These new-age Yankees have all but shed the shards of the old days. With the Core Four long gone and Tex and A-Rod retired, the Yankees have morphed into a Millennial club. Yet they were aware enough to keep an old-timer on the payroll.
The Yankees are bringing back CC Sabathia for one more season. Maybe the one-year, $10 million deal doesn’t have the splash of his prior nine-figure contracts — or his $25 million salary last year — but this move is way more than cosmetic or to satisfy any sense of nostalgia.