Andy Pettitte has battled a sore shoulder for almost two months, grinding his way through his starts every five days as the Yankees tried to make an improbable playoff run.With those playoff hopes no longer a factor, the team announced it would shut the lefthander down, scratching him from what would have been his final start of the year on Saturday in Boston.
"(The shoulder) has given me a little trouble," Pettitte said. "I've thrown enough innings that there's not any sense to go out and continue to kill myself now. It's just disappointing."
"I just wanted to go out and pitch, to do what it takes to get out there and pitch," Pettitte said. "Now that it's over, now that we're not going to the playoffs, there's no sense in trying to do what it takes to go out there."
"I probably just need to get away for a while, but I don't want to drag it out," Pettitte said. "They've pretty much already told me they'd like to have me back, so we'll just have to see."This could be one of the reasons, if not the main reason why he had such a rough second half this season. You have to give him credit for going out there and pitching every fifth day. He's always been a gamer, and he proved it once again this year, even if the results weren't there.
4 Comments:
i for one hope to see him back next year
I do too. I don't think he will have as down a year as he did this year, plus if the rest of the staff stays healthy he will be a very solid no. 4 or 5.
Depending on what pitchers we get this winter, we might not need him. But I agree that he might make a decent #5 starter.
Mike
They should just bring him back, you can never have too much pitching.
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