Knoxville Smokies (Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs as Tennessee Smokies since 2007) Established: 1972 (as the ...

It's not hard to contextualize how great CC Sabathia's run with the Brewers was in 2008, but let's ponder some mind-blowing numbers, shall we?

Chicago Cubs manager Herman Franks frequently ... His 33 complete games during that same timespan is second behind only Roy Halladay. Not to outdo himself, Sabathia had a 130 ERA+ and 3.34 ERA ...

In that span he led the majors in strikeouts, was second to Halladay in ERA+ ... the 2015 Kansas City Royals and ‘16 Chicago Cubs, winning the MVP in the ‘16 Fall Classic with his tie-breaking ...