MLB

Sabathia won’t opt out if Yankees pay Lee more

TAMPA — CC Sabathia said whatever Cliff Lee pulls down won’t lead to the Yankees’ ace exercising an opt out clause in his contract after next year.

“It has no effect on me at all,” Sabathia told The Post yesterday when asked if Lee’s projected windfall could lead the Yankees’ ace to opt out of the seven-year deal that has four years and $97 million remaining.

Sabathia said late last season he wasn’t going to opt out. He has built a big house in Bergen County, which he lives in all year, and enjoys pitching for the Yankees.

Lee, whom Sabathia said he talked to a “few days ago,” is likely to land a six- or seven-year contract worth $23 million a year.

With money spilling out of MLB teams’ pockets — see Jayson Werth’s seven-year deal for $126 million with the lowly Nationals — Sabathia could be in line for a raise if he opted out and went after a new deal following next season.

Of the $161 million on Sabathia’s contract, he has been paid $64 million with a $9 million signing bonus, $9 million in 2009 and $23 million the past two seasons.