http://section59.com/2009/01/do-the-yankees-need-andy-pettitte/ A Displaced New Yorker's Yankee Blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:10:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://section59.com/2009/01/do-the-yankees-need-andy-pettitte/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Joe Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:51:31 +0000 http://section59.com/?p=110#comment-12 Pettitte is one of amy all time favorite Yanks, so yeah, I want him. But from a purely baseball standpoint, we need him, too. The old axiom is one can never have too much pitching. The Yankees showed last year what happens with too little pitching. I could see CC winning 19, same for Wang. AJ gets injured every year, but maybe 18 is possible. If Hughes is healthy, he should easily win 17 or more. Joba is the biggest question mark. Can he start all year? If yes, 17 should be no problem. Pettitte winning 14 puts them at 85. Can the pen and spot starters chip in with another dozen or so? Easily. Which puts them right in the thick of things. Take out Andy, and someone has to step up big time. Pettitte is one of amy all time favorite Yanks, so yeah, I want him. But from a purely baseball standpoint, we need him, too. The old axiom is one can never have too much pitching. The Yankees showed last year what happens with too little pitching.
I could see CC winning 19, same for Wang. AJ gets injured every year, but maybe 18 is possible. If Hughes is healthy, he should easily win 17 or more. Joba is the biggest question mark. Can he start all year? If yes, 17 should be no problem. Pettitte winning 14 puts them at 85. Can the pen and spot starters chip in with another dozen or so? Easily. Which puts them right in the thick of things. Take out Andy, and someone has to step up big time.

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