Andy Pettitte back with Yankees
- Thread starter Apoc13
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scoopmachine11
If u dont know,now u know
what is he, like 57?
onlyworth10
I Quit
Close to it, but Id still take him over anyone in a Playoff game
theres alot of truth in this post....
swingnmiss
#1 IN YOUR HEARTS
Big.........****ing............deal. 
nomarisbetter
NIZ
dudes like 40.....on top of the Yanks have 5 or 6 starters anyways...this is very Favresk!
Hebrew Hammer
Retired
I can sleep eaiser now............
dychen
Phoenix SuperDraft
He's 39 (40 soon) won't be ready till May. He's basically pulling a Clemens and pitching half a year which is probably all you would need. Let's face it someone always gets hurt and having Andy in the back pocket in case one of the other starters goes down isn't a bad insurance policy. He was 11-3 with a low 3's era in 2010. He was never a power pitcher any way so if he can still nibble the corners and get guys to ground out it's worth a $2.5 million risk. He'd be underpaid if he performs well.
franknwhit
Game on!
Hats off to you Andy. go get it if you still got it.
dttruax
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Ditto. He's about a year too late IMO.....
Apoc13
getting too old for this
doing mega doses of hgh to get back in shape
Marshenko
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Way better pitchers in his era in the playoffs. Way better.
So yeah, you can have him
pats2812
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Way better pitchers in his era in the playoffs. Way better.
So yeah, you can have him
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110205&content_id=16574932&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
Gallops
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Way better pitchers in his era in the playoffs. Way better.
So yeah, you can have him
Name them.
You can't because there are none. I'm a Mets fan and I'll even admit that Pettite is probably the best post season starting pitcher ever. The stats don't lie. 19 wins and a 3.83 ERA career in the post season? The ERA isn't phenomenal, but this day and age it's a good ERA, and in the post season against the best of the best, it's very good. And 19 wins? Next closest is 8, and that's Mariano Rivera. After him it's Sabathia, Beckett, Cliff Lee, and Livan Hernandez with 7. None of them are catching him. In fact, none of them will come close.
njarcher21
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I'll start...Curt Schilling was better and it's not even close.
njarcher21
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John Smoltz was better too...
njarcher21
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Oh...and you're wrong about the next closest in wins so there's that too.
Gallops
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Those are active players. Unless Smoltz or Glavine decide to pitch again, nobody is matching Pettites numbers. And the numbers don't lie. Pettite is better.
njarcher21
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not better than Schilling or Smoltz...numbers don't lie.
creative10
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great...maybe after Clemens gets his get out of jail card him and Posada can come back next year
Marshenko
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pats2812
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When it comes to postseason statistics, Pettitte is four ahead of John Smoltz for most wins, seven ahead of Tom Glavine for most starts, and nearly 45 ahead of Glavine with regards to innings.
a postseason resume that is arguably the best in history -- a record 19 wins, 42 starts and 263 innings pitched en route to a 3.83 ERA and five World Series rings.
pats2812
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njarcher21
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look at their postseason numbers and tell me that Pettitte is better. Wins...srsly, you're using ****ing wins.
Fro Joe
Snowden is a hero.
You can't put these numbers up without adding that Smoltz had 154 career saves.