The Yankees went the extra mile(s) to sign CC Sabathia.

As contract talks heated up with the free-agent left-hander, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman left the 2008 winter meetings in Las Vegas to sit down with Sabathia and his family at their home in Vallejo.

It was an atypical — and important — step in the Yankees signing Sabathia to a record-setting seven-year, $161 million deal.

That proved to be a franchise-altering investment.

Sabathia is expected to be part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025, with the results of this year’s vote scheduled to be announced this evening.

As of Monday afternoon, Sabathia had been included on 93.4% of the 172 ballots that were publicly released, or 46.7% of the total tickets, according to Ryan Thibodaux’s HOF tracker. It’s a strong indication Sabathia will finish with the 75% needed for induction.

This is the first year on the ballot for Sabathia, who went 251-161 with a 3.74 ERA and 3,093 strikeouts in 3,577 1/3 innings over 19 MLB seasons with Cleveland, Milwaukee and the Yankees.

Sabathia is one of three left-handed pitchers to record at least 3,000 strikeouts, and one of 15 pitchers with 3,000 Ks and 250 wins. Nobody who debuted after 1989 threw more innings than the durable Sabathia, who is one of only 49 pitchers to win at least 250 games.

The last 11 of Sabathia’s seasons came with the Yankees, with whom the hulking left-hander won the 2009 World Series, twice led the majors in wins — including with a career-high 21 in 2010 — and became a respected clubhouse leader.

Originally a first-round pick by Cleveland in 1998, Sabathia made his MLB debut three years later as a 20-year-old and went 17-5 as a rookie. He pitched his first 71/2 seasons with Cleveland, winning his lone Cy Young Award in 2007, before being traded to the Brewers midway through the 2008 campaign.

Despite his impending free agency, Sabathia stepped up as a workhorse throughout the Brewers’ playoff push. His final three starts of the regular season came on three days’ rest, as did his Game 2 start in the 2008 NLDS.

Sabathia would become the first inductee to enter the Hall as a Yankee since former teammates Derek Jeter, who was part of the 2020 class, and Mariano Rivera, who was enshrined in 2019.