The opt-out clause is of no importance.  All it does is give CC some control over his future, and thats his right.  The Yankees, Im guessing, gave it to him as an incentive to come to NY.  I hope that he actually uses it in three years, because that means hes been an effective pitcher.  If it means he flees west, so be it; if it means he gets more dollars from the Yankees, so be it.  Right now, we have our front-end-of-the-rotation pitcher for the next three years, and thats all the Yankees cared about, and thats all we as fans should care about, too.