New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia is done for the season, as the left-hander will undergo surgery on his right knee, the American League club said Friday.
The season-ending arthroscopic debridement procedure has been scheduled for Wednesday, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters before Friday's home game against the Cincinnati Reds.
A six-time All-Star, Sabathia has not pitched since May 10. He made eight starts this season before being sidelined, going 3-4 with a 5.28 ERA.
"He'll get it cleaned up & obviously it will end his season." - Yankees GM Brian Cashman on CC Sabathia’s right knee: https://t.co/Sc4dgOekF1
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The once dominant veteran holds a 208-119 record with a 3.63 ERA over 14 years in Major League Baseball with stints with the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers before joining the Yankees in 2009 and going on to win the World Series.
The team hopes the surgery will allow Sabathia, the 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner, to return to the mound by spring training next year and avoid microfracture surgery that could threaten the big left-hander's career.
"Hopefully, next year will be a different story," said Cashman, whose team is 47-47 so far this season, in third place five games behind the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles.
The Yankees have lost four of their five-man rotation at the start of the season. Ivan Nova is out for the year after Tommy John surgery, and the Yankees are hopeful that Masahiro Tanaka and Michael Pineda can return in August.
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