MLB 2008-2009 Offseason Thread

[Big Fat Mike]

Originally Posted by Triple Naitch Somewhat surprising news today. The Yankees may be closing in with Andy Pettite on a 1-year deal worth $6 mil with another $6 mil in incentives.

After all that posturing before the Sabathia and Burnett signings? I love Andy Pettitte, but it's really starting to look like he's just in it for the money.

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by Big Fat Mike After all that posturing before the Sabathia and Burnett signings? I love Andy Pettitte, but it's really starting to look like he's just in it for the money.

If he's taking 6M guaranteed money how is he in it for the money? I don't think he's worth the 16M he wanted before but I think the 10M offer early on was fair. Kind of surprised he'll only get 6 million guaranteed. Hopefully this gets done, really sets the rotation up nice.

[Big Fat Mike]

Originally Posted by Dragon If he's taking 6M guaranteed money how is he in it for the money? I don't think he's worth the 16M he wanted before but I think the 10M offer early on was fair. Kind of surprised he'll only get 6 million guaranteed. Hopefully this gets done, really sets the rotation up nice.

Yeah, but I don't buy the whole "he just wanted to pitch for the Yankees" bit this time. Face it, he couldn't get the money he wanted from the Von Steingrabbers so he tried to get it elsewhere. He talked to the Dodgers and the Astros whether you want to believe it or not. After he couldn't get the money he wanted there, he came back to the Yankees to take the $10 million offer, but it was gone. Going back to other clubs, I'm sure they decided they could find better things to spend their money on than a 37 year old guy that just went 2-7 down the stretch last year. That leaves Andy the option to try and save face, sign for six million, and hope he can stay healthy enough to hit the incentives in days on the active roster and innings pitched.

I really want to believe that Andy just wanted to pitch for the Yankees the entire time, but it just doesnt seem that way.

The guy makes me nervous anyway. Even as a fifth starter, he's not the same pitcher that he was even 5 years ago. His Fastball doesn't reach above 89-91 too often anymore and his cutter isn't exactly the knuckle bruiser it used to be. Plus the guy's off-speed stuff is very, very hittable. Jamie Moyer can pitch until he's got one foot in the grave because he is the living definition of a crafty lefty. The more I watched Andy last year, the more I thought he was trying to rely on stuff he might not have anymore. Hopefully he gets a ton of run support this upcoming season.

Or maybe someone could coax Jim Leyritz out of retirement to be the guy's personal catcher again.