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| 20th December, 2008 - 10:08 am | ESPN - CC Sabathia will receive $9.5 million from the Yankees before he even throws his first pitch in pinstripes.
His $161 million, seven-year contract includes a $9 million signing bonus, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.
When the Yankees open at Baltimore on April 6, he already will have received $6 million of that bonus plus $3.5 million of next year's salary.
Even Sabathia admitted this week that "with the economy being the way it is ... the huge amount of money, it was, you know, pretty crazy." [READ] |
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