Within minutes of the Yankees? season ending CC Sabathia was asked whether he planned to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract to become a free agent, but the left-hander told reporters that he wasn?t ready to think about it yet.
?I can?t even wrap my head around that right now,? Sabathia said. ?I?m just thinking about what I didn?t do to help us win. Maybe in the next couple days, next couple of weeks, I?ll think about that and see what happens.?
That certainly doesn?t qualify as a ?no, I?m definitely not opting out? answer.
Sabathia has repeatedly said he loves playing for the Yankees and in New York, but from a strictly business standpoint he?d seemingly have little trouble securing a deal on the open market that beats the four years and $92 million remaining on his current contract. And he could always opt out and then re-sign with the Yankees anyway, for more money and a longer commitment.
Last offseason Cliff Lee got a five-year, $120 million deal from the Phillies that could be worth up to $147.5 million for six years and two offseasons ago the Yankees felt Sabathia was worth a seven-year, $161 million commitment. If he?s interested in maximizing his earning potential opting out is pretty obviously the way to go following a season in which he went 19-8 with a 3.00 ERA and 230 strikeouts in 237 innings at age 30.
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