TAMPA, Fla. — For CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera, it was all about taking another step toward Opening Day. For Phil Hughes, there was probably a little more at stake. For all three pitchers ...

So who’s the next Yankee headed to Cooperstown after Sabathia? It may be a while, at least by recent standards, as Torre, Rivera, Jeter and Sabathia all got in during a 12-year period. Filed under ...

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CC Sabathia began his career in Cleveland but his 11 seasons with the New York ... he learned how to deploy the cut fastball thanks to the tutelage of Pettitte and Mariano Rivera, who retired ...

CC Sabathia #52 and Ichiro Suzuki #31 of the New York Yankees walk back to the dugout during the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on August 29, ... Only Mariano Rivera, ...

After CC Sabathia Who Will be the Next Yankee in the Hall of Fame? ... He was welcomed to baseball’s most prestigious club by his former teammate Derek Jeter and joins another in Mariano Rivera.

Former Mariners ace Felix Hernandez, who like Sabathia was a six-time All-Star and won a Cy Young Award (2010), was at 26.2% in his first year on the ballot. Hernandez went 169-136 with a 3.42 ERA ...

CC Sabathia’s career ended abruptly. Yes, the longtime Yankees left-hander had announced months earlier his plans to retire after the 2019 season, but his final appearance did not go as ...

The BBWAA has not elected a pitcher to the Hall since the trio of Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay and Mike Mussina in 2019. Sabathia (and Billy Wagner) should provide a welcome reset this year.

Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner voted into baseball Hall of Fame. ... (99.7 percent), nearly becoming the second player (after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in 2019) ...

CC Sabathia has already chosen what will be on his plaque if he is elected to the Hall of Fame. ... as Mariano Rivera did in 2019. In statements collected by CBS Sports, ...

CC Sabathia has made it clear he wants to go into the Baseball Hall ... He was welcomed to baseball’s most prestigious club by his former teammate Derek Jeter and joins another in Mariano Rivera.