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Try it freeThe apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
CC Sabathia’s son, Carsten III, is in his first season with the Houston Cougars and crushed a towering home run into a parking lot during the team’s season opener Friday night.
Houston lost, 14-3, to the Minnesota Gophers at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park, but Carsten III at least provided them a viral moment.
It was the second-career home run for Carsten III, who played two seasons at Georgia Tech before transferring to Houston.
First home run of the year for the Cougars.
— Houston Baseball (@UHCougarBB) February 15, 2025
Welcome to Houston, Carsten Sabathia III pic.twitter.com/3tLn3IapZ5
The no-doubt blast had an exit velocity of 110 mph.
Sabathia’s Hall of Fame plaque will feature a Yankees hat, where he played the final 11 years of his legendary career.
He posted a video of his son’s homer from behind home plate to his Instagram Stories with the caption: “#1.”
“This is home, The Bronx,” Sabathia said after the Hall of Fame election. “I found a home in The Bronx, and I don’t think I’ll ever leave this city. So I think it’s only fitting.”
Carsten III is the oldest of Sabathia’s four children with his wife, Amber.
He played his high school ball at Bergen Catholic in New Jersey.
Carsten Sabathia III hits a home run during the Houston-Minnesota game on Feb. 14, 2025. @UHCougarBB/X
Carsten Sabathia III hits a home run during the Houston-Minnesota game on Feb. 14, 2025. @UHCougarBB/XLast year, Carsten III had just nine plate appearances with Georgia Tech and hit .143/.222/.143.
The year prior, he had 11 plate appearances and hit .222/.364/.556 with a .919 OPS and his other home run.
Friday’s game was the first of Houston’s three-game series with Minnesota.
CC Sabathia celebrates with his son, Carsten III after the Yankees won the 2009 World Series. MLB via Getty Images
Carsten Sabathia, son of former Yankee pitcher CC Sabathia, during his high school days at Bergen Catholic High School in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Charles Wenzelberg / New York PostHouston last year finished second-to-last in the Big 12 with a 26-28 overall record and 7-21 in the conference.
