Pettitte close to rejoining Yankees

[inari]

As reported by SI

 

Sounds like a decent move to me.

[cubs121]

not a bad move.... does this mean there out of it for lilly?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Boring. His arm will fall off mid-June.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Ok, how long till the "Clemens to NY" RUMORS will begin?

[baseball7897]

MLB.com reported that the Yankees have offered Pettitte a one-year, $15 million contract. It's believed the Astros have already put in a counteroffer.

 

$15 million per year? That is crazy.

[Balsa]

MLB.com reported that the Yankees have offered Pettitte a one-year, $15 million contract. It's believed the Astros have already put in a counteroffer.

 

$15 million per year? That is crazy.

It's saner than a 2/25...

[TruffleShuffle]

MLB.com reported that the Yankees have offered Pettitte a one-year, $15 million contract. It's believed the Astros have already put in a counteroffer.

 

$15 million per year? That is crazy.

 

If I were Mussina, I'd be pretty pissed off that Pettitte will make $4M per year more than me.

[inari]

It's a lot of money, but they're the Yankees. It's only one year.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

MLB.com reported that the Yankees have offered Pettitte a one-year, $15 million contract. It's believed the Astros have already put in a counteroffer.

 

$15 million per year? That is crazy.

 

I think it's even crazier that the Astros would hear that and counter.

[cl smooth]

MLB.com reported that the Yankees have offered Pettitte a one-year, $15 million contract. It's believed the Astros have already put in a counteroffer.

 

$15 million per year? That is crazy.

 

I think it's even crazier that the Astros would hear that and counter.

 

i don't think the astros have any other choice. besides oswalt and possibly backe, who else is intimidating in that rotation? they need another anchor in that staff and pettite is/was their man to do that. with clemens (again) possibly out of the picture (again), their starting five is extremely weak. it's that or dump the money they would've spent on pettite and clemens the year before on some second-tier starter like meche or lilly.

 

speaking of salaries and the astros...how much do they have available to spend this offseason? we all know the contract given to carlos lee, but with bagwell's contract officially off the books and however much they spent on clemens last year (i doubt he comes back) and also the $16+ million on pettite, what's the cash left over for free agents?

[TheDude]

Ok, how long till the "Clemens to NY" RUMORS will begin?

Two months ago.

[VanceJergins]

MLB.com reported that the Yankees have offered Pettitte a one-year, $15 million contract. It's believed the Astros have already put in a counteroffer.

 

$15 million per year? That is crazy.

 

I think it's even crazier that the Astros would hear that and counter.

 

i don't think the astros have any other choice. besides oswalt and possibly backe, who else is intimidating in that rotation? they need another anchor in that staff and pettite is/was their man to do that. with clemens (again) possibly out of the picture (again), their starting five is extremely weak. it's that or dump the money they would've spent on pettite and clemens the year before on some second-tier starter like meche or lilly.

 

speaking of salaries and the astros...how much do they have available to spend this offseason? we all know the contract given to carlos lee, but with bagwell's contract officially off the books and however much they spent on clemens last year (i doubt he comes back) and also the $16+ million on pettite, what's the cash left over for free agents?

 

They probably have quite a bit, but who's left to spend it on? Zito and Schmidt are pretty much the only good FA's left. If Pettite and Clemens arent back, the Astros might be extremely weak this year.

[goonys evil twin]

At least Pettite's upside is pretty close to great. I'd much rather pay Andy $15m for one year than Lilly anything close to $10-11 for 4-5 years. I'm not a Pettite fan, but he's far more attractive an option than Lilly.

[BigbadB]

At least Pettite's upside is pretty close to great. I'd much rather pay Andy $15m for one year than Lilly anything close to $10-11 for 4-5 years. I'm not a Pettite fan, but he's far more attractive an option than Lilly.

 

Yeah, with the way these contracts are going, I'd almost rather the Cubs work a deal with the Yankees for Pavano or Wright with the Yankees picking up part of the tab.

 

And what are the Blue Jays thinking? They can't afford to keep Vernon Wells, but they have enough to attempt to sign Lilly and Meche?

[soccer10k]

Ok, how long till the "Clemens to NY" RUMORS will begin?

 

The second he actually signs.

[TruffleShuffle]

At least Pettite's upside is pretty close to great. I'd much rather pay Andy $15m for one year than Lilly anything close to $10-11 for 4-5 years. I'm not a Pettite fan, but he's far more attractive an option than Lilly.

 

Yeah, with the way these contracts are going, I'd almost rather the Cubs work a deal with the Yankees for Pavano or Wright with the Yankees picking up part of the tab.

 

No thanks, I'd rather have someone who will pitch 100 innings this year.

[NorthsideAvenger]

 

Yeah, with the way these contracts are going, I'd almost rather the Cubs work a deal with the Yankees for Pavano or Wright with the Yankees picking up part of the tab.

 

Carl Pavano is the alias of Mark Prior, so no thank you, we've already got our DL talented starter. And Wright is NO LONGER a Yankee, he was traded to Baltimore---you guess it, considering the O's offseason-----for a reliever name Britton.

 

At this point, I'd rather talk the Braves about Hudson.