Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 20, 2008
Distractions

C.C. Sabathia doesn't want his contract status to be a distraction. AOL FanHouse points out a distraction is unavoidable:

If the Indians come out of the gate slowly, everybody will want to know if Sabathia's going to be traded. If the Tribe start off hot, and C.C. is giving an encore performance of 2007, everybody's going to want to know if he's going to go the route of Johan Santana and take the big bucks and bright lights of New York City.

The only way this story wouldn't be a distraction is if Sabathia and the Indians can come to terms on a new deal. Until then, he's just going to have to deal with it.

It may be a distraction for the Cleveland fans, but my guess is that Milliliter didn't want to get in a situation in which he became upset at Cleveland management. Contract talks can be contentious. This way, C.C. can relax. The worst thing that can happen after the season is he has an off year and gets Zito money instead of Santana money from some team.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:59 AM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Milliliter...hadn't heard that one before, but I like it, both for the obvious play on his initials and the contrast in volume scales.

Posted by: salb918 at February 20, 2008 09:56 AM

If the Kiddie Korp fails in the Bronx Cashman will be on the phone asap.

Posted by: abe at February 20, 2008 11:35 AM
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