Who knows how Andy Pettitte will perform in his return to the New York Yankees.But when the Yankees signed him to a $2.5 million minor league deal on Friday, they were undoubtedly adding insurance at the back of the rotation.The Yankees' starters combined for a 4.03 ERA last season, which ranked fifth in the American League. A lot of that had to do with surprising performances from veterans Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon. The Yankees know they have to pitch better this season, particularly in the postseason, to come away ...
For those hoping to see Dellin Betances and Manny Banuelos pitch with the Yankees in 2012, I've got some bad news for you—the prodigal son has returned, and neither one of the "Killer B's" will be in the Bronx in 2012.Andy Pettitte, who retired following the 2010 season, has come out of retirement and signed a one-year, $2.5 million minor league deal with the New York Yankees.He obviously will not be ready by opening day and will likely need at least a month of work in extended spring training and ...
What can you say? What a shocker of an announcement.Jack Curry of the YES Network announced on Friday that former New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte will make a comeback to pitch in 2012.Pettitte signed a one-year minor league deal worth around $2.5 million and will join a rotation that already has CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova, Hiroki Kuroda, Phil Hughes, Michael Pineda and Freddy Garcia.Pettitte announced his retirement from baseball back in February of 2011. However, when he was invited to be a special instructor at spring training this year, Pettitte got ...
It appears after one year of retirement, New York Yankees legend Andy Pettitte is making his comeback. The 39-year-old has signed a minor league deal, according to Jack Curry of YES Network. The deal will be worth $2.5 million. However, as it's a minor league deal, Pettitte has no guarantee to make the big league roster. Pettitte has been helping out as an instructor for the Yanks this spring. According to another Curry tweet, he has been mulling a return for a few weeks ...
Bizarre is not the right word. Maybe unbelievable is better. Ridiculous describes it best. The New York Yankees have just announced that they have signed Andy Pettitte to a minor league contract with the likelihood that he will pitch for them this season. The contract is for $2.5 million. Pettitte joined the Yankees in 1995, left for the Houston Astros for the 2004-2006 seasons, and returned home in 2007. He retired following the 2010 season. How will a soon-to-be 40-year-old left-hander that has missed an entire season fare in a ...
The New York Yankees have added to their already solid pitching rotation by signing Andy Pettitte to a minor-league deal. Jack Curry of the YES Network reported the signing via Twitter on Friday: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.The amount of money involved in the deal makes it seem more than likely that Pettitte will be on a fast track to the majors and eventually find a home in the rotation. It is safe to assume that Pettitte has ...
Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees have agreed upon a one-year, $2.5 million minor league contract, according to Jack Curry of the YES Network (via FanIQ.com).At age 39, Pettitte will attempt his comeback after an entire season out of the game.In 2010, Pettitte went 11-3 with a 3.28 ERA in 21 starts. He pitched so well that he was invited to be a member of the All-Star weekend festivities.It's highly unlikely that Pettitte makes the club right out of spring training, as he's already a few weeks behind the ...
Michael Pineda is very happy with his changeup right about now. It's the pitch that everyone in Yankeeland has been telling him he needs to develop if he wants to be a legitimate, top-of-the-rotation starter for the Yankees. And they're all right, by the way, as there are few examples in today's game of two-pitch starters thriving for any prolonged amount of time. So while it's wonderful that Pineda is apparently making progress with his changeup, so much so that Joe Girardi was "euphoric" when discussing it yesterday with George King of the ...
It has been reported that Derek Jeter will miss at least a week with an injured left calf.The 37-year-old missed almost a month of action last season when he injured his other calf.Manager Joe Girardi has made the smart decision to be very cautious about Jeter's injury. He wants to make sure that his aging shortstop is 100 percent for the regular season, with no nagging injuries to haunt him."My alarm was he hurt his calf last year and even though it is the other calf, we are going to ...
"Now I know how Bobby Thomson felt," Chris Chambliss told the media. 25 years after Bobby Thomson hit a home run off Ralph Branca's final pitch of the 1951 season to send the New York Giants to the World Series, Chambliss blasted Mark Littell's first pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning into the right-center field seats to send the New York Yankees to the 1976 World Series. "I didn't realize what had happened until I saw the fans coming from all over the place and the guys coming ...