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Pettitte agrees to deal with Yanks
Left-hander returns to Bronx after three seasons with Astros
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.
"We have preliminarily agreed to terms with Andy Pettitte on a contract to
pitch for the New York Yankees, pending the passing of a physical examination,
" Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said in an official statement. "
At this time, I will have no further comment."
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 increas-
ing their offer. So there was nothing more to wait for except a decision by
Andy, which he made this afternoon."
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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.
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