Andy Pettitte is one of the most popular players of the Joe Torre era that netted the Yankee franchise four World Series rings and six trips to the October classic. His return was met with far more excitement than skepticism; after all, Pettitte won't be 40 until June and even though he hasn't pitched since 2010, he managed to amass an 11-3 record and a 3.28 ERA in what was assumed to be his final season as a major league pitcher. Of course, all that changed yesterday when it was announced that ...
Yesterday brought on some rather surprising news as the Yankees signed Andy Pettitte to a minor league contract. They already had six starting pitchers for five rotation spots, which had brought on questions as to who was going to be in and who was going to be out. The questions just got much more plentiful.Obviously there is no guarantee that Pettitte can produce. He will turn 40 years old in June and did not pitch in 2011. Is that a pitcher that you want to bet on? ...
Andy Pettitte is coming back to the Yankees.One of the members of the "Core Four" announced on Friday that he was coming out of retirement to join the team at its spring training facility in Tampa. Pettitte signed a minor league contract and will make $2.5 million if he makes the team..If this seems all too familiar, a similar scenario played out for the Yankees in 2007 when Roger Clemens ceremoniously came out of retirement from the owners box in the middle of a game. Who could forget the famous ...
Today was a monumental day for the New York Yankees.Fans all over were in shock, but for good reason, as they found out one of their long-time fan favorites was coming back to the Bronx in 2012.Jack Curry of the YES Network broke the news first on his Twitter account, announcing that Andy Pettitte had signed a one-year deal worth $2.5 million.
The Yankees have signed Andy Pettitte to a 1-year minor league deal worth $2.5 million. The team is thrilled to have 240-game winner back. — Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) March ...
I know this is the New York Yankees, and I know it's their business of giving themselves as many options as possible each season, but bringing back Andy Pettitte for another go in 2012 shows a lack of faith in their current arms. Let's list all of them, shall we? 1. C.C. Sabathia (guaranteed) 2. Hiroki Kuroda (guaranteed) 3. Phil Hughes 4. Ivan Nova 5. Freddy Garcia 6. Michael Pineda 7. Adam Warren 8. David Phelps 9. Dellin Betances 10. Andy Pettitte That's a damn impressive list of options if ...
We've read the accounts and chronology of how Andy Pettitte reconsidered retirement and signed a one-year minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the New York Yankees. General manager Brian Cashman is said to have wanted Pettitte to return since the end of the 2010 season, but that Pettitte felt it was time to retire. A number of athletes in all sports suffer from withdrawal when they retire; some even return. Most of the time they realize they should have never come back. Pettitte said he ...
In a move that shocked nearly everyone in the baseball world, Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees agreed on a one-year deal, this morning, worth $2.5 million, effectively ending Pettitte's retirement.The deal is a minor league pact with an invitation to the Major League Spring Training.Pettitte retired after an 11-3 season with a 3.28 ERA in 2010, leaving many fans wanting more. He was an All-Star that season, and many believed that he had retired too soon.He was in camp as a Yankees instructor, which may have given him ...
One of the Yankees "Core Four" players is coming out of retirement. Jack Curry of the YES Network broke the story that left-hander Andy Pettitte will come out of retirement. Pettitte signed a one-year, $2.5 million minor-league deal with the Yankees. He will take his time getting ready to return to the rotation.Pettitte appears to have the itch to comeback and here is a look at reasons why it could be a good thing for the Yankees, but also reasons why it may be a bad thing.Begin Slideshow
The New York Yankees got a nice present Friday when Andy Pettitte decided to come out of retirement and sign a minor league contract with the team.Now, the question is, after Pettitte is ready to go, does newly acquired starting pitcher Michael Pineda go down to the minors? CC Sabathia and Ivan Nova are already guaranteed spots in the team's roation, with another spot likely going to Hiroki Kuroda. That leaves one spot for Pineda, Freddy Garcia and Phil Hughes to battle for.While sending Pineda back down to the minors might ...
Something odd happened a few hours ago: Andy Pettitte started trending on Twitter.The reason Pettitte was trending, as I and everyone else soon discovered, was because of this report from Jack Curry of the YES Network:
The Yankees have signed Andy Pettitte to a 1-year minor league deal worth $2.5 million. The team is thrilled to have 240-game winner back.— Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) March 16, 2012
The phrase "out of left field" comes to mind. Or maybe this is a case of the Yankees throwing hardball fans a proverbial curveball.However ...