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CC Sabathia officially back with New York Yankees on one-year contract

By The Sports Xchange
New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia reacts after he threw out Houston Astros batter Josh Reddick at first base to end the fifth inning in game 3 of the 2017 MLB Playoffs American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in New York City on October 16, 2017. File photo by Ray Stubblebine/UPI
New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia reacts after he threw out Houston Astros batter Josh Reddick at first base to end the fifth inning in game 3 of the 2017 MLB Playoffs American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in New York City on October 16, 2017. File photo by Ray Stubblebine/UPI | License Photo

The New York Yankees officially re-signed left-hander CC Sabathia to a one-year contract, the team announced Tuesday.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but multiple reports had the deal listed for $10 million.

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Sabathia is coming off a roller-coaster season in which he suffered what might have been a career-ending knee injury in August. But the 37-year-old left-handed free agent bounced back to anchor a rotation that carried the Yankees to the seventh game of the American League Championship Series.

New York lost that game to the eventual world champion Houston Astros, but Sabathia proved his worth. He also had been courted by the Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays.

Sabathia finished last season with a 14-5 record and a 3.69 ERA in 27 starts. He owns a 120-73 mark with a 3.75 ERA in 255 starts over nine seasons with the Yankees.

The Yankees' starting rotation includes Sabathia, Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, Sonny Gray and Jordan Montgomery.

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