CC Continues to Deal

CC Sabathia earned another win for the New York Yankees yesterday to move his league leading total to 15. At 15-5 with a 2.56 ERA, CC is proving his point as a candidate for the Cy Young Award. More impressive than his season total is what he has been able to accomplish over the past ten starts.

CC is 9-1 over his last ten starts. He has also given up a minuscule five runs over his last 54.1 innings pitched. That's less than one run per nine innings. To be honest, those numbers are simply out of this world.

Without CC, the Yankees would not be in contention for the AL East crown. With CC, the Yankees are two games behind the AL East leading Boston Red Sox.

With a 6.5 game lead in the Wild Card, it's safe to say that as long as this train doesn't completely derail from the track, the Yankees will be alive and well in September and October. And with all the pitching concerns they will undoubtedly have going into the playoffs, at least one thing will be certain.

CC Sabathia will be leading the way.