Heyman's Latest: Sabathia, Floyd, Winn

If C.C. can turn down an offer from the Yankees who probably will make the richest pitcher in baseball good for him

as a rangers fan, just the thought at sabathia in an angels uni scares me.

that rotation would be ridiculous

"but I have a feeling he's gonna be at the top of the dodger rotation if they can find someway to get rid of Pierre, jones, and schmidts contracts"

And therin lies the problem as there isnt a snowballs chance in heel that happens. Schmidt and Jones are done after '09, no one is going to take a heavy 1 year deal and Pierre is, well, Pierre.

CC would obviously help, but pitching isnt their problem, its been offense. Manny has completely changed the dynamic of that team. The Dodgers should be spending $$$ on trying to keep Manny and Blake. Even with the loss of Lowe you still have Billingsley, Kuroda, and Kershaw as a solid 3. Maddux( if he wants to come back) McDonald, and Penny ( maybe) could round out yur rotation.

How dare Sabathia make his own decision. Haven't Yankee fans been telling us for months that their team is "entitled" to his services? Next your going to be telling us that Burnett wants to stay in Toronto and Sheets likes Milwaukee. What good is a $300 million budget if nobody wants your money?

A couple things about Sabathia and the Dodgers. One, isn't it about time an insurance policy kicks in on Schmidt? If so, that should cover most of Sabathia's deal for next year. Further, remember that Schmidt and Jones are gone after next year, so the salary extension would be short lived, though the Dodgers would have arb issues with some of the young talent.

That said, I think Manny has to be the priority. He means so much to the line up, both with production and fear.

"No free agent pitcher, given the choice, would want to play in that joke of a park in Philly."

Actually Sabathia said he would like to hit in the park.

Melonis rex- I wholeheartedly agree with you on Sabean, and I am a Giants fan. Unfortunately, after hearing Sabean speak on local radio over the last month since the CC speculation began, he has never dismissed the idea. In fact, even though he won't speak about any specific player so not to violate any league rules, "hypothetically" he will say that the right player under the right situation, he could see adding another Zito type contract. He also said under those same situations that it would enable them to trade "a young pitcher for a power hitter". When asked specifically about Lincecum he said he's not going anywhere, then when asked about Cain, Sabean hesitated, said no and decided to change the subject off direct names.

I hope I'm wrong because I think financially the giants would be handicapped for a looong time, but I read that as seriously exploring Sabathia.

Speaking of trading Cain: Peter Gammons just said that Matt Cain may be able to net the Giants Prince Fielder AND J.J Hardy. That seems a bit much...