Andy Pettitte Out Of Retirement: Signs $2.5 Million Deal With Yankees

By Amanda Remling | March 16 2012 1:36 PM

Former New York Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte, who retired in 2010, is returning to play after signing a one-year minor league deal with the Yankees. Jack Curry of the YES Network confirmed that the pitcher signed a deal worth $2.5 million.

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Andy Pettitte has come out of retirement to play for the New York Yankees.

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The Yankees already have six pitchers, making Pettitte the seventh. The pitcher could potentially be joining CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda, Michael Pineda, Ivan Nova, Freddy Garcia and Phil Hughes.

The left-handed pitcher had played in each of the Yankees' last four World Champions teams alongside Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada.

According to ESPN, Pettitte was drafted in 1990 in the 22nd round by the Yankees, and he was named the ALCS MVP in 2001.

Pettitte had announced his retirement last February at Yankee Stadium after he missed two months in the summer of 2010 due to a groin injury. According to the New York Times, the Yankees had been preparing to offer the player $12 million to come back.

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