BOSTON — It’s possible getting ejected on Thursday two innings shy of reaching 155 — which would have earned him a $500,000 incentive bonus — didn’t cost CC Sabathia a half-million dollars after all.
That’s because the Yankees might use the 38-year-old for a couple of innings on Sunday against the Red Sox now that they have clinched home field for Wednesday’s AL wild-card game against the Athletics, by virtue of Friday’s 11-6 victory at Fenway Park.
With the first pitch of the sixth inning Thursday, Sabathia hit Rays catcher Jesus Sucre with a pitch in the lower left leg.