Round Moundsmen

When the Yankees move into their new digs next season, they'll bring one Ruth-sized player with them. CC Sabathia will be the heavyweight anchor of New York's rotation after signing a seven-year, $161 million deal. The workhorse lefty has 117-73 career mark, but saw his stock inflate dramatically after last season's trade to Milwaukee, where he went 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA, seven complete games and three shutouts.

Here are some more of baseball's other notable hefty lefties, portly portsiders and rotund righties, past and present, whose girth inspired awe, hoots of "Hey, one man to a pair of pants out there!" from bench jockeys, and perhaps a little concern that their careers would collapse under their considerable weight.