As far as a comparison with sabathia - Yes, lester is a more complete pitcher imo; and better yet, he's playoff proven as well. Not to mention his story speaks volumes in itself. Look around in the baseball world...last year he was being praised as arguable the best lefty in the game all year long. How about that no-hitter to support that case.
Sabathia was shelled by the orioles? The freakin' orioles - who are probably one of the weakest teams in the entire league. Sabathia was lit-up for 6 earned runs, and 5 walks and 0 strike outs to go with it. Cy young and 161 million dollar man numbers all the way there.
In regard to santana, he hasn't been the same pitcher since he's been with the mets. He's good, but not dominant like he was at one point.
Yeah, and what happened the year after his cy young with the indians? The following season with cleveland was absolutely aweful. I think you yankee fans probably expect a lot more than you're going to get from sabathia. The yankees are a team full of mercenaries. That's been their problem for a long time now, because you can put the stars on a team, but you can't produce a team chemistry from that to win a championship.
Yup - 161 games left. Have fun riding it out in the cellar. I missed the smack talk.