Andy Pettitte Rejects New York Yankees' Deal: What’s Next?

Andy Pettitte , who said all season he would either play for the Yankees in 2009 or retire, rejected the Yankees offer of one-year at $10 million according to the NY Times . Pettitte and the Yankees have been at odds over how much the 36-year-old lefty will receive next season. Pettitte wants to return at the $16 million figure he earned last season, but the Yankees see his value at $8 million and thought they were being generous by offering $10 million. His rejection of the one-year deal leaves Pettitte’s future in doubt. This could just be a ploy and he is trying to get the Yankees to offer more money, but he insisted a couple of times this season that it wasn’t about the money. “Obviously anyone else would say, ‘I’ll go wherever I want to,’ because people want to try to get the most money,” Pettitte said before a Yankees-Angels game in Anaheim, Calif. “But, I mean, I’m not going anywhere, you know what I’m saying? The Yankees ... (link)