabathia to believe that the 2009 season, his first in pinstripes, is now so far in the rearview..." March 29

New York Post "CC Sabathia is putting more stock in his left elbow feeling good than the results of a five-inning stint Tuesday night in the Yankees’ 4-4 10-inning tie with the Astros at George M. Steinbrenner Field. In the outing, he gave up four runs, six hits and three walks. It was Sabathia’s final spring..." March 27

New York Daily News "CC Sabathia gave the Yankees a shot in the arm at the perfect time. Back on a big league mound for the first time since October, the lefty threw five solid innings in the Yankees’ 7-3 win over the Marlins Friday at Steinbrenner Field. More importantly, Sabathia reported no problems with his..." March 16

New York Post "The buses were loading for the 23-mile trip to Dunedin and a game against the Blue Jays when CC Sabathia took the Steinbrenner Field main mound for what was truly the main event in the Yankees’ world yesterday. The game was simulated, but not the importance. Sabathia is probably the most..." March 11

New York Post "CC Sabathia graduates from simulated games to exhibition games Friday against the Marlins at George Steinbrenner Field. “When it counts I want to be out there, but when it doesn’t I don’t mind pitching on the back fields,” the Yankees ace said following a 52-pitch simulated game yesterday..." March 11

MLB.com "CC Sabathia threw 50 pitches in a four-inning simulated game Sunday morning at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., and the next time he steps on that mound will be Friday, his Grapefruit League debut. Sabathia, who had surgery to remove a bone spur in his left elbow last October, threw..." March 10

New York Post "CC Sabathia isn’t close to being ready to work in a game that counts, but the Yankees’ ace is itching to hurl in an exhibition game. “I am definitely getting fired up for a spring training game, but I have a long way [to go] to pitch in a regular-season game,’’ Sabathia said after throwing two..." March 01

New York Post "He has pitched in 383 regular-season major league games and 19 more in the postseason. So the last emotion you would expect to invade CC Sabathia’s large body while climbing a bullpen mound for the first time in spring training would be anxiousness. Yet, that’s how the spine of the Yankees’..." February 17

New York Post "The two most important Yankees pitchers will be on display Saturday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Staff ace CC Sabathia and closer Mariano Rivera will throw bullpen sessions. It will be Sabathia’s first mound workout of the spring and Rivera’s second. Each hurler is coming back from..." February 16

Bergen Record "Just by playing a lazy game of catch, CC Sabathia can tell that his valuable left elbow is in far better shape these days. “I definitely feel a relief — just having that range of motion back and not having that ache at the end of my extension,” Sabathia said. “I felt that right..." February 13

New York Daily News "Right down to the final game of the Yankees’ disappointing 2012 season, CC Sabathia insisted his elbow was not the reason for his inconsistency during the second half. After having that left elbow cleaned out this winter, the big southpaw finally admitted that his arm may have been bothering..." February 13

New York Daily News "CC Sabathia wouldn’t speculate on Alex Rodriguez’s involvement in baseball’s latest steroids-related scandal, but on Tuesday night he did say he expects the three-time AL MVP to return from hip surgery to play for the Yankees in 2013. “I would be surprised (if he didn’t return),’’ Sabathia said..." February 06

New York Post "While saying that he and his fellow players are working to “clean up” baseball’s continuing involvement with illegal performance-enhancing drugs, CC Sabathia nevertheless said that he hopes to see Alex Rodriguez back in a Yankees uniform at some point this season. “Of course. Why not? When..." February 06