Yankees southpaw CC Sabathia recently underwent an angioplasty and had a stent placed, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (subscription link). Thankfully, “his prognosis is excellent,” per the report.
Angioplasties are utilized to clear blockages in a coronary artery, with the stent functioning to maintain a clear path for blood flow. It’s an oft-performed surgery, but one that’s not commonly performed on professional athletes.
Fortunately, Sabathia is not expected to face any particular impediments to his baseball career. He’s slated to pitch for one more season after signing a one-year, $8MM deal to return to the Yankees for the 2019 campaign.
Given the outlook, there’s no real reason to think the Yankees’ plans for the winter will be altered. That said, Sabathia will have been sidelined from part of his offseason work and still needs to be cleared to resume full activities, so there’s a bit of uncertainty. On the other hand, the southpaw is said to be feeling better physically than he did before the procedure, which (per Rosenthal) “figures to benefit Sabathia in his cardiovascular work.”
Wow. Not often that you read about something like this for an active player. Interesting comment that he’s felling better….implies he went in with some discomfort.
He may actually be a much better pitcher into the later innings after this.
What is ‘recently’? A week, a month, a ‘what’?
Closest answer I have found is …..””Sabathia was scheduled to accompany Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. on a work trip to London the week of December 10. However, he complained of symptoms which correlate with acid reflux and heartburn, and decided to get checked out by a doctor. It was then Sabathia learned he had a blocked artery and would have to undergo a surgical procedure to open the artery.” and Cashman said ““We are thankful that CC was smart enough to convey his symptoms to our medical staff, and in turn they immediately engaged New York-Presbyterian Hospital, who quickly determined the root cause of what ailed him.”
Cat, thanks for doing the leg work on researching this. That indeed is one of the premier hospitals in not only the country, but the world. Like you know I could care less about downvotes, but for someone to give you one on this is mind boggling.
Agreed perhaps the most sound post on this site. CC get well, focus on your health and your family.
My pleasure Cereal. I have time on my hands (when I don’t feel like total crap…..disabled almost 9 years now) and I have become pretty quick at searches….lol As for down-votes…I just laugh them off ever since I posted something similar (i.e. a quote from a source pertaining to the article). Life is too short to worry about trivial things.
Thank you for a productive comment. It seems like you pay attention while Polish Hammer sits in his mom’s basement eating hot pockets.
Get well soon CC.
Or I sit in your moms basement eating her hot pocket…
Does your incel community let you say that it sports forums?
Another internet warrior, this one playing with his Ewok toys while dreaming of Princess Leia or probably more the Han Solo type…
Following the Incel playbook with the gay jokes. You must be a real pill if you are ever invited to a party.
I’m just here to see who’s gonna be the first one to try and make a fat joke…
i was waiting for the captain crunch joke myself
That’s not a joke.
Better a stent now than a stent on the DL later
Karma is a bit$h
Maybe they ll finally give Chance Adams a chance now
He’s about 7th in the chances pecking order
Stints can often relieve a feeling of fatigue/tiredness. It is a very often missed sign of heart troubles. He will require an anti-coagulant, but this procedure should help increase his physicality. But a word to the wise: its not the fats: its the sugars that cause so many heart problems and the science proves it: see “Sugar the bitter truth” a documentary by the University of California.
Right on. Sugars are some of the absolute worst “foods” you can put into your body.
Heart disease is very abundant in many segments of the African American community. Good for him it was caught early. Just as likely genetic as self-caused.
From an outsider looking in, it would be easy to say it’s not a surprise since He never has looked like one who worked hard physically during the offseason. Many people have made remarks about his weight being a concern throughout the years. I am not saying he wasn’t healthy. There are a lot of larger bodied people who are perfectly healthy-especially pro athletes. But maybe that discomfort he felt made him go see the doc because has has worked hard in the past and never felt that discomfort before. I’m glad he made the call to see the doc and they got it figured out. This could be a huge break for him and the Yanks.
If this diagnosis reveals an opportunity for CC to improve (like a diet or exercise regimen), then perhaps he could even regain the dominance he once had. That would be awesome to see!
I think people often confuse being “big” with being “fat”. CC is 6’6 listed at 300 and Judge is 6’7 listed at 272. He has always been a big guy and has excelled throughout his career with it. You can be healthy (physically fit) and still have heart issues. Smoking, drinking and lack of sleep can hurt too.
Good luck to CC. Not only do I want him to have a great 2019 and help the Yanks in pursuit of #28 but I would love to see him alive well into his 80s too. He can retire 2019 and still have another 40-50 years of life to live.
I love CC and glad he got this taken care of early, but no way is he 300 pounds. Height and weight info is drastically manipulated for many players.
CC must have been over 350 easy last year.
Really? 300 lbs is NOT normal for that height. How many 300-pound NBAers do you see? All that extra weight is why he has bad knees.
Best wishes for a fast recovery.
Angioplasties aren’t commonly performed on professional athletes, but professional athletes aren’t commonly built like CC Sabathia.
Yeah but he’s almost the same listed height and weight as Judge…ROTFLMAO…
Knee, heart… at some point you just have to eat some salads, for God’s sake.
He tried that a few seasons ago and had the worst year of his career. He’s a good pitcher when he’s fat, and mediocre when he tries to lose weight.
Respect CC. Show respect to the game of baseball.
CC will be enshrined in the HOF one day.
As will Mike Trout. So?
Get well soon, Big Stoppa.
Guy does a ton of charity work and I wish him well. Hopefully this is a bit of a wake up call and he takes his health more seriously.
Get well soon CC!
He needs to go to the bullpen this year. The Yanks need another lefty reliever. They should try him there. At his age and in his health, he should not be counted on to throw 100 pitches every 5 days by a team with World Series aspirations.
150 hits in 153 innings with 3.65 e.r.a. And he “need to go the bullpen”. Please find 10 4th/5th starters that had better years please.
CC Sabathia isn’t even 40 yet. Isn’t this young to have a stent?
I wish him well. For his own sake I hope he realizes baseball is no longer important and spends the rest of his time with his family.
Sad. CC clearly needs to lose weight to avoid dying of a heart attack, but the last time he lost significant weight, he had the worst season of his career. He’s like David Wells — only good players when they’re tubs of lard.
The fat helps insulate their bones and joints. Prince Fielder might still be playing if he stopped trying to eat healthy and be skinny. We’ll never know now unless Stewie from Family Guy makes an MLB Time Machine.
Prince Fielder quit eating meat but didn’t exactly try to eat healthy and be skinny. He just became an overweight vegetarian.
CC looked like he was going to keel over in the 4th inning vs the Red Sox. That’s not normal for HIM. This isn’t surprising
Get well CC
can we have some advanced stats to go with this pointless news?
Yikes, what happens when he no longer has to remain in “game shape”. Can’t always throw money at health and have it be OK. May not make the HOF, not talking about the vote either.
He hasn’t been in “game shape” his whole career, unless the shape is round…