Yanks Skeptical of Angels CC Interest

From Jon Heyman:

People inside the Yankees people are skeptical about whether the Angels are as serious as it seems about signing star free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia. Some Yankees officials seem to believe: 1) that the Angels leaked their alleged intention to make an offer to Sabathia approaching that of the Yankees’ $140-million, six-year offer to drive down the demands of first baseman and stated top target Mark Teixeira, or 2) that if the Angels do go for Sabathia, it will be with an offer in the range of $100 million-$120 million, not $140 million.

Heyman goes on to say that he actually believes the Angels are serious in their interest—I mean, he is CC Sabathia, after all. The Angels need a big bat more than they do pitching, however, so it would make sense to lock up Tex, especially when you consider that they gave up a cheap and talented first baseman in Casey Kotchman in order to acquire Teixeira.