A little off topic, but I'm watching the Tampa Bay vs. Red Sox game in the background and Rick Sutcliffe says, "CC Sabathia has LITERALLY been worth his weight in gold". If gold is 1,253.00 per ounce and CC weighs 290 lbs. (4640 ounces), then if CC was entirely made out of pure gold he would be worth $5.8 million. So if CC has lived up to his $23 million contract, then indeed he is worth much more than his weight in gold. Of course if CC was made out of pure gold he probably wouldn't have much velocity on his fastball.