Cashman Flies to Pettitte

In an attempt to get Andy Pettitte's signing out of the way, Yankees GM Brian Cashman has flown to Houston in order to meet with the left-hander. The Yankees have been offering Pettitte a one-year deal worth about $10 million. However, Pettitte is looking for the same contract he's had the last 2 years, 1 year, $16 million. The Yankees seem very reluctant to go over 12.5 million dollars and unless Pettitte's willing to take that kind of a discount, he's not gonna be playing for a Yankees skipper next year (at least not the current one). If they had gone through an arbitration process, the contract would probably be about $13 million, which is higher than the Yankees are willing to go.