Carsten Charles Sabathia

On December 18, 2008, Sabathia signed a seven-year, $161 million contract with the New York Yankees. It was the largest contract in MLB history given out to a pitcher.

C.C Sabathia is one of the best left-handed starting pitcher in MLB. He have 17 wins, 10 loses, 251 strike outs, 253 IP, and a good ERA 2.70 this season. This is one of the reasons why he can get a very good contract in this year. An other reason is that New York Yankees' starting pitcher is not very good this year, and Yankees' very want a good left-handed pitcher. Last year, Yankees have a very good chance to get the best left-handed starting pitcher - John Santana, but Yankees did not want to lose many new player. In fact, Yankees' new player like Hughes, and Kennedy let many fans' heart broken, so Yankees did not want to fail again. They give a largest contract for pitcher to Sabathia. Next year, Yankees maybe will be the best team in MLB.