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Pinstriped Prudence?

Yankees GM Brian Cashman in an undated file

Photo credit: AP | Yankees GM Brian Cashman in an undated file photo.

By giving CC Sabathia a one-year extension for 2016 and a vesting option for 2017 on Oct. 31, the Yankees made the lefthander the highest-paid pitcher in the game, leapfrogging Sabathia over Cliff Lee of the Phillies. So it's not as if the Yankees suddenly have become, well . . . the Mets.

Yet baseball's new collective-bargaining agreement has given them strong incentive to be more careful...

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