CC Sabathia hopes to return this season. If he does,it may be in an unfamiliarrole as a reliever.

Sabathia received a promising prognosis fromDr. Answorth Allen on Tuesday. The 35-year-old southpaw could pitchagain when he is Michael Dickson Jerseys eligible to come off the 15-day disabled listSept. 8.

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It went good no surgery,"Sabathia said of his visit with Allen,.I will start the rehab proce s, and I feel like if I NFL Seattle Seahawks Jerseys get enough rest I can come back and be healthy enough to pitch."

Sabathia, who exited his start on Sunday with pain in the same knee on which he had surgery in 2014, would be open to moving to a role in the bullpen should the Yankees want to go in that direction.

Helping this team anyway I can is what I am here to do,"Sabathia said. "If that means pitching out of the bullpen, it is what it is. I am not here to make that decision, thats not for me to make." Nigel Warrior Jerseys

WithMicheal Pinedaexpected to return from the DLWednesday, New York'srotation would includeMasahiro Tanaka,Nathan Eovaldi,Ivan Nova, andLuis Severino, who each has alower ERAthanSabathia Ryan Neal Jerseys 's5.27 ERA this season.

Although Sabathia has only pitched out of the bullpen once in hiscareer (2011 ALDS), the move may be for the best for the Yankees, who can notafford an unreliable outing every five games as theylookto stay in the hunt for the AL East title.