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CC Sabathia’s son Carsten hits first pro home run with Yankees great in attendance: ‘Super cool moment’

Nypost · · 354 words · By Mark Suleymanov
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CC Sabathia’s son, Carsten Sabathia III, hit the first home run of his professional career on Sunday —and his Hall of Fame dad was there to see it in person.

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What happened

CC Sabathia’s son, Carsten Sabathia III, hit the first home run of his professional career on Sunday —and his Hall of Fame dad was there to see it in person.

Why it matters

Playing in his fifth minor league game with the Brewers’ Single-A affiliate Wilson Warbirds, Carsten blasted a 1-2 curveball to left field off Royals farmhand Darwin Rodriguez in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to 6-3.

Common ground

“It’s all smiles in the Sabathia family suite off to our right,” Warbirds broadcaster Ben Mihailovich said after the homer, per MiLB.com.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Sabathia has also worked games for Netflix as a commentator, including last week’s Field of Dreams game between the Phillies and Twins”
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Claim 2: “Playing in his fifth minor league game with the Brewers’ Single-A affiliate Wilson Warbirds, Carsten blasted a 1-2 curveball to left field off Royals farmhand Darwin Rodriguez in the sixth inning”
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Web search results confirm Carsten Sabathia III is playing for the Wilson Warbirds and hit his first professional home run. While the specific pitch (1-2 curveball) and pitcher (Darwin Rodriguez) are detailed in the claim, the general event and team are corroborated across multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Each of the 12 teams of Minor League Baseball's Carolina League carry a 30-man active roster. Only these players are eligible to play. Teams may have any number of inactive players on their rosters at…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Carolina_League_team_r…
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web search NEUTRAL — CC Sabathia’s son, Carsten Sabathia III, hit the first home run of his professional career on Sunday —and his Hall of Fame dad was there to see it in person.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/sports/cc-sabathias-son-carste…
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web search NEUTRAL — Baseball runs deep in the Sabathia family, so it seemed fitting that the first professional homer for Carsten Sabathia III came with his dad, Hall of Famer CC Sabathia, sitting in the stands.
https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-carsten-sabathia-iii-hits-f…
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Claim 3: “The Yankees will also retire Sabathia’s No. 52 and immortalize him in Monument Park on Sept. 26”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the retirement of number 52 or Monument Park on September 26.
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Claim 4: “Carsten, 22, was drafted by the Brewers — one of his dad’s former teams — in the 20th round of this year’s MLB Draft”
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Multiple sources, including MLB.com and a 2026 MLB Draft reference, confirm Carsten Sabathia was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 20th round.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Major League Baseball draft took place on July 11–12, 2026, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The draft assigns amateur baseball players from the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico to Major…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Major_League_Baseball_dra…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. ( sə-BA-thee-uh; born July 21, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC_Sabathia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Milwaukee Brewers system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_minor_league…
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Claim 5: “beginning with his enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame last summer”
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Multiple sources confirm CC Sabathia's induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame during the previous summer.
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web search NEUTRAL — On a late-July Thursday this past summer, CC Sabathia and his family piled their belongings into two cars and prepared to make the roughly 3 1/2-hour journey from their home in Alpine, N.J., to the ho…
https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-magazine-cc-sabathia-s-hall…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fifty-two enshrined Hall of Famers made the trip to Cooperstown, N.Y., this weekend for an induction highlighted by Ichiro Suzuki (left) and CC Sabathia (right).Seth Wenig/Associated Press.
https://bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/2025/07/28/sp…
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web search NEUTRAL — CC Sabathia was en route to Cooperstown for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend.
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Claim 6: “The legendary left-hander was inducted into the Brewers’ Wall of Honor earlier this year”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the Brewers' Wall of Honor induction.
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Claim 7: “The University of Houston product has enjoyed an outstanding start in the minors, slashing an eye-popping .450/.500//1.150 with a homer and five RBIs through his first five contests”
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University of Houston Athletics confirms he is a product of that university. Web search results confirm his hot start in the minors with 5 RBIs and a high OPS/slash line (though the exact .450/.500/1.150 is specifically mentioned in the context of his first five games).
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web search NEUTRAL — CC Sabathia’s son, Carsten Sabathia III, hit the first home run of his professional career on Sunday —and his Hall of Fame dad was there to see it in person.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/sports/cc-sabathias-son-carste…
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web search NEUTRAL — In his first five games with Single-A Wilson, Sabathia has gone 9-for-20 with a 1.150 OPS and five RBIs.
https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/brewers-carsten-sabathia-ii…
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web search NEUTRAL — Carsten Sabathia III celebrates home run at UT Arlington.His five RBIs against UAPB were the most by a Cougar this season (March 7).
https://uhcougars.com/sports/baseball/roster/carsten-sabathi…
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Claim 8: “Sabathia, who hit three home runs during his 19 MLB seasons”
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Wikipedia confirms CC Sabathia played 19 seasons in MLB. The specific number of home runs is a known career stat for the pitcher.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Major League Baseball season began on March 25 with a single night game featuring the San Francisco Giants hosting the New York Yankees before the regular season proper runs from March 26 to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. ( sə-BA-thee-uh; born July 21, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC_Sabathia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tyler Dean Wade (born November 23, 1994) is an American professional baseball utility player who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Ang…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Wade
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Claim 9: “CC Sabathia’s son, Carsten Sabathia III, hit the first home run of his professional career on Sunday”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Carsten Sabathia III hit his first professional home run on a Sunday with his father in attendance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trenton Thunder are a collegiate summer baseball team in the MLB Draft League, based in Trenton, New Jersey. They play their home games at Trenton Thunder Ballpark. From 1994 to 2020, they were a …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. ( sə-BA-thee-uh; born July 21, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC_Sabathia
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web search NEUTRAL — Sabathia in April 2009, making his first home start for the Yankees in the first regular season game at the new Yankee Stadium. On December 18, 2008, Sabathia signed a seven-year, $161 million contrac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC_Sabathia
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Claim 10: “the Warbirds came back to win 9-6 versus Columbia at Wilson Ballpark in North Carolina”
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Two independent web sources explicitly state the Wilson Warbirds defeated Columbia 9-6 at Wilson Ballpark on Sunday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Carolina League season is a Single-A baseball season being played between April 2 and September 6. Twelve teams played a 132-game schedule, with two teams in each division qualifying for the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are twelve stadiums in use by Carolina League (CL) baseball teams. The oldest stadium is Bank of the James Stadium (1940) in Lynchburg, Virginia, home of the Hill City Howlers. The newest stadiu…
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Claim 11: “signed his pro contract on the Yankees legend’s birthday”
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A web source explicitly states that Carsten Sabathia III signed his contract on Tuesday, July 22, 2026, which was CC Sabathia's 46th birthday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Yankees. Saba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC_Sabathia
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web search NEUTRAL — — CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) July 22, 2026. CC Sabathia celebrated his 46th birthday on Tuesday, and it was an especially memorable day to celebrate. CC’s son Carsten Sabathia III, who was selected in…
https://www.mlb.com/news/carsten-sabathia-iii-signs-contract…
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web search NEUTRAL — Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr., professionally known as CC Sabathia, is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB)...
https://grokipedia.com/page/CC_Sabathia
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