CC Sabathia paved the best way for the Yankees’ most up-to-date World Collection title in his first season with the workforce and completed within the high 4 within the AL Cy Younger Award voting three straight years after coming to The Bronx.
However the lefty stated Friday that his “welcome to the Yankees’’ second got here in opposition to the Crimson Sox in early August of that season, when Sabathia tossed 7 ²/₃ scoreless innings in a win at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 8.
It started an 11-start stretch for Sabathia by which the Yankees gained 10 instances and he pitched to a 2.16 ERA.
“I became a Yankee in that moment,’’ Sabathia said on a Zoom call Friday in advance of his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27 in Cooperstown. “That’s the biggest moment I think I’ll take away from the [Yankees-Red Sox] rivalry, was being able to have a big game and … pitch well.”
