CC Sabathia Discusses Decision to Enter Rehab on 'Good Morning America'

“I understand where, you know, fans would be upset and people would not understand,” Sabathia said. “If it was my knee or if it was anything else, then people wouldn't have a problem with it. You know, it being alcoholism, it was tough for people to swallow, but it's the same thing."

Signs of trouble were prevalent throughout a lost 2015 for Sabathia. He was involved in an altercation outside a Toronto nightclub in August after an argument with hecklers, and ESPN.com's Wallace Matthews reported Sabathia was drinking inside the clubhouse the weekend before he checked into rehab. 

A six-time All-Star, Sabathia said the rehab stint will help him return his full focus to baseball in 2016.

“Just getting back with my teammates, being back in Yankee Stadium, enjoying the fans and, you know, pitching,” Sabathia told Roberts. "That's what I love to do, competing. I'll be back out there 100 percent, ready to go."

Sabathia went 6-10 with a 4.73 ERA and 1.42 WHIP in 2015. Due up to $50 million over the next two seasons, Sabathia has not posted an ERA under 4.50 since 2012 and has won only 23 games over the last three years.

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