CC Talks About NY

CC Sabathia made some interesting post-game comments after the Brewers were eliminated today by the Phillies. Here’s what he said via Jon Heyman (SI):

But Sabathia also said, “I’ll play anywhere,” and kept the Yankees in play, saying of New York, “I enjoy that city. They’ve got a brand new stadium. We’ll have to see what happens.”

“‘Coming to a new city showed me it’s pretty much the same anywhere,” he said.

In Heyman’s writeup, he primarily discusses the Brewers and their possible attempt at resigning Sabathia. Milwaukee is thought to be in the mix for CC’s services, however, if the team runs into a full blown bidding war, they’ll likely have to bow out, especially if Sabathia is truly open to playing anywhere. As we all know, there has been a lot of talk about him staying in California. CC also addressed this issue, directly.

Sabathia took a swipe at the conventional wisdom that says he much preferred to go home to California to play. “All those who say I only want to go back to California to play, that’s not true,” Sabathia said.

This could be a ploy to get more money from a west coast team (throwing the Yankees in the mix), or this could be a legitimate statement. Hell, maybe the rumor about playing on the west coast is nothing more than a bargaining chip for more money from NY. We’ll have to wait and see.