"Now that their 2011 season has ended, the Yankees must confront the major business of the winter - fixing their starting rotation for 2012 - and the major question of their offseason:

What do they do if - more like when - CC Sabathia opts out of his contract?

The can trigger a clause in the seven-year, $161-million deal he signed before the 2009 season that would make him the most attractive pitcher on what is a mostly-soft free-agent market for pitchers."