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CC Sabathia has NSFW reaction to Clint Frazier leaving Yankees

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 24: CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees looks on before the game against the Minnesota Twins on July 24, 2019 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Yankees defeated the Twins 10-7. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 24: CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees looks on before the game against the Minnesota Twins on July 24, 2019 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Yankees defeated the Twins 10-7. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

Well … tell us how you really feel, CC Sabathia!

The former New York Yankees ace has never been shy about sharing his thoughts on the team and the sporting landscape, and luckily, he’s got a platform in the R2C2 Podcast with Ryan Ruocco to get those thoughts distributed to the world.

Let’s just say he didn’t mince words in the podcast’s latest episode when Clint Frazier’s name was brought up.

Plenty of fuss was made about Frazier’s DFA and move to the Chicago Cubs, and while part of the frenzy had to do with the lockout and a complete lack of other moves to discuss, a lot of it’s also centered around the outfielder’s polarizing nature. From rumors about him trying to take Mickey Mantle’s number to some bizarre postgame interviews to the backlash to the backlash over his simple exaltation that he’s ready to leave the Bronx, Frazier’s name was always in the news, even if Frazier himself was probably in Scranton.

According to CC, it’s time to stop all that mess (and Ruocco agrees).

Despite a solid 2020, Frazier has never really been in the Yankees’ plans. He’s barely been a Yankee. His “production-to-mentions” ratio has never evened out. Sabathia is sick of it — and if his attitude was pervasive in the Yankees clubhouse, this whole thing might be addition by subtraction.

CC Sabathia doesn’t want to hear about Clint Frazier leaving the Yankees.

Whew. Consider those words un-minced.

“If I see another Clint Frazier story, I’m gonna punch someone in the f***in’ face. S**t is ridiculous. Kid played 15 games in the f***ing big leagues,” is as harsh as it gets, and I think I speak for everyone when I say … I hope CC’s not reading this additional story, and I hope I’m not the one he punches. It’s noteworthy, though, C!

Certainly, some of this is agitation about just how much Frazier chatter there is in the world, considering the outfielder didn’t really factor into the Yankees’ plans next season. He simply couldn’t have, considering how rarely he was available the year prior.

Some of Sabathia’s vitriol, as well as Ruocco’s shrugging dismissal, is probably because of comments like this, though:

Say what you will about Frazier’s departure and whether he deserved to “go off” a little or not, but he definitely didn’t take the highest of roads.

We’re trying not to read too much into this, but it’s difficult when Sabathia can’t hide his disdain. How long has this been the prevailing wisdom in the clubhouse? You certainly didn’t hear things like this when, say, Didi Gregorius left.

This can’t be the end of the conversation.

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