Yankees Or Retirement For Pettitte, Again

Pettitte needs to retire hes old and the yankees need to stop clinging onto there old stars except for moe.

I believe that the possibility of Pettitte's return will depend on a couple of circumstances.

First, the Yankees will probably be more inclined to sign Pettitte if Mussina retires. Mussina will probably retire if he receives his 20th win on Sunday, since it's the only part of his resume that analysts look for when determining his status as a Hall of Famer. If he doesn't get the win, he'll try to get to 300 wins to seal his HOF spot, and the Yankees will sign him on for the publicity. They really only need one of the two veterans, since they're most likely going to get a limb of the Big Three (Sabathia, Sheets, Burnett).

It may also depend on whether Joba Chamberlain stays in the rotation. To get to the point, if the Joba stays in the pen, Pettitte will be signed to fill in a spot.

Right now, the Yankee's rotation is very vague, with Wang and four ????'s following.

Pettite is still as solid of a lefty as your going to find. He's going to train hard in the offseason to give himself a shot at competing again next year. However, I don't see him being effective much longer. He's lost 2-3MPH on that cutter inside to righty's which has made him near completely ineffective against them.

Mussina though i used to think they should resign. I think they could get a deal struck with him for 2/22MM with incentives for 2/25-26MM if he can keep the ERA down (below 4.00) and win 15+ games. However, I also think he may be rendered ineffective after the players get a summer of watching tapes on his new found breaking pitch success. However, that curve/knucklecurve has looked better this year than it ever has since he joined the Yankees, so perhaps his success will continue.

btw i believe pettite is only 37? maybe 38? he's not that old. he just needs to relearn to pitch to righties.

If it wasn't for Andy Pettitte and Mike Mussina, the Yankees would have been eliminated from playoff contention in, like, August. Come on, these 2 were much more than just "solid" for them this year. To think that they stayed in it so long, without Chien-Ming Wang? That's impressive, and it's all because of those 2 veterans. The offense has been nothing special, however, even as a Red Sox fan, I'll say it was because of injuries. That much is very true. Posada, A-Rod, Matsui, Damon, and even Betemit, all missed time this year. The offense never really got the time to "click" and develop any kind of a synergy. Toss in the injuries to Wang, Joba, and even Pettitte and Pavano. This team should have been in the race for the East, however, injuries decimated them greatly.

For really keeping the team in the picture for so long, I would like to see them bring both Pettitte and Mussina back. I've always liked Mussina, ever since he was an Oriole, and Pettitte has always been solid, for anyone (Yankees or Astros) at any time. Reward them both and bring them back.

Now, I can wait for the true Yankees fans to either bash my opinion, or bash my team lol.

The Yankees need to part ways with Pettitte he's not good anymore and he's old,they need to focus on young players and build for the future

Pettitte needs to go. He's done. He's got no heart. he's been whining about retirement for years now. Hang 'em up Andy...and make room on the roster for a kid who loves the game. You could have been a HOFer if you had the guts.

soxfan93

Your'e actually wrong. If Pettite had won at least half of his last 10 games the Yankees would have been in it. He was like 1-7 ERA around 6. The Yanks were 1-9 when he started