By Monday, when the Yankees arrive at the winter meetings in Nashville, they want to know how much they will pay Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera for the 2013 season. By determining those salaries, they will have a clearer picture for how much to spend in other transactions.
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Andy Pettitte was 5-4 this year, but he has not made more than 21 starts in a season since 2009.
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In Pettitte's case, the Yankees had to first know that he wanted to keep pitching. Now they have the answer.
Pettitte has informed the Yankees that he wants to keep playing, which is what the organization expected all along, and the sides are closing in on a one-year contract that would pay him at least $10 million. They also expect to have a deal soon with Rivera, who got $15 million last season, when he pitched nine games before tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament.
Pettitte's return is encouraging for the Yankees, who last week signed Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year, $15 million deal. With C. C. Sabathia, Kuroda, Pettitte, Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova, the Yankees have a five-man rotation under team control, with David Phelps and Michael Pineda, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, as insurance.
Pettitte, who turns 41 in June, missed much of last season after a line drive broke his left fibula in late June. He made 12 starts in the regular season, going 5-4 with a 2.87 earned run average, and pitched well in two postseason starts.
In other words, Pettitte was as reliable as ever when he pitched, though it is worth noting that he has not made more than 21 starts in a season since 2009. He missed time with a groin injury in 2010 and took a one-year retirement in 2011.
The Yankees are determined to bring their payroll under $189 million for 2014 to avoid severe tax penalties in future seasons, so one-year deals for Kuroda, Pettitte and Rivera make sense. They also have interest in keeping Raul Ibanez and Ichiro Suzuki, veteran hitters who would also be open to one-year contracts.
Resolving the status of catcher Russell Martin, who almost certainly will command a multiyear deal, is expected to be a priority before the end of the winter meetings.
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