Yankees Star Ejected 2 Innings Before $500K Bonus

The Wild Card ^ | 09/28/2018 | Kovaleski

[Kozy]

One pitch cost New York Yankee hurler C.C. Sabathia a lot of money Thursday.

Sabathia was tossed from Thursday’s game after hitting Tampa Bays Rays catcher Jesus Sucre in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Umpire Vic Carapazza determined that it was in retaliation for a pitch thrown by Rays reliever Andrew Kittredge at Austin Romine in the top of the sixth.

Sabathia didn’t deny that it was thrown in response to Kittredge throwing at Romine. But it did cost him some money.

He has an incentive clause in his contract that said if he pitched 155 innings this year, he would earn a $500,000 bonus. Through the first five innings Thursday, Sabathia had pitched 153 innings — two shy of the bonus.

As he was throwing a one-hitter in a game that the Yankees were winning 11-0, Sabathia was almost certain to pitch two more innings and get the bonus — had he not been ejected.

[Kozy]

He has an incentive clause in his contract that said if he pitched 155 innings this year, he would earn a $500,000 bonus. Through the first five innings Thursday, Sabathia had pitched 153 innings — two shy of the bonus.

[NEMDF]

Hoping they’ll put him in for an inning each in 2 of the last 3 games.

Unlikely, but he’s now worse than half of the bullpen.

[NEMDF]

I meant he is NO WORSE (not now worse) than half the bullpen. Must learn to check my work better.....

[discostu]

Retaliation bean balls aren’t protecting anybody. Especially not in the AL where pitchers never get to the plate.

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t think Sabathia would have gotten two more innings out of that game. He hasn’t pitched seven full innings in a start since June.

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[Digger]

He’s in training to become a Republican US senator.

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LOL

[Sans-Culotte]

I don’t think Sabathia would have gotten two more innings out of that game. He hasn’t pitched seven full innings in a start since June.

The Yankees were leading 11-0.

[Alberta's Child]

It has nothing to do with the score of the game. Sabathia is a fat slob who is almost 40 years old, and they’re managing his innings so he can pitch well in the playoffs.

[Colt1851Navy]

Fat slob ping.

[slickdain]

you’ve gotta be a dem you are so dumb. he had a one hitter going.the yankees have 3 starters for the playoffs. did i say you are dumb. almost 300 strike outs and you are fat shaming him. hey maddow is on go watch tv.

[Alberta's Child]

Dude — he’s got 140 strikeouts this season. WTF are you talking about?

[Dr. Sivana]

He hasn’t pitched seven full innings in a start since June.

I stopped following MLB since interleague play, the baseball equivalent of shacking up.

Now I have a ten year old son, who has been in Little League, and so I am reading a little more, and even took my son to a Diamondbacks game and will certainly take him to Cactus League next spring.

In my Rip Van Winkle length absence, it seems that Complete Games almost don't exist any more. It's one thing to pull a pitcher for a late inning pinch hitter in a close game, or when a left handed slugger comes up against a right with bases loaded later in the game, but to have a pitcher who can't regularly give you seven innings?! We called those guys long relievers. Sometimes they'd be the fifth starter (Dick Tidrow, Charlie Hough types). I will admit that today's pitchers throw a LOT harder, but so did Nolan Ryan, and he pitched plenty of complete games over an astonishingly long career.

[Hot Tabasco]

he would earn a $500,000 bonus.

With a current salary of only $10 million, I'm more than willing to send him my jar of quarters in order to help him make ends meet.........