"If Yankees ace CC Sabathia chooses to opt out of his contract, the Texas Rangers are planning to make a strong push to sign him, according to a report on ESPNNewYork.com.

"I hear they're going to throw a boatload of money at him," an anonymous source told the website. "But I think he'll stay with the Yankees. He's talked so much about how much he loves New York, and besides, the Yankees can't afford to lose him from that pitching staff.""