Sabathia finalizes Yanks contract and announces last season in 2019

CARLSBAD, Calif. – CC Sabathia said 2019 would be its last major league season.

"That will be all," said the 38-year-old southpaw in a video posted Wednesday on Twitter after the New York Yankees finalized his one-year deal for $ 8 million.

Sabathia and New York had reached agreement Tuesday, subject to physical success.

Sabathia, six-time All-Star and AL Cy Young Award winner in 2007, was 9-7 with a 3.65 ERA in 29 starts this year. He underwent a right knee surgery after the 2010 season, in July 2014, after the 2016 season and again last month. Sabathia launches with a splint on the knee and requires periodic injections during the season.

He has a record of 246-153 in 18 major league seasons averaging 3.70-2986 tied points, including 129-80 in a decade with the Yankees. His new contract brings his New York salary to $ 229 million.

Sabathia has signed a $ 161 million seven-year contract with the Yankees prior to the 2009 season and has helped New York to win its first World Series title since 2000, then resorted to a churn after the 2011 season. to get a new contract. added a salary of $ 25 million for 2016 with a team option of $ 25 million for 2017.

Sabathia took a $ 10 million cup this year. He missed a $ 500,000 performance bonus in two sets after being kicked out in his last regular season start for hitting Jesus Sucre in Tampa Bay after Rays pitcher Andrew Kittredge showed up at Austin Romine . Sabathia was suspended the first five games of 2019 but appealed.

"At this point in the game, we should know sooner or later if we can agree on something," said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman on Tuesday.

"Last year, we had to pay close attention to every step of our financial commitments. It took longer because we had to worry about the luxury tax issue. "

New York fell for the first time under the luxury tax threshold in 2018. The projected rotation of the Yankees for 2019 also includes right-handers Luis Severino and Masahiro Tanaka, and Cashman intends to add several pitchers after the team crossed the 100-62 mark only to finish second in the AL East and lose in the Division Series against Boston, future World Series champion.

Cashman said Luke Voit will be preparing for spring training in the spring and it will be up to Greg Bird to get the job. Bird underwent an operation on the ankle in late March, returned in mid-May and hit .199 with 11 homers and 38 RBIs. Voit, acquired from St. Louis on July 28, averaged .333 with 14 homers and 33 RBIs in 39 games.

"He ended up batting in the middle of our playoff roster, so I do not see why three weeks since then would change our assessment process," Cashman said.

"Someone has earned this right and someone because of his injuries has been derailed for a while, but I really think Birdy will benefit from a leave and that he will have a chance to resurrect and prove yourself. "

Both may be optional for minors next year.

Cashman reiterated that he intended to trade pitcher Sonny Gray, barely 15-16 years old since New York bought it in Oakland in July 2017. A right-hander who will have 29 years old this week, Gray is bristling at Yankees supporters' reception.

"It's a year and a half, I'm not going to be Sisyphus pushing the rock up a hill and making it fall back on me," Cashman said. "It does not work, I'm not going to want to go through the fire and hope for a different result, so I'm going to reallocate his abilities to another club for a price yet to be determined, and he'll be good again." I think he's a great pitcher, he's a very successful major player, and it's going to happen elsewhere. "

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