His imposing height and blistering fastball have drawn comparisons to Yankees ace CC Sabathia.
The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia and Derek Jeter (baseball's three highest-paid players) certainly aren't.
The Yankees will send LHP CC Sabathia (4-3) to the mound Thursday in the series finale.
Opening day starter CC Sabathia allowed four runs over five innings for the Yankees.
It includes endorsements from good guy athletes like CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter and Josh Freeman.
Baltimore started the eighth inning with singles by Alexi Casilla and Nick Markakis off CC Sabathia (2-1).
Closer Mariano Rivera and ace CC Sabathia are to take part in their first simulated games Thursday.
Ace LHP CC Sabathia (left elbow bone spur surgery) is scheduled for his third bullpen session Friday.
"Just being here and eating in the mess hall was a lot of fun, " left-hander CC Sabathia said.
Yankees ace CC Sabathia pitched in a minor league game and gave up one run in six innings.
Pitcher CC Sabathia is an established star, but only once every five days.
Ivan Nova is set to start Tuesday, followed by CC Sabathia and Hughes.
Maybe 40-ish pitchers Pettitte and Hiroki Kuroda will stay healthy and team with CC Sabathia to form a solid starting rotation.
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Ultimately, both the Yankees and Tigers won decisive fifth games behind their respective aces, CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander.
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The Tigers will play for a series sweep Sunday in a matchup of aces, Detroit's Justin Verlander and New York's CC Sabathia.
Seattle took a 3-0 lead against CC Sabathia into the sixth inning.
Opening day starter CC Sabathia is coming back from left elbow bone spur surgery and closer Mariano Rivera had knee surgery last year.
"I guess it seems like we were just there, because this is the first trip and it was our last, " left-hander CC Sabathia said.
Ace CC Sabathia is a relative youngster at 32, but he's still recovering from offseason surgery to remove bone spurs from his left elbow.
"He's throwing the ball right where he wants to, and to be able to that in February is amazing, " Yankees ace CC Sabathia said.
"Nobody's going to feel sorry for us, " ace CC Sabathia said.
Boston's big day against CC Sabathia (0-1) came a year after it lost its first three games under Bobby Valentine and went on to a 69-93 finish.
The Yankees signed free agent Hiroki Kuroda and traded for Mariners starter Michael Pineda, who are expected to join CC Sabathia and Ivan Nova in the starting rotation.
Their effort followed an uneven performance by starter CC Sabathia.
Those two pitchers join Freddy Garcia, Phil Hughes, Ivan Nova and CC Sabathia in a solid starting rotation (Hughes or Garcia will likely move to the bullpen this season).
After CC Sabathia gave back a run, the Yankees took the lead again on a fourth-inning Chris Stewart sacrifice fly, with Cano notching his 1, 500th hit along the way.
Only a bullpen collapse prevented him from joining CC Sabathia, Bret Saberhagen and Dwight Gooden in a select group of pitchers that won their debut before their 21st birthday.
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Pineda arrived with hopes of being a second ace behind CC Sabathia, but from the start of spring, his velocity was down, prompting concern from the Yankees and outsiders.
The AL East's top team will send ace CC Sabathia to the mound Sunday with a chance to complete its second sweep of Toronto in the Bronx in three weeks.
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