WHY YOU CAN'T FALL INTO THE TRAP

Yes, CC Sabathia has an opt-out clause that he could exercise after the 2011 season. We all knew that right? I mean, the Yankees were in the room the day they hammered out the contract with Sabathia. Guess what? Good for CC. You have to give credit to his people. Guess what else? Good for the Yanks, they managed to win a World Series with CC the first year in.

Baseball and contracts are nuts, aren’t they? You get attached to players and the next thing you know, they want to leave. Or do they? In this case though, CC is doing what any player would do...he's exercising the system. Why wouldn’t he?

Should you be mad at CC Monster? No. Do you want to be mad at him? Probably. You probably feel betrayed, right? But why? The reality is 2011 hasn’t even started yet. We have a whole season with CC and at the end of the season, it is then, and only then, that we should think about this whole opt-out clause. For now, take a moment, take a deep breath, because one thing I hate is chaos at Yankees camp on day 2.

This tweet comes from former Yankee pitcher Steve Karsay yesterday afternoon, and it rings true. It's plain and simple. Yesterday was the first official day of Spring Training. So, why? Why are we talking about this now? In my mind, the Yankees have bigger problems right now. Rotation holes for sure. Filling them is priority number 1. Priority number 2 is winning. Priority number 3, if everything clicks, is dealing with CC.

There are many different opinions on the way this whole opt-out thing goes down for CC:

Scenerio #1: If the Yankees win it all, CC will opt-out and try to get more years or more money with another team. But what team will take that on? The Yankees. So most likely, in my scenario, The Yanks may have him back any way.

Scenerio #2: If the Yankees win, CC feels close to his team, his teammates and decides the stay in the Bronx and ignore that opt-out clause crap.

Scenerio #3: CC works with the Yanks on a contract extension.

Scenerio #4: CC leaves the Bronx at the end of 2011 season and signs somewhere else.

The one thing no one can do tight now is panic. Jeez, you can tell there is nothing to talk about at camp except CC losing weight and Joba gaining weight. It's alittle boring so the media decided to jump on this nugget. It comes as no surprise to me that Bob Klapisch can just casually throw a tweet out there Day 1 and the world joins the conversation. It makes for unwanted controversy that nobody needs.

Now, in fairness to all the reporters, and Joel Sherman of the New York Post, CC used to be clear about staying a Yankee. Now CC said this to Sherman:

"Anything is possible in a contract...Who knows what is possible, but I am not thinking about anything beyond Opening Day.”

Those are 2 quotes from CC. Sounds concerning right? Wrong. Don't read into it. Please, you'll just fall into the frenzy. Think about it, the first controversy came when Lee signed with the Phillies. The second was Pettitte retiring. Now there's talk about CC opting out. We are all just constantly looking for the next shoe to drop for the Yankees, like the empire's about to crumble. I hate it. It's wrong, it's unfair and unfortunately, it's the nature of reporting.

So, how do you feel about it? Tell me what you think. Personally, me, I think it's a bunch of crap. We are months away from that doomsday scenerio. Right now, we have baseball to play. Let's go play it, and back CC in the process.

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