Do you think CC sabathia is worth $140 million  

Very good points, I must say. If only the Twins didn't choke during the 3-game Series with the Royals at season's end, then they would've made the playoffs, too.

$209 million for one team. Hm. Didn't the Tampa Bay Rays get to the World Series with only 20% of this payroll? Then again, those guys would be reaching arbitration soon, which would balloon their salaries.

You bring up some very good points. I never thought of it as the fans that come to the games are the ones who suffer from the high ticket prices and merchandise due to the high salaries of the players. The yankees fans can blame the team on the A-rod trade for that one. I live in Ny, and I went to a yankees game over the summer to see them play my Red Sox, and the price for a hot dog and a beer makes you have to run to the atm machine. It's funny the yankees get all these high priced guys every year and keep loosing. The ticket sales go up, and then the fans get pissed cause their team sucks. They all cheered when A-rod came, and now half of the fans I hear want him gone. He makes too much money and I don't think any other team in their right mind would take on his salary.
The other thing that sucks like you said is the players coming up in the small market towns like Minnesota and leaving for the more big market ball clubs and for money. I don't blame players for going after the money, but I wish athletes would sign a contract with the team that they have a desire to play for. All of these guys are making money that they cannot spend in a lifetime. So what's the differnce between $20 million and $100 million? It's still millions. These guys go for the money, and then they end up on a team that can't bring in other free agents to upgrade the team as the years go on because of the team has all of their money tied into one guy. Then they start complaining saying they want to play for a contender. Then you get these teams that have to pull off a 6 team 40 player trade just to get these high priced players.lol..It's ridiculus

Good point about the rays making it with a very low payroll before. You would expect a team that has been coming in last place for over a decade, and getting all the top draft picks as a result to finaly make it to the post season. Luckily for them they still have alot of the young guys that have been their under contract for a few years. But I like everyone else is waiting to see how long this team is going to stay together now that they are one of the elite teams in the american league. The more better this team gets, the greedier the players will get. I think that's when players ego's get in the way in sports. every guy feels like if it weren't for him the team wouldn't have made it to the post season. So therefore he feels like he should be rewarded with a huge contract. When these teams give out these contracts, the next guy who's contract is up is going to be looking for the same amount of money or even more.
As far as Sabathia goes,he got lit up by my Red Sox last year in the playoffs, and the Brewers used the hell out of him going in to the post season pitching him on 3 days rest, and they did it again in the playoffs. The Giants Paid Barry Zito all that money and he was a bust . But maybe you can blame it on the lack of offense that he has around him. I didn't pay attention to who was even on the Giants roster this year. Maybe Zito had some games he could have won if his offenense would have picked him up. The yankees have all the money in the world to sign Sabathia. alot of people think he is just playing around trying other teams to drive up his asking price. The guy is financially set for the rest of his life. It should come down to what team he really wants to play for, and not what team wants to pay him the most money.

I think $140 is too much for any pitcher. How long is his arm going to last? As far as player salaries go, I don't believe they will go down. The problem is that you have every guy trying to get paid the same amount as the next guy. Look at the money the Mets gave Yohan Santana last year. Sabathia is going to be trying to get that same amount or even more because he feels like he's just as good as santana. What ever money Sabathia gets, the next big free agent pitcher is going to be demanding the same type of deal that he gets.

It seems like the yankees got their man. It was reported this morning that CC agreed to sign with the Yankees. They said he met with the red sox during the winter meetings. The 1st thing I said was I hope they don't sign him. It's too much money. But it's funny to me cause as a red sox fan, I have been following them since they have been loosingto the Yankees all the yrs in the past. And now they are doing the same thing the Yankees are doing. They are going after all the big name free agents. Teixeira is reported to be more close to signing with boston, and I believe him and his agent are looking for the same amount of money CC is.

I think cc should have stayed in the NL, it was working well for him. That said, no he is not worth that much money,he is a quality pitcher but if he could'nt take the heat in smaller markets he will never make it in NY.