Andy Pettite has been putting in some commanding performances from the pitching mound for the New York Yankees since he returned to the team after a long absence in 2007. Despite his time in the limelight during the Roger Clemens scandal of earlier this year, he's still highly popular among the team's fans thanks to his ability to get things done and strike batters out. Pettite has gone on the record as having used performance enhancing drugs in the past, but he is now supposedly clean, and as popular as ever among the team's fans.
He's currently on a $16 million one year contract with the Yankees, and will probably re-sign it if he continues to perform at the high level that he has been. Every single time that he's been with the team, the Yankees have made it to the playoffs. This year, he's on track to hold onto the best ERA of his career with 4.09, compared to an overall career average of 4.52. He has a career record of 209-118, and this season he's been putting down an 8-5 record as a starter.
He's been pitching for 14 seasons, and there isn't any sign that he will be letting up any time soon. With Pettite anchoring the pitching staff, it's a bright spot among other things that have been disconcerting Yankees watchers this year. This left handed pitcher is well on his way to a slot in the Hall of Fame, particularly if he helps to engineer a playoff comeback for the Yankees this year.
