on wednesday, the new york yankees signed free agent starting pitcher c.c. sabathia to a 7-year, $161 million contract. despite being interesting, i rarely care about (non-twins) hot stove moves. this one, though? i like it. here’s why…

first, as a twins fan. sabathia pitched (amazingly) for the brewers during the second half of last season, and he was on milwaukee’s short list of offseason targets. the brewers obviously lost. additionally, the oft-injured ben sheets rejected milwaukee’s arbitration offer last week, making it incredibly unlikely that he would re-sign with the team. this leaves the following rotation for milwaukee in 2009: suppan – bush – parra – mcclung – gallardo. this is assuming milwaukee doesn’t sign any new starters– which, to be fair, is an unlikely scenario, as they’ve shown interest in randy wolf, jamie moyer, and others. regardless, even if they add a starter, they’ll still need pitching to seriously contend next year.
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