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Yankees' Sabathia likely to wear knee brace in 2015

Kim Klement / USA TODAY Sports

New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia removed a brace from his surgically-repaired right knee after tossing a 41-pitch bullpen session Friday and said he'll probably wear the brace when he pitches during the regular season, as well.

"It's nothing to worry about, just preventative," Sabathia told ESPN's Wallace Matthews from his club's spring training facility in Tampa.

Sabathia was limited to just eight starts in 2014 after tests revealed degenerative changes in his knee and prompted season-ending surgery for the 34-year-old. The portly veteran reported "no problems" after Friday's bullpen - his third of the spring - and manager Joe Girardi has no issues with Sabathia wearing a brace throughout the campaign.

"Whatever he needs to do, whatever he's comfortable doing, that's what we want him to do," Girardi said. "The fact that he's wearing a brace or not wearing a brace doesn't concern me anymore. If they feel that he'll stay healthier wearing the brace, then I would tell him, wear the brace." 

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