George King reports that besides the Yanks being worried about an Angels offer to C.C., that maybe they should also worry about Andy Pettitte. Pettitte doesn’t want a pay cut after his mediocre 14-14, 4.54 season and according to Fox Sports, has talked to Joe Torre about joining the Dodgers.
Yankees fans forgave Andy for leaving after 2003, but would they forgive him again (fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice…?)
or would you photoshop him OUT of this picture?
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1 yankeemza781 // Nov 26, 2008 at 9:39 am
If he doesn’t budge on taking a pay cut from the 16million that he made last year, the Dodgers can have him. 14-14 is not worth that type of money or a multi year deal. Let him go to the worst division in baseball, his stats will be better next year, but he won’t put up the same numbers in the A.L east.
2 Mike Sommer // Nov 26, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I tend to agree. Even if it means biting the bullet with someone younger like Hughes. I’d rather have Andy and let Hughes get a whole year at AAA, but…
I don’t know if I could forgive Andy for this one if he goes to LA. I know the Torre/Mattingly connection is there, but…. Houston I could see. Close to his home. But after the Yanks stuck up for him and backed him last spring after the HGH…I see that Pete Abraham says the same. He owes the Yanks one here.
14-14, 4.54, ERA+ 98 (tick below average) isn’t $16 million worth. Period.
After beating Boston on July 26th, Andy was 12-7, 3.76.
After that he was 2-7 and the ERA went up to 4.54. Of course the second win was in the last game he pitched in for the season….the last game at the original Stadium site.
That should raise red flags not only with the Yanks but throughout baseball. Teams can look at the age (36) and the finish and start wondering. Andy and his agent could say they won’t take a cut, but I wonder how much leverage they have. Maybe there is someone out there who’ll pay the $16M. Maybe Andy will bounce back in 2009 like Moose did this year.
But 36 with a 2-7 finish, a team that backed him when he was down…and not to accept a paycut?
Sorry but I am definitely not with Andy on this one.
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