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If I had to bet on it, and I am glad I do not, I would bet that Sabthia has indicated to the Yankees that he just doesn't feel comfortable with New York.  Now, stories of all shapes and sizes are swirling, but that is my guess.  Because of that, the Yankees are now stepping up their pursuit of other pitchers because that will allow them to 1- start filling the holes in the rotation and 2- create some leverage with Sabathia. 

Now, that may or may not work, the guy simply may want to stay at home, but it will finally get things moving.  I would expect a ton of rumors over the next day about the Yankees with Burnett, Lowe and Sheets.  You could also probably throw Oliver Perez and Andy Pettitte (remember him?) into that mix and expect the Yankees to make offers to multiple pitchers, but make them contingent on who says yes first.  

So, if Burnett or one of the others says yes, the Yankees return to Sabathia and tell him we have some other offers out there and if one of them accepts, we are pulling our offer to you.  I could be totally wrong here, but that's my sense.  What is yours?