Calcaterra: ‘Very strong possibility’ Pettitte pitches in 2011
ByUpdate (5:22 p.m.): Via friend of RAB Craig Calcaterra, a source close to Andy Pettitte says there’s a “very strong possibility” that the big lefty will pitch in the upcoming season. Andy is reportedly doing his usual preseason routine to stay in shape and hasn’t any physical issues, a big plus. The stuff about Roger Clemens’ federal trial supposedly isn’t a factor in Pettitte’s decision either. According to Jon Heyman, the Yanks will offer Pettitte $12 million to pitch in 2011.
Earlier today, former Yankee Morgan Ensberg teased that we “wouldn’t believe” what he just found out about someone with the Yanks, and that he’ll announce it on XM MLB Radio tonight. There’s no reason to assume it’s related to Calcaterra’s report, but Ensberg and Pettitte did play together for three years in Houston and then for a season in New York. Let your mind wander at your own risk.
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Wow this is great news. The offseason is a lot better if they sign Pettitte.
I still haven’t forgiven Morgan Ensberg for hitting 36 home runs that one year. That might have been even more offensive than Bautista’s 54 last year.
That might be one of the funniest things I have read on here.
/not sarcasm, actually very funny
Stop toying with my emotions Andy! Come back! :’(
“I have to check with my lawyer before I release this. It will happen tonight on Sirius XM MLB Radio”
http://twitter.com/MorganEnsberg
why would he have to check with his lawyer if it’s about Andy coming back. Then again maybe he’s just joking about the lawyer part.
derek jeter is actually a robot. with robot herpes. you know, libel laws and all.
Makes a ton of sense when you think about it. Now we know why he’s perfect.
if jeter’s a robot, the Steinbrenners should get their money back from last year.
I think they just need to reboot his hard drive, and add some elbow grease here and there.
Can not move to left. Does not com pute. Bee boop bee boop.
bew bew bew.
“Oil can….”
“What the hell are you talking about?”…
“Oiiiil caaaan….”
Steriods!
Steroids did run through my mind.
Please be true.
Whenever I think of Pettitte, I think of you now.
Damn you, bexy!
stop ruining RAB with your Andy Pettitte love and ponytails and stuff.
yeah hahaha. we finally got rid of tsjc and now we have you?!?!?!?!
I want TSJC back!
Rumor is when he returns it will be…
“The artist formerly know as TSJC, the elder”
I want him back too. I miss his comments. Congrats to him if he had a kid.
I second all those thoughts.
Or maybe he’s just trying to drum up interest for his show
**starts to dream again about a rotation of CC, Hughes, Pettitte, AJ, and Joba, cries self to sleep, cursing Morgan Ensberg and Craig Calcaterra**
You’re just flashing back to April 28 – May 31, 2009.
not that Hughes!
He was pretty good during that stretch except for one game against the Orioles where he gave up 8 runs in 1.2. That destroyed his ERA. Too lazy to figure out his FIP and such, but its a small sample anyway.
That would be no surprise. He has plenty left. It is a perfect fit, and most of all the Yankees have acted that way all along, holding onto prospects instead of using ample excess resources to add a starter.
This is the reason the Yankees haven’t made a big pitching move. They knew he’d be coming back!
That second Twitter message was rather ominous…I hope it’s not a negative story…
How many people consult their lawyers before releasing a positive story?
Yeah. I’m thinking the same.
it reads like sarcasm to me
You may be right, it is difficult to determine sarcasm in 140 characters.
Maybe ARod marrying Cameron Diaz?
They just went to Paris together, maybe Arod proposed to her there.
Arod is committed to laying all the famous blondes in the world, why would stop now?
Because marriage hasn’t stopped him before?
Hahaha +1
Why buy the cow…
I’ve heard that he’s going to announce for the second time in the team’s history, two Yankee pitchers are swapping wives.
I’m trying to temper my excitement about this latest update, but Pettitte deciding to come back would be great news for the rotation and the Yankees for 2011.
And it would help stop everybody from spending their time questioning/bashing everything Cash says and does.
Jete is that you…?
Get you butt outside and hit another bucket of pearls with Long so you can regain the two-hole and RAB-sters can just complain about the 2B-side glove and the unnecessary jump-throws in the hole…
& quit GIDP’s, you overpaid, overaged, overhyped shortstop.
And it would help stop everybody from spending their time questioning/bashing everything Cash says and does.
People will bash Cashman no matter what he does. If he wins a WS (or four) people will say it’s only because of the money.
I KNEW you were the guy from AB4AR!
I just want to say, awesome blog. I’ve been reading since June.
I haven’t been able to tell you any other way.
I don’t think this is what it will be, but just so that if it happens I can be the first one who said it, Morgan Ensberg will tell us tonight that Derek Jeter took steroids.
