Yankees Daily

Zack Greinke won the American League 2009 Cy Young Award on Tuesday. A 2.16 ERA which was the best in the majors is pretty amazing especially since he plays in the American League.

It still doesn’t take away the fact that C.C. Sabathia had a great year for the New York Yankees.

He received a contract from the Yankees in the off season that matched his mountainous presence on the mound during the 2009 season. He was the money player the Yankees paid for. He went and earned the ALCS MVP by overpowering the Anaheim Angels during the three games he pitched.

His regular season wasn’t too shabby either going 19-8 with a 3.37 ERA and 197 strikeouts in 230 innings.

Sabathia has gone deep in all of his postseason starts and made three starts in the World Series which gave Joe Girardi the luxury of going with a three-man rotation in the best-of-seven Series if they needed to.

He lost the first World Series game but gave up only two earned runs. He gave up only three earned runs in his second world series start for the Yankees which they won.

In that game he pitched on three days’ rest for the second time in the postseason. Sabathia pitched in and out of jams and kept a threatening Phillies’ offense stalled for most of the night as the Yankees went on to secure a pivotal 7-4 victory. He just got done pitching 113 pitches three days before that.

Him being able to pitch on short days’ rest has earned the confidence and trust of his teammates and earned a level of respect around the Yankee clubhouse.

Right now, I can say with all the confidence in the world that the Yankees are more happy they have a World Championship on their mantle than a pitcher that has a Cy Young award.

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