According to Ken Rosenthal (subs. req’d), CC Sabathia is expected to be ready for Spring Training after undergoing a heart procedure earlier this month. He began to experience symptoms (heartburn, chest pains, etc.) and went to the doctor, and was told he needed an angioplasty, meaning a stent was inserted to open a blocked artery.
“CC was experiencing some chest pain which turned out to be a blockage in one artery to his heart,” Sabathia’s agent told Rosenthal. “A procedure was done to insert a stent to clear the blockage on December 11th. CC is doing great and will be reporting to Spring Training on time to get ready to play for his upcoming final season in 2019.