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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: rik on December 08, 2006, 03:07:13 PM
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NEW YORK -- A familiar face is on his way back to the Bronx.
Andy Pettitte and the Yankees reached a one-year, $16 million agreement on Friday, adding the left-hander to New York's rotation for 2007. Randy Hendricks, one of Pettitte's agents, confirmed the agreement in an e-mail to MLB.com.
Pettitte must still pass a physical before the deal becomes official. The contract also includes a player option for 2008, also worth $16 million.
Pettitte joins a rotation which includes Chien-Ming Wang, Mike Mussina, Randy Johnson and Carl Pavano. The Yankees also have the negotiating rights to Japanese left-hander Kei Igawa, who would likely battle Pavano for the final spot in the rotation if he signs.
"I think it's exciting," Mussina said. "We all know he can pitch here; he had great success here. It will be good to have him back."
Houston had been offering Pettitte a one-year, $12 million deal, and had apparently decided not to go higher than that for the left-hander. Thursday, it appeared that the Astros had a trade in place with the White Sox to land Jon Garland, a sign that they had decided to move on without Pettitte. The trade with Chicago fell through, but the message had been sent.
"We told the Astros we would do the same deal at $14 million," Hendricks said in an e-mail. "They have been stuck on $12 million and essentially said take it or leave it. The aborted Garland trade proves they had no intention of increasing their offer. So there was nothing more to wait for except a decision by Andy, which he made this afternoon."
Pettitte just completed a three-year, $31.5 million contract with Houston, going 37-26 with a 3.38 ERA for the Astros. Pettitte spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Yankees, winning 149 games in the regular-season and four World Series rings.
Pettitte went 14-13 with a 4.20 ERA in 2006, leading the Majors with 35 starts. Pettitte threw 214 1/3 innings, the second consecutive season in which he has topped the 200-inning mark.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061208&content_id=1754838&vkey=hotstove2006&fext=.jsp
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here's what i think about that
:psych:
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$32 for 2 years for a guy that's been injured the last 2-3 seasons?
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^ That's exactly what I was thinking. That's the way the MLB is now. Everyone gets over payed.
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man is that union powerful or what
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I didn't know he had 35 starts last year, that's alot of innings I thought he was injured maybe it was the year before...The Yankees and Red Sox can buy any player they want it seems...
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Why not go after Zito? He eats up as many innings and has a FUTURE....thats the Yankees for ya, overpay for the first player they can...
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bringing andy back is one of the first smart moves the skanks have made in a while.