Something tells me that Morgan Ensberg is not going to be the guy to break that kind of story.
haha something tells me derek jeter didn’t take steroids
Jeter would then have to explain to us why he has never hit 25+ homeruns in a season.
haha yeah I would be pretty ticked at him
CC has a long lost sister his mom put up for adoption 50 years ago.
/thunder stolen
Tee hee.
can she pitch?
duh! she’s our 5th starter.
It could definitely just be to get interest, name dropping the Yankees always attracts attention.
The only reason why Pettitte is coming back is to keep Colon from getting another CYA.
/xfiles&grassyknolltheories’d
Let’s play the guessing game.
My revised guess is that Brian Cashman takes steroids.
Go.
That alone would not explain the Soriano rage.
Next?
A-rod killed the dinosaurs
Pope confirms Mo is God.
Come back to us you butt-chinned lefty!
If true this could cause multiple bexgasms.
Ensberg: Sergio Mitre is the Antichrist.
I’m pretty sure that the son of Satan would have better stuff than the Meat Tray. Just saying.
Yeah, Papelbon’s stuff is decidedly better than Serge’s.
We have an early favorite for comment of the year.
ietcvm
I actually always thought Jacoby Ellsbury reminded me of Damian.
See, that’s what the Antichrist wants you to think.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.
Same idea.
Wasn’t there a rumor that a Yankee was bisexual? Not that it’s at all interesting, but I guess I wouldn’t believe it if, say, it turned out to be Posada.
Or Mike Harkey.
Jeter and Arod got married in Paris. That couldn’t be it though, I could actually believe that.
Well, I am told that Posada is a switch-hitter, but I don’t think that’s what they were talking about, since Texiera is also a switch-hitter.
Wasn’t there a rumor that a Yankee was bisexual?
wat.
Don’t worry, I’m sure Pettitte is all yours.
Well, according to our friends in Bahston, Jeter swallows.
Funny people mentioned steroids. There were whispers about Morgan Ensberg even though he denied ever using them.
This might have something to do with Morgan Ensberg’s tweet.
http://twitter.com/GREGCLUCAS/.....9483882496
Woah a Jon Heyman update! Was it Mike or Joe that pointed out the anniversary of his resigning? They were spot on.
~my hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me, so won’t you kill me, so I die happy~
creeper
Lady, you’re scarin’ us.
I know how you kids like ‘em sloppy!
Somebody get bexarama a paper bag I think she is hyperventilating.
Dashboard Confessional quotes on my favorite Yankee blog.
All sorts of awesomeness.
Why the Andy Pettite fetish?
He’s always been my favorite player and it helps that he’s hot. I’m doing it halfway for the lulz anyway.
Dashboard? Awesome.
$12M for Soriano, $17M for Jeter and $12M for Pettitte. Funny.
There goes the “Yankees are going chepa so Hal/Hank can save their own money” narrative.
If he comes back for less money than AJ averages a year it will be based upon the Ninja signing him and would be considered by most, below market…
On the other hand, if he comes back for 20M$, he will have had to have lunch with Levine or Hank and be viewed as more like Clemens (man-whore).
I’m not sure lunch with either of those two is worth the extra 8M$
what?
What do you mean, what do you mean?
Morgan Ensberg: “I’ve gathered you all here today to announce that Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens both used HGH. I know…I know…let it sink in. Just remember I broke this story.”
I thought that Ralphie & Clemens only had B-12 shots via ‘jada & mac, and that Bonds just rubbed on some Flax-seed oil?
yay!
Okay, this is killing me. I mean, I keep trying to get resolved to no more Andy Pettitte and then I get my hopes up all over again. I’d be so happy if he came back.
I’ve never been more excited to sign a guy who will most likely spend time on the DL this year. (And I’m not being sarcastic.)
I JUST WANT ANDY BACK OKAY?
Sigh. We need him. Bexy needs him too.
#46 MUST COME BACK! The Yankees dont need him but it would help out a lot with our unstable rotation.
Comeback petttite please lol are rotation would look so much better.
Sabathia
Pettite
Hughes
Burnett
Colon
No way Colon wins that 5th spot. If petitte comes back my money is on Nova
Agree. No brainer. Nova would be the fifth if Andy comes back. Colón would be released
colon would be released? it’s chan ho park all over again
:::::::rimshot:::::::
If Pettitte is back and reasonably healthy, they are totally in it. The #5 slot was basically useless in 2009 and 2010, and they were competitive to say the least.
Ensberg will say “Mariano Rivera is not from this planet”
As if nobody knew that
Best case is Pettite and Justin D.
Sabathia
Hughes
Pettite
Burnett
Justin D (and then after his injury NOva, Brackman, Phelps Noesi)
Mitre
Chamberlain
Logan
Feliciano
Robertson
Soriano
Rivera
Plus one.
With that pitching staff and the offensive and defensive team the yankees have they are a 90-99 win team and easily contenders for the division.
Morgan Ensberg is an asshole.
http://twitter.com/MorganEnsbe.....9191065600
His announcement: “I am an asshole. That is all.”