C.Cya Sabathia
I have been waiting for this for a while. I have not been wanting it to happen, but I knew it would. Why? Pitchers that have fantastic years go on to bigger and better. Although some of C.C.’s value has gone down due to his weak performance in the post season last year and the beginning of this season, he has regained much of it due to his performance as of late as well as his amazing ability to get a ridiculous amount of K’s. In addition to this, I knew for a long time that he would go to an NL team because he actually has a bat, which is a rare find in pitching.
Sabathia is a career .300 hitter. Granted, this average comes from a mere 40 at bats. However, in these 40 at bats, C.C. has 2 homeruns and 7 RBI’s. Considering the average player gets around 500 at bats a year, this would extrapolate to 25 HR’s and 87 RBI’s which is downright unbelievable for a pitcher. Granted, this is a very rough estimation, because of the small sample size [40 at bats from across 7 seasons]. Even though these are rough numbers, Sabathia could bat to the level of half of these numbers and still be considered a pitcher who can swing the bat.
Words of advice to the Brewers:
– C.C. is a tremendous talent and a relatively young pitcher. His single biggest downfall is his nerves, which he admitted played a very large role in his postseason performance last year. If you can coach him past that, C.C. will consistently be a 15+ game winner, and begin to carry that through to the postseason.
To the Indians:
-You are fixing some of the problems in your bullpen. Rebuild the bats. Batting practice everyday. Over and over. Forget about the technique of hitting. Take swing after swing after swing and you will begin to see the ball